Mini-Floods
Mini-Flood 81: Historic Route 66
photo by Joe Rakers Route 66 was immortalized by John Steinbeck who called it “the mother road” in The Grapes of Wrath. It inspired a hit song (“Get your kicks on Route 66”) and a TV show (“Route 66”). The Phillips 66 Company is named after Route 66, where...
Mini-Flood 80: Quarantine
photo by Ann Aurbach Friends and readers, we’ve had some unusual days as of late, but no matter what the universe has thrown our way over the last 7.5 years, Photo Flood Saint Louis has never shied away from documenting it. It was therefore imperative that we do something...
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Photo Floods
Photo Flood 99: Kinloch
photo by Jane DiCampo The first incorporated Black community in Missouri, Kinloch was founded at a time when segregation made it uncommon, and sometimes illegal, for realtors to sell properties directly to African Americans. Nonetheless, the town thrived as an insular community, and contributed many achievements of historical note,...
Photo Flood 98: Walnut Park West
photo by Diane Sieckmann Walnut Park West is a neighborhood on the far north side of St. Louis. Its definition is complex in the same way that the challenges facing most neighborhoods in north St. Louis are complex, though this community is better preserved and closer knit than many....
Photo Flood 97: Walnut Park East
photo by Jane DiCampo Walnut Park East is a relatively young (by St. Louis standards) working class neighborhood on the city’s north side that has long suffered challenges and setbacks. photo by Maureen Minich
