Photographer Mike Matney Home to the world’s largest ketchup bottle, Collinsville straddles Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois; Belleville lies to the south, Edwardsville to the north, and is only 15 miles from downtown St. Louis. The city has a population of 24,366 according to the last census....
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Photo Flood 125: Granite City
photo by Jason Gray Granite City is the third largest city in Southern Illinois, and an important former company town responsible (in part) for the region’s and the nation’s industrial growth. photo by Mike Matney
Photo Flood 124: St. Louis Hills
Photographer Jim Harter St. Louis Hills is located in southwestern St. Louis. The first time Photo Flood STL visited the neighborhood was in August 2014. The boundaries are Chippewa Street to the north and northwest, Gravois Avenue to the southeast, and the St. Louis county border to the southwest....
Photo Flood 123: Bevo Mill
Photographer Maureen Minich Photographer Florence Flick Bevo Mill was flood 21, first visited by Photo Flood STL in April 2014. Here is the link to the original article with an extensive write up on the area. http://www.photofloodstl.org/photo-flood-21-bevo-mill/ Photographer Mike Matney Photographer Bob Crowe Clay deposits discovered in the 1830s...
Photo Flood 122: Midtown
Photographer Joe Rakers Midtown has been the focus of two previous floods, Photo Flood 35 in June 2015 and Photo Flood 49 in August 2016. In the 7 years since the last visit much has changed. With the addition of IKEA in the adjacent Central West End neighborhood the area has...
Photo Flood 120: Portage Des Sioux
photo by Susan Price Portage Des Sioux is a quaint, historic village of around 300 residents, along the Mississippi River in Missouri. The community is the location of the Our Lady of the Rivers Shrine, where the annual Blessing of the Fleet Festival occurs, and was site to the...
Photo Flood 119: Grafton
photo by Dennis Daugherty The concept for what would become Photo Flood Saint Louis was born while our Founder watched a small motorcycle “parade” with his wife in Grafton, way back in 2010. As the engines roared and chortled as they passed, he spotted another photographer snapping away, and...
Photo Flood 118: Forest Park
Photo by Ingrid Borecki Our visit to Forest Park was the third time for Photo Flood STL. It was the subject of floods 5 and 15, last visited in October 2013. One of the top attractions in the city of St. Louis it is just as much an icon...
Photo Flood 117: Near North Riverfront
Photo by Jen Smith Near North Riverfront is not a neighborhood in the conventional sense of the word, it is a long strip of sparsely populated land that is primarily composed of industrial, commercial, and abandoned real estate that lies between the Mississippi River and the stretch of parallel...
Photo Flood 116: Lafayette Square
Photo by Ryan Stanley It had been nine years since Photo Flood STL visited Lafayette Square, the 10th Photo Flood in May of 2013. For this flood we were lucky as it was a beautiful spring day and there were many people out and about. As we were waiting...