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This parking structure takes up three-quarters of a block in downtown Saint Louis. There used to be shops and restaurants, and even a police substation, on the street level. All of it is gone now and even though there are FOR LEASE and DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY signs posted, things don’t appear to be hopeful.
There is a strong graffiti presence.
And in the quarter-block that’s not this giant ruin, there’s a surface parking lot with a security guard who will invite you move along when you step into the lot to take photos.
Saint Louis, Missouri
photographed 9.2.2026
message obscured by the medium
Well, as this sign clearly states, “something something something Love something something.” I feel that’s a message we can all support.
And as a lesson to all would-be quote-painters, maybe corrugated metal isn’t the most legible surface to choose.
Church Point, Louisiana
photographed 10.22.2017
all in all it’s just another brick
I know: it’s vandalism. And I’m supposed to not be in favor of it.
But damn…those colors…those lines…that shading.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 7.12.2025
meda
There’d been a fire and the building’s roof was gone. Debris covered the floor, and graffiti covered the walls. If it is possible for many layers of spray paint to hold up a damaged structure, that is very like what is happening here.
Niland, California
photographed 2.13.2022
