The rental and sales files of Skinker DeBaliviere Residential Service are open for new listings and new customers. Three houses have been sold through the Service’s efforts and there are several prospective buyers now looking with us for homes in the area. Marlene Mestres at V03-2515 is the “keeper of the files.”
Vest pocket parks and the ugly railroad right-of-way have been two topics of neighborhood discussion for several years and the Residential Service is planning an assult on both — the Beautification Commission has offered free playground equipment, shrubbery and planning advice.
Lois White and Chris Wright are getting together to plan the first proposed park on Des Peres and Pershing. We have informed the city that the neighborhood wants to plan and develop its own ideas, but we welcome their free anything! They seem very responsive and perhaps in the fall, with the enthusiasm of the residents on Pershing and Waterman, a playground will be a reality.
Originally published in The Paper, August 1970.
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Original source: SD_Times1970_08.pdf, printed page(s) 15.
