Historical March 1987 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Rosedale Avenue between Washington and Delmar has been deeded to a private organization.
According to Alderman Dan McGuire who introduced the bill, the street is in private hands and will be used as a private parking area for residents of the Rosedale Square Apartments.
In response to the question whether pedestrian traffic would still be possible, Alderman McGuire stressed that the new owners of the former city street have no obligation to provide a pedestrian thoroughfare.
The half-block stretch of Rosedale had been closed to vehicular traffic in the controversial traffic revamping several years ago.
The only indication that the city street would be deeded to private hands had been the posting of a small metal sign at the corner of Rosedale and Washington which said the street would be closed to pedestrian, vehicular and equestrian traffic and that bill #xxx was pending.
The hearing date was not specified and no further information was given. Residents were not notified of the hearing and no one except Alderman McGuire testified at the hearing.
The President of the Rosedale Neighbors Association, Bob Dowgwillo, didn’t know the street was being closed (he lives on Pershing and never saw the sign posted on Rosedale). Nancy Farmer, Executive Director of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council, lives in the Rosedale Square Apartments but wasn’t sure what the sign meant and didn’t testify at the hearing because she wasn’t asked to.
According to Nancy Farmer, one resident asked her about the issue in early February.
On Jan. 31, Alderman McGuire was asked about the issue but apparently was not convinced that it would be a controversial enough issue to require informing local residents. Residents who would like continued access to Delmar from Rosedale without having to go to Skinker or Des Peres should contact their Alderman.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, March 1987.
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