Historical April 1996 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Skinker DeBaliviere Apartment Owners Association, assisted by the Housing Corporation, and utilizing federal grant funds, have had ornamental markers to demarcate our neighborhood installed at the corners of Washington, Westminster, McPherson, and Pershing at Skinker. Further work is planned at the corners of Waterman and Skinker and Waterman and DeBaliviere. Additional funds will have to be raised to continue this project.
The Johannes/Cohen Collaborative designed the ornamental entrance markers as well as the parking lot at Westminster and Skinker which blends beautifully with the markers.
The pieces were cast by Robert Cassily. Dedication Ceremony A ceremony dedicating the new markers will be held Saturday, April 27th at 3 p.m. on the new parking lot at Skinker and Westminster.
All neighborhood residents are invited to attend the ceremony and a reception immediately following. Libations and snacks will be served. Alderman Dan McGuire will officiate. Other city dignitaries are expected to attend. Alan Hamilton, President of the Skinker DeBaliviere Apartment Owners Association, which found funding for the markers as part of its neighborhood beautification activities, will host.
Call 862-5122 with any questions.
A close-up view of one of the new markers reveals the neighborhood’s monogram inscribed in each column.
The columns’ design blends with existing structures at Kingsbury and at the entrances to Parkview.
Original photograph caption
New ornamental markers at Skinker DeBaliviere intersections. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April 1996.
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Original source: SD_Times1996_04.pdf, printed page(s) 1, 4; PDF page(s) 1, 4.
