Last year the Neighborhood Associations elected representatives to serve as advisors to
Pantheon Corporation in its redevelopment of the areas from DeBaliviere to Union and the Kingsbury Triangle in our neighborhood. There has been little for this committee to report on until now. We have been meeting about once a month, and about half of the meetings were with a representative of Pantheon Corporation present to answer questions.
The committee had to first resolve its responsibility in advising Pantheon regarding the area east of DeBaliviere. The decision was made to limit our responsibility to the area within our neighborhood (west of DeBaliviere) and to advise in the area east only with regard to factors which will directly influence our neighborhood. These factors were identified specifically as education, commercial use and traffic.
A sub-committee has been formed to begin work in the area of education. Membership on this committee is not limited to members of the Advisory Committee. Any resident of Skinker-DeBaliviere is eligible to be a member of the sub-committee on Education. If you are interested in working in this area please contact
Cal Stuart or
Chris Lange. (A list of the members of the RAC and their phone numbers will be found at the end of this article.) Pantheon Corporation has presented its plan for the area east of DeBaliviere to the CDA and had it approved. The plan now goes before the Board of Aldermen. The presentation of this plan has been accompanied by many rumors about what areas are included and what will be happening. One of the major functions of your advisory committee is to keep you informed and answer your questions and concerns about the planned redevleopment as it affects you and your neighborhood. We cannot do this without you. If you have questions, suggestions, or have heard one of the many rumors please call one of the members of the RAC. We were elected to serve you, but unless we hear from you we cannot serve you effectively. We may not have the answer when you call, but we will certainly find out and get back to you,
One thing which has happened in the redevelopment area is the purchase of the former Garavelli’s restaurant building on the west side of DeBaliviere by the New Testament Missionary Baptist Church. We understand that the church has signed a lease agreement with the Stardust which may allow Stardust to continue operation for a long as six years.
The members of the committee and the areas they represent are:
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS:
Richard Lake 727-7378
Council Smith 367-8873
Mike Magrath 862-7624
Dorothy Garrett 727-3991
ROSEDALE Chris Lange 863-2164
Tom McPherron 721-6649
One vacancy to be filled
PARKVIEW
Ed Walsh 721-0015
Patty Pepe 725-3634
SKINKER-DEBALIVIERE
Mike Pyatok 721-8965 Cal Stuart 862-5122 (Office) 721-0053 (Home)
Once again, if you have questions, concerns, or any information about the redevelopment, call one of the people on this list. This is the only way we can effectively be an advisory committee for our neighborhood.
Originally published in The Paper, June 1976.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Archival transcription note: Printed “redevleopment” and “for a long as six years” retained pending source QA.
Original source: SD_Times1976_06.pdf, printed page(s) 1; PDF page(s) 1.
