SDCC Meeting Notes
The SDCC office hosted a meeting on October 6 to discuss short-term rentals in the neighborhood, with a specific focus on the recent purchase of 6179 Kingsbury by Big Dreams LCC.
A new lease for the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council office, ongoing discussions about neighborhood community gardens, and news of a property saved and one lost to demolition, highlighted the July 7th meeting of the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council in July.
Archival transcription — originally published in The Times of Skinker DeBaliviere, Summer 2026, pages 4 and 7.
Editor’s Note: Meetings are held the second Monday every month at 7:00 p.m. at the Community Council office at 6008 Kingsbury Avenue.
I have been struck by generational differences in participation here in our neighborhood.
Our neighborhood has survived numerous challenges to construct a stable and diverse neighborhood.
On October 20, 2026, Hamilton Elementary hosted a St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) meeting on the proposal to close the school.
[Editor’s Note: Fifty years ago, longtime Times editor Jo Ann Vatcha wrote this reflection on voting and the temptation to sit out an election.
The residents of the 6000 and 6100 Westminster Place blocks gathered on the afternoon and evening of Saturday October 3 for the area’s 19th annual block party.
November 3 is an important election day.
Nobody plans on meeting neighbors over a tomato patch, but that is often how it happens at our community gardens.
Skinker DeBaliviere is one neighborhood but, like Walt Whitman’s famous poem, it contains multitudes.
A $4,500 tax liability, the resignation of the Council’s project manager, and a way forward for the Westminster 1035 Garden highlighted the September meeting of the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council held on September 7.
When days get shorter, family vacations are over and Washington University students return – many a Skinker DeBaliviere resident know it’s festival season.
Skinker DeBaliviere lost another community catalyst and connector on August 31 with the death of former longtime resident, Lucille “Lu” Green, 83.
The Levitt Vibe STL Music Series wrapped up on September 27 at Phillip Lucier Park with performances by St. Louis soul singer Brian Owens and BIKO (formerly known as DJ Needles).
Did you know that Kingsbury Animal Hospital (KAH) has been in our neighborhood since 1978?
Despite my youth, I’ve traveled a bit through our wonderful country.
