More black residents — both as owners and renters of housing units — constitute a major change in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area during the 1960s, census returns made public recently indicate.
Category: History
When you talk about urban changes and the Skinker-DeBaliviere area with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Walsh (properly Mr. and Mrs. William D.), you are apt to get a smile and a question, "Which changes?"
One of the city's major construction jobs spontaneously occurred September 27 at the corner of Skinker and Kingsbury, when a World's Fair era column which had fallen was rebuilt by a handful of amateur Kingsbury street craftsmen.
I am writing this column to introduce myself as the new editor of THE PAPER — a position gained by default and helped by a mild case of insanity.
Piccione is now a bakery shop at the corner of Skinker and Delmar, the creation of renowned St. Louis catering company, Butler's Pantry, owned by Richard Nix and family.
