Historical May 1977 housing-finance report.
Tag: Urban Redevelopment
The past year has been an active and positive one in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area.
Originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 23, 1977, and reprinted in The Paper, April 1977.
Historical March 1977 report on proposed redevelopment.
The approval of a plan by the SDCC Board to form the Redevelopment Advisory Committee has opened up to all interested residents opportunities to become involved with Pantheon Corporation in its efforts to redevelop our community and the surrounding area (see map & accompanying article by Jean Eberle).
Late in 1970 residents of the SD area, especially those active on the SkinkerDebaliviere Community Council,.began to consider the prospect of redeveloping those blocks with the most deteriorated housing.
The Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council in its meeting May 19, 1975, approved the sale to Pantheon Corporation of redevelopment rights held by Kingsbury Redevelopment Corporation.
The Four Corners (Des Peres and Kingsbury) Planning Committee has been hard at work every Wednesday.
Photographs courtesy of Etta Taylor of Parkview, granddaughter of George W.
The Skinker-DeBaliviere Neighborhood has been looking into the possibility of applying for "historic district" status and exploring what work would be needed to make such an application.
The past session of the Board of Aldermen was a busy one and featured a number of legislative accomplishments.
