Saint Louis Mayor Jim Conway has announced the formation of a new 18-member task force to develop guidelines for historic preservation in the City.
Tag: Urban Redevelopment
The November meeting was extremely interesting with plenty of new items for discussion.
In the coming weeks and months, the City of St. Louis will be carrying out a massive city-wide neighborhood improvement program with a $10 million Public Works grant from the Economic Development Agency of the United States Department of Commerce.
On November 11 at 8 pm Cornerstone Corporation will hold a benefit concert featuring Catherine Lehr, assistant principal cellist for the St. Louis Symphony.
Rosedale Neighbor, Ed Stout, received two awards recently for his work in neighborhood development and creative programming as Branch Manager of the Midtown Gateway Center of the Human Development Corporation — the 1977 HDC Employee of the Year Award and the Saint Louis Jaycees 1977 Distinguished Service Award.
The newly built Four Corners project will be dedicated on Saturday, October 16 from 1-1:30 p.m.
As a member of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council, newly elected last spring, I was approached by some members of The Paper's staff to write a monthly article on the Council's meetings.
Report of a May 1977 talk by George Wendell.
Historical September 1977 community notice.
Four Corners under construction.
Originally a portion of the 18th century Spanish land grant to Marie Louise Chouteau Papin, sister of St. Louis cofounder Auguste Chouteau, much of the Skinker-DeBaliviere-Catlin Tract-Parkview Historic District remained within extended Chouteau-Papin family until late in the nineteenth century.
Historic District Supplement, June 1977: original proposed standards and planning material, preserved as a historical document rather than a statement of current law.