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Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden
Completed regreen retrofit: former gas station now St. Louis' first legal skate park. Retrofit already built; no active development. · summary, model-written
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Site profile5 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 6 within 10 km computed · all sites with thisCounty lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012
This site: -16% census-cbp · all sites with thisShrinking county
This site: -5.8% census-acs · all sites with thisRegreened
This site: Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden is St. Louis' first legal outdoor public skate park. record · all sites with thisPark and open space
This site: Skate Garden is St. Louis' first legal outdoor public skate park. newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Retrofit builtWikipedia no source |
|---|---|
| Strategy | RegreenedWikipedia no source |
| New uses | parkWikipedia no source |
| What is there now | Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden is St. Louis' first legal outdoor public skate park.newtypes-extraction reported |
Site context
| Housing permits, St. Louis (Independent City) (MO), 2024 | 227 units in 5+ unit buildings, 11 in 2–4, 56 single-family; 2023: 205 in 5+Census BPS |
|---|---|
| Other atlas sites nearby | 6 within 10 km, 11 within 25 km: Brown Shoe Company's Homes-Take Factory (5.3 km); Ely Walker Lofts (7.3 km); Armory (7.7 km); One City Center (8.0 km); Costa Verde Center (8.6 km)computed |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 7,724 jobs in 768 establishments; average annual pay $38,904; employment location quotient 0.35; employment -1.8% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 898 jobs; 162 in retail trade, 143 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 29510115100)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 39th income percentile as adults; 2.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (648 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 27.8%; median family income $53,429; 470 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | St. Louis City School District (PK-12); 5 public schools within 1 mile: MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GRVE SOUTH; BUDER ELEM.; LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR.; OAK HILL ELEM.NCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 538 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 65 county-logged events: 25 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 13 flash flood, 1 lightning; $1,686,746,000 property damage reported; 7 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 63116, 2026-09 | median list price $199,000 (-0.1% on the year); 109 active listings; median 42 days on market; 23% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 778 establishments (-16%); 8,987 jobs (-8%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $176,514 (-0% 1 yr, +10% 5 yr); typical rent $1,287/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
Summary, model-written
Former gas station (14,000 sq ft) retrofitted into Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden, St. Louis' first legal outdoor public skate park. Built on a Brownfield site of a closed 1988 auto repair/radiator service station. City of St. Louis owned the site since 1999 via Land Reutilization Authority. Cleanup began 2003. Site is verified as built (status: built).
Why. Retrofitted using 'regreen' strategy. Peer sites with same strategy exist in MO (Crestwood Court, St. Louis Mills) and other states. County population change (-5.8% 2018-23) noted as unknown context.
Where it stands. Retrofit already completed (opp_reasons: 'retrofit already built'). No current development activity noted. Housing market shows slight ZHVI decline (-0.4% YoY) but rising ZORI (3.3% YoY). Retail establishments declined 16% since 2012.
For a planner
- Site is a completed retrofit on a Brownfield. No active development pending. Peer sites in same state (MO) use identical 'regreen' strategy.
For a developer
- No opportunity score (0.0). Retrofit already built. County shrinkage metric unclear. Nearby peers: Crestwood Court (10km), St. Louis Mills (26km).
What we do not know yet
- 'County shrank -5.8%' meaning unknown. No current ownership or management details provided. Retail trend decline (16% fewer stores) not directly linked to site.
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Similar sites
- Crestwood Court, Crestwood, MO · Malls · same strategy: regreen; also in MO; 10 km away
- St. Louis Mills, Hazelwood, MO · Malls · same strategy: regreen; also in MO; 26 km away
- Villa Italia Mall, Lakewood, CO · Malls · same strategy: regreen
- Midtown Square Mall, Charlotte, NC · Malls · same strategy: regreen
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- county shrank -5.8% 2018–23
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
History and original facts
| Gross leasable area | 14,000 sq ftnewtypes-extraction |
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| County | St. Louis city |
| Census division | 4 · West North Central |
| Notes | Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: A former gas station, auto repair, and radiator service station that closed in 1988 was transformed into Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden, St. Louis' first legal outdoor public skate park. |
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Background
Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden is St. Louis' first legal outdoor public skate park. == History == The Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden is built on a Brownfield site of a Bevo Mill former gas station, auto repair, and radiator service station that ceased operating in 1988. Since 1999, the City of Saint Louis has owned the 14,000-square-foot property through the Land Reutilization Authority. Cleanup of the lot began in 2003. Impressed by how they maintained their DIY skatepark, the City of Saint Louis rented the current site of the Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden to the KHVT. === Kinghighway D.I.Y.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Sources
- Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden
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