# Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden

St. Louis, MO · gas-station · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-e0d827dadf` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/gas-stations/mo/st-louis-peter-mathews-memorial-skate-garden/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-e0d827dadf.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-e0d827dadf.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-e0d827dadf

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | none |
| Strategy | regreen | none |
| New use | park | none |
| What is there now | Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden is St. Louis' first legal outdoor public skate park. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 14000 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

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.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mathews_Memorial_Skate_Garden

## Sources

- Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mathews_Memorial_Skate_Garden

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden, St. Louis, MO." Record n-e0d827dadf, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/gas-stations/mo/st-louis-peter-mathews-memorial-skate-garden/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_stlouispetermathewsmemorialskategarden,
  title = {Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden, St. Louis, MO},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/gas-stations/mo/st-louis-peter-mathews-memorial-skate-garden/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-e0d827dadf, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.