Lest you think I’m confusing topics here—the upcoming Central West End Association’s Gala—with news about recently-installed Pickleball courts at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in Forest Park, let me explain. Among the many silent auction items offered at the 2nd annual gala, Friday, December 1 at The McPherson, is a 2-hour Pickleball party for 16 at…
Category: Forest Park
Intersection of Forest Park Parkway and Kingshighway is open
A stretch of Forest Park Parkway from DeBaliviere to Kingshighway reopened to traffic this afternoon following 9 months of construction. The construction included abandonment of the former underpass running beneath Kingshighway and the creation of a traditional at-grade intersection at Kingshighway and Forest Park Parkway, as well as improvements to Forest Park Avenue east to…
A tunnel runs through it
When construction is completed later this summer, there will be a handsome new pedestrian tunnel under the elevated Forest Park Parkway where it meets Kingshighway at a 4-way intersection. Here is a progress report on completion from the BJC website: Forest Park Ave. lanes east of Kingshighway will open in July. Forest Park Parkway west of Kingshighway will open in August….