At Salisbury, we continue on past the fire station, which has been there for over a century, though the one below is not the original.
The park is probably the original topography of the land.
It starts to get very leafy north of the park as we continue up Blair Avenue.
There have been many demolitions in this area since I started looking at this area.
But this little house below is a new rehab, I believe.
I’ve always liked this block in between Newhouse and Angelica because the houses are from the early Twentieth Century and therefore are newer than most of the surrounding area.
Yes, the little now-blue home has an interesting recent (past 10 years) history. I’ve been in Hyde Park for 15 years and have been feeding unhoused animals for as long because I saw many deceased cats when I relocated here and realized they were darting across the streets looking for food. The tiny house was owned by a gentleman, Mr. Rabbitt, who offered to give me that home as we met when I was feeding cats. I declined his gracious offer because I didn’t have time to work on it but introduced him to an investor from Atlanta who paid much more.
The first thing the investor did was chop down all the beautiful trees that had given that home the feel of Monet’s home in Giverny. I was heartbroken after that.
The home behind all the “leafyness” , very well protected by beautiful trees, is the home of the late Alderman Freeman Bosley., Sr. Those beautiful homes facing Hyde Park were recently featured in St. Louis Magazine online as they are vacant and looking for someone to love them and invest in them.