Update: I went back and visited again in 2018.
Straddling the border between St. Louis and University City on Skinker, Parkview was another private subdivision laid out by Julius Pitzmann. What was once farmland now is heavily forested, with houses peeking out from behind the stately trees.
Going to school on Clayton Road, this Kirkwood hoosier from a very modest home went to a lot of parties in the neighborhood (and other CWE ‘hoods) in the late ’50s. I was always amazed by these houses, their interiors, and their contents, whether furnishings or inhabitants…