[1][2][3][4][5][6] 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.

[7] Since 1999, the City of Saint Louis has owned the 14,000-square-foot property through the Land Reutilization Authority.

[7] 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.

[8] When the elevated roadway was demolished in July 2015, St. Louis was left with no free public skateparks.

[8][9] The skate garden was named for Peter Mathews, a local skater who died tragically in a car crash.