Venable Memorial News Today

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St. Louis Public Radio Creve Coeur plans to create a monument honoring Dr. H. Phillip Venable at the park. The Black ophthalmologist was forced to sell his land in the early 1960s after city officials acquired the land through eminent domain. Creve Coeur officials plan to create a monument to honor Dr. H. Phillip Venable, a Black doctor forced to sell his property more than a half-century ago. City officials will soon seek artists to design a monument for Dr. H. Phillip Venable Memorial Park....