What was your old phone number?

If you were born before 1963 or so, and you lived in the St Louis area, you probably had a phone number that started with one of these words. Which one was yours? And what part of town did you live in? CENTRAL CHESTNUT COLFAX CYPRESS EVERGREEN FLANDERS FORREST FRANKLIN HARRISON HEMPSTEAD HUDSON IVANHOE JACKSON JEFFERSON MAIN MISSION MOHAWK PARKVIEW PLATEAU PROSPECT (3800 block of Wyoming off S. Grand) STERLING (Dogtown) VERNON VICTOR WOODLAWN WYDOWN YORKTOWN Can you think of any that I didn't get? (Thanks to Marty who remembered all of these)

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