Sherman Park is also home to the Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum and the U.S.S. South Dakota Battleship Memorial. Most of Westward Ho Country Club is also in this area, north of Skunk Creek. Spellerberg Park on the east is a favorite winter sledding hill. The River Run area across was zoned a planned development in 1989. The commercial land along West 12th Street includes a Wendy s, a motel and a car lot.
Several apartments come next.
Some are in the open field, others tucked into the trees along the river. Upscale duplexes are being built along the boundary with the Westward Ho golf course. The median income in the neighborhood is well below the city s median. About 40 percent of the Irving School neighborhood homes were built before 1900. The area from 10th to 18th is cut by railroad tracks, and many of the older homes have been converted into apartments.