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St. Louis is home to the Fox Theatre, located in Grand Center, which presents Broadway shows and concert or speaking events. Other theaters include The Muny, a summer musical theatre located in Forest Park and founded in 1919; the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the city's major regional theatre, founded in 1966; Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, an annual summer opera festival co-founded by ...
Mercantile Bancorporation was the largest bank holding company in Missouri when it was acquired by Firstar Corporation in 1999. [1] The Mercantile Bank of St. Louis was founded in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1850. In 1996, its chief executive Thomas H. Jacobsen began a series of acquisitions, increasing its assets from $15.9 billion to $35.8 ...
In the early 1970s, these three groups merged and became the St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association. In 2012, RCGA was rebranded and is now known as the St. Louis Regional Chamber. While the name of the organization has evolved over the years, its mission remains the same: to attract new jobs, help nurture and grow the businesses in ...
1958 – Landmarks Association of St. Louis established. 1959 – St. Louis sit-in during the Civil Rights Movement. [59] 1960 Population: 750,026. [41] Sister city relationship established with Stuttgart, Germany. [60] The National Football League's Chicago Cardinals relocate to St. Louis. They will remain through 1987.
Sketch by St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist Marguerite Martyn of the opening of the Grand-Leader department store on September 8, 1906. Stix, Baer and Fuller (sometimes called "Stix" or SBF or the Grand-Leader) was a department store chain in St. Louis, Missouri that operated from 1892 to 1984.
The Terminal Railroad Association is a corporation of the State of Missouri, having its principal office at St. Louis, Mo. It is controlled by 14 proprietary railway companies, whose lines terminate at St. Louis, Mo., and at East St. Louis, Ill., through ownership of over 99 per cent of its outstanding capital stock.
Soulard (/ ˈ s u l ɑːr d / SOO-lard) is a historic neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the home of Soulard Farmers Market, the oldest farmers' market west of the Mississippi River. Soulard is one of ten certified local historic districts in the city of St. Louis. [2]