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ZAMAK (or Zamac, formerly trademarked as MAZAK [1]) is an eclectic family of alloys with a base metal of zinc and alloying elements of aluminium, magnesium, and copper. Zamak alloys are part of the zinc aluminium alloy family; they are distinguished from the other ZA alloys because of their constant 4% aluminium composition.
Under these plans, a four-story 325,000-square-foot (30,200 m 2) Famous-Farr store would be the central anchor store. At time of construction, this would be the biggest department store in the St. Louis area. [1] By October 1954, several tenants had been announced for the center, including a local jewelry store, a beauty salon, and a dry ...
Schnuck Markets, Inc., doing business as Schnucks (), is a supermarket chain. Based in the St. Louis area, the company was founded in 1939 with the opening of a 1,000-square-foot (93 m 2) store in north St. Louis and currently operates over 100 stores [5] in four states throughout the Midwest (Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin).
River Roads Mall, also known as River Roads Shopping Center, was an enclosed shopping mall located in the city of Jennings, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Opened in 1962 as one of the nation's first shopping malls, [ 1 ] it featured J. C. Penney , F. W. Woolworth Company , Kroger , and Stix, Baer & Fuller as its anchor stores .
Caleres Inc. is an American footwear company that owns and operates a variety of footwear brands. Its headquarters is located in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. [4] [5] Founded in 1878 as Bryan, Brown & Company in St. Louis, it underwent several name changes; [6] for a time, the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company was the largest manufacturer of shoes in America.
Its location and development were chosen in part because of the affluent surrounding areas, for example Ladue, Frontenac, Town & Country, Kirkwood. Saks Fifth Avenue, which had a store in Central West End St. Louis since the early 1950s, relocated its St. Louis store to the Plaza Frontenac location in 1973. [11]
Recently, The Grove became the first area in St. Louis to install an overhanging neon sign to mark the entry of the business district. The Grove entry marker was a two year, $60,000 project funded and facilitated by several neighborhood entities including Forest Park South Business Association, The Grove CID, Tarlton Corporation, and Washington ...
Construction began on the mall in 1972. Its anchor stores at the time were Sears and Stix Baer & Fuller, a local chain based in nearby St. Louis. [3] The mall's initial roster of stores and services included Forum Cafeteria, Walgreen Drug, Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream, Camelot Music, Davy Jones Locker, The Limited, Orange Bowl snack bar, Pass Pets, and an Aladdin's Castle video arcade.