![]() I didn't think it was so bad - except the green stripe. There were some beautiful little buildings that were torn down to put the center up, I was none too happy about that. The Galleria, Fairview Heights Mall, and (maybe) Union Station put an end to it. Louis Center was so busy you couldn't get into it. Louis Centre, which had lost its newness factor, the future from this point on was only downhill. Instead of encouraging people to stay Downtown to shop, busloads of conventioneers were regularly sent via charter bus to the Galleria. Louis Center and Union Station, which was reopened as festival market / mall just three weeks after the Centre, dropped significantly. After the Galleria expansion opened, foot traffic and sales at both St. Even downtown Clayton, which had established a strong retail presence in the mid-1950's suffered. Five years later in 1991 however the Galleria was more than tripled in size, with a new Famous Barr, Lord & Taylor and another 100+ stores, moving the region's retail center of gravity to Brentwood and Clayton Road. With only a remodeled Dillards in the original 1955 Stix Baer & Fuller and a relatively small number of stores, the Galleria barely made a dent in St. Louis Galleria opened in Richmond Heights, replacing the old Westroads Center. ![]()
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