Beating the blues in St. Louis // Grizzled metropolis plays sweet new tune

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 9, 1989 ;   Jack Schnedler;   787 words ...ST. LOUIS This was my boyhood Xanadu, a shimmering...the day the midget batted for Bill Veeck's St. Louis Browns. It was Aug. 19, 1951, and I happened...Charles, Mo., 20 miles northwest of downtown St. Louis. That's a fast expressway commute today...

ST. LOUIS SINGING THE FOOTBALL BLUES; THE CITY HAS THE RAMS, BUT IT'S SURE...

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  November 23, 1997 ;     584 words ...Byline: ED HARDIN Panthers ST. LOUIS -- They play the blues in St. Louis, a riverine blues, unlike the earthy tones heard...blues. Big Mama blues. They play the blues in St. Louis, but they don't play football. Football is to...

Payton Spirited in St. Louis

The Washington Post;  September 28, 1993 ;   MICHAEL WILBON;   787 words ...It was raining in St. Louis. Walter Payton was standing in Chicago...his dollars and a new passion are in St. Louis, where it was raining. That bit of information...effort to bring expansion football to St. Louis, which lost its original team to Phoenix...

The trains are gone, but St. Louis chugs on

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 4, 1986 ;   Jack Schnedler;   737 words ...ST. LOUIS The service was spotty, and the food was...allegorical stained-glass window depicting St. Louis as America's crossroads, flanked by New York and San Francisco. St. Louis was the nation's crossroads in 1894, when...

St. Louis, Mo., Public Relations Executive If Found Dead.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 11, 2002 ;     741 words ...By Tim O'Neil, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 11--Alfred...who helped develop the Edward Jones Dome, bring the Rams to St. Louis and create the St. Louis 2004 project, was found dead in his downtown office Wednesday...

Advertising Agency Industry Changes in St. Louis with Firm's Departure.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 5, 2002 ;     680 words ...By Thomas Lee, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business...Benton & Bowles last week to leave St. Louis, the city in which the agency was born...known for a while: The ad community in St. Louis no longer commands the national presence...

A reinvigorated St. Louis begins to boom again.(Market focus: St. Louis)

MMR;  June 28, 2004 ;     686 words ...ST. LOUIS -- In 1764 French for traders founded this...glory. Today entrepreneurs still thrive in St. Louis--but the goods they sell remain here, as...conjunction with its steadily growing population. St. Louis is making some real progress, says Craig...

Consultant Says St. Louis Must Loosen Its Tie to Attract Entrepreneurs.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 2, 2004 ;     644 words ...By Eric Heisler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 2--St. Louis must loosen its conservative business...to a consultant's report Monday to the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association...

City Contemplates Future of St. Louis-Based TWA.(Knight Ridder/Tribune...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 8, 2001 ;   Shah, Angela;   787 words ...Jan. 9--ST. LOUIS--Lose a headquarters or lose a hub? Civic...of AMR Corp.'s expected acquisition of St. Louis-based Trans World Airlines Inc. Airline...American-TWA deal, they said, might be just what St. Louis needs to live up to its legacy as the hometown...

Lightning striker: diminutive Martin St. Louis is burning opponents and...

Hockey Digest;  February 1, 2003 ;   Worgo, Tom;   787 words ...TO SPEEDY TAMPA BAY FORWARD Martin St. Louis, size doesn't matter. The 5'7 St Louis has been battling questions about his height...Tampa Bay. But in his fifth season in the NHL, St. Louis has finally quieted the doubters. Through the...

TWA loss will be tough for St. Louis.(The Dallas Morning News)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 8, 2001 ;   Shah, Angela;   787 words ...ST. LOUIS _ Lose a headquarters or lose a hub? Civic...word of AMR Corp.'s expected acquisition of St. Louis-based Trans World Airlines Inc. Airline...Airlines Inc., they said, might be just what St. Louis needs to live up to its legacy as the hometown...

AILING ST. LOUIS SAYS: MEET ME IN SEATTLE LEADERS COME TO SEE WHAT MAKES...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 1, 1997 ;   Sommer, Constance;   757 words ...St. Louis wants to get the magic back. Missouri's...important civic and business leaders in St. Louis spent Sunday, Monday and yesterday in Seattle...a collective sense of enthusiasm,'' said St. Louis Mayor Clarence Harmon. ``People here are...

Get into the arts spirit with a St. Louis trip; Busy place: There will be...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  May 20, 2001 ;   TH STAFF;   785 words ...St. Louis always has been a leader and Midwestern cultural center, but...lovers. Here are some of the top arts events taking place in St. Louis this year: * The People Project: St. Louis' public spaces and parks will be filled with people from now...

RCGA wants St. Louis to be center of attention.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  October 11, 2005 ;     544 words ...Byline: Eric Heisler Oct. 11--The St. Louis area has a new logo for luring business...for the area and a new slogan -- St. Louis: Perfectly Centered. Remarkably Connected...have few solid impressions about the St. Louis region. One of the things that St...

Travel Agents Gather in St. Louis for Annual Convention. (Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 21, 1993 ;   Tipton, Virgil;   534 words ...Sep. 22--Travel agents visiting St. Louis for their annual convention are encountering...the city. I had a bad impression of St. Louis before I came, said Ruth Lynn Craig...Dublin, Calif. All I've heard of St. Louis is that downtown is like a war zone...