Saint Louis Galleria is a shopping mall in Richmond Heights, Missouri .
46-609: Originally the site of the Westroads Shopping Center anchored by Stix, Baer & Fuller , the property was sold in 1984 to Hycel Properties, which demolished most of the mall except the Stix north wing, including Walgreens (demolished and now a recently closed Weber Grill restaurant), and built the Saint Louis Galleria. Dillard's , which had acquired the Stix chain, expanded the existing location at
92-640: A public transportation network that includes bus , as well as the MetroLink light rail which began operating in 1993. The principal airport serving the region is St. Louis Lambert International Airport , located in St. Louis County. It also includes MidAmerica St. Louis Airport . Education in Greater St. Louis is provided by 132 public school districts, independent private schools, parochial schools , and several public library systems. Greater St. Louis also
138-623: A customer was stabbed by another customer at the mall. In July 2020, a shooting inside the Galleria took place leaving one man dead and one man injured. Stix, Baer %26 Fuller 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. Originally called the Grand-Leader,
184-528: A power failure. The mall receives external electric service from four points. It adopted the enclosed delivery corridor concept (but very little of the actual structure) from the Westroads design. Trucks enter on the south end and exit on the north end. The original loading dock for the Stix store (which remains in operation) is very similar in design to the loading dock at River Roads Mall , another Stix-developed shopping mall. The first Build-A-Bear location
230-666: Is a continued population decline although revitalization efforts are under way. As noted above, the Greater St. Louis area includes two municipalities named O'Fallon (in St. Charles County, Missouri and St. Clair County, Illinois), two municipalities named Troy (in Lincoln County, Missouri and Madison County, Illinois), and two municipalities named Chesterfield (in St. Louis County, Missouri and Macoupin County, Illinois). Greater St. Louis contains several separately-chartered, county-level governmental units that exist independently of
276-509: Is home to more than 30 colleges and universities. Parks in Greater St. Louis are administered by a variety of state, county, and municipal authorities, and the region also includes the state of Missouri's only National Park , Gateway Arch National Park . Several Missouri state parks in the region and parks owned by St. Louis County are larger than 1,000 acres, while one park in the city of St. Louis, Forest Park , also exceeds 1,000 acres. The 2014 Gross Metropolitan Product (GMP) of St. Louis
322-747: Is home to several area companies. Monsanto Company , formerly a chemical company and now a leader in genetically modified crops , is headquartered in Creve Coeur . Express Scripts , a pharmaceutical benefits management firm, has its corporate headquarters in the suburbs of St. Louis, near the campus of the University of Missouri–St. Louis . Energizer Holdings , the battery company, is headquartered in Town and Country. Enterprise Rent-A-Car 's headquarters are located in Clayton . Charter Communications
368-593: Is required to be accompanied by someone at least 21 years old on Fridays and Saturdays after 3 pm. Around the same time, the Richmond Heights MetroLink station opened a short distance from the mall. The two incidents, along with many shoplifting and brawling cases, were blamed on MetroLink, simply due to the spike in the number of such cases at the mall in August 2006 compared to the previous month. This brought fear into shoppers about their safety in
414-683: Is today the St. Louis area. During the 17th century, the population of indigenous peoples in the area was well over tens of thousands, including 20,000 in the Grand Village of Illinois. Indigenous peoples in the area built earthwork mounds on both sides of the Mississippi River, with the Cahokia Mounds as the regional center. St. Louis would later receive the nickname of "Mound City". Pierre Laclede Liguest and his 13-year-old grandson, Auguste Chouteau , selected St. Louis as
460-623: The 2010 United States Census , in Greater St. Louis there were 2,787,701 people living in 1,143,001 households, of which 748,892 households were families. In 2010, 98.2% of the population of Greater St. Louis considered themselves of one race , while 1.8% considered themselves of two or more races . Of those of one race, 76.9% (2,214,298) were white , 18% (519,221) were African American , 2.1% (60,316) were Asian American , and 1.1% (32,542) were American Indian , Native Hawaiian , Pacific Islander American , or some other race. 2.5% (72,797) were Hispanic or Latino Americans of any race. Religion in
506-587: The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center , the Solae Company , Sigma-Aldrich , and Multidata Systems International . Although it was purchased by Belgium-based InBev , Anheuser-Busch continues its presence in the city, as does Mallinckrodt Incorporated in spite of its purchase by Tyco International . General Motors continues to produce cars in the St. Louis area, although Chrysler closed its production facility in
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#1732782391315552-590: The Kansas City market. Unable to compete against Famous-Barr , ADG sold the 13-store division in 1984 to Dillard's , which also re-branded the stores to the Dillard's name. The flagship store in downtown St. Louis, designed by John Mauran and built in stages between 1906 and 1991, was briefly closed and reopened in 1985 as part of the St. Louis Centre Mall, but would be shuttered in September 2001, amidst
598-550: The Special School District of St. Louis County . The East-West Gateway Council of Governments is the federally-designated metropolitan planning organization for the region's transportation infrastructure. The nearby Hannibal – Quincy micropolitan area and Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area are technically not located within the metropolitan area, but are regionally associated due to their proximity and accessibility to Greater St. Louis. According to
644-513: The 1933 and 1934 National Challenge Cup national soccer titles. On April 3, 1922, the firm started a radio station with the call sign WCK. In June 1925 the call letters were changed to WSBF in accordance with the company's initials. The station was sold to the Mississippi Valley Broadcasting Co. in 1927. In 1955 Arthur Baer donated funds toward the construction of the first building that housed Channel 9 ,
690-702: The American Merchandising Companies ("AMC"), a trade association of important, locally owned department stores across the United States. For many years the company was known as the leading high-end fashion store in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area , although a smaller competitor, Scruggs, Vandervoort and Barney , also vied for that position. In 1937 Arthur B. Baer (1895–1970), the only son of Julius Baer (1861–1940), became president. At one point, Stix's largest shareholders were Arthur B. Baer, Sidney Baer and Leo C. Fuller, who were also
736-715: The City of St. Louis; the Illinois counties of Bond , Calhoun , Clinton , Jersey , Macoupin , Madison , Monroe , and St. Clair (known collectively as the Metro East ); and the Missouri counties of Crawford (only the City of Sullivan ), Franklin , Jefferson , Lincoln , St. Charles , St. Louis (separate from and not inclusive of the city of St. Louis), and Warren . The larger St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area (CSA) includes all of
782-486: The Galleria is the largest taxpayer, saw sales-tax receipts drop from $ 10.1 million in fiscal 2007 to $ 9.1 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2008. Mark Shale has since been replaced with two restaurants, Weber Grill Restaurant (now closed) and Texas de Brazil , and Helium Comedy Club. In 2017, the mall was the site of protests after the acquittal of a white police officer in the shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith . There were arrests of 22 people. In June 2018,
828-532: The St. Louis metro area are as follows: As of 2010, the median age for Greater St. Louis is 38.2, and 47.4% of the population was male while 52.6% was female. As of 2010, Greater St. Louis included 1,264,680 housing units , of which 90.4% (1,143,001) were occupied. Of those units that were vacant, 3.2% (40,553) of units were for rent, 1.6% (19,956) were for sale, 1% (12,575) were unoccupied seasonal homes, and .5% (6,771) were sold or rented but unoccupied. 3.3% (41,884) of units were vacant and not for sale or rent. Of
874-433: The St. Louis metropolitan area (2014) According to a Pew Research study conducted in 2014, 75% of St. Louis metro area residents identify with Christianity and its various denominations, and 4% are adherents of non-Christian religions. 21% have no religion. Of those, about 3% specifically identify as atheists, about 3% identify as agnostics, and about 16% identify as "Nothing in particular". The religious demographics of
920-532: The United States. In 1904, St. Louis hosted the world's fair in Forest Park and the Olympics at Washington University's Francis Field . More than 20 million people visited the city during the fair's seven-month long run. St. Louis was seen as a city of industrialization with ties to the automobile industry. The Great Migration between World War I and World War II brought thousands of African Americans to
966-551: The aforementioned MSA, plus the Farmington, MO micropolitan statistical area , which includes St. Francois County , Missouri , and the Centralia, IL micropolitan statistical area , which includes Marion County , Illinois . In 2020, the St. Louis MSA was the 21st-largest in the nation with a population of 2,820,253. The larger CSA is ranked 20th largest in the United States, with a population of 2,909,003. It fell out of
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#17327823913151012-664: The area is home to six Fortune 1,000 companies: Stifel (#633), Peabody Energy (#772), Energizer Holdings (#775), Caleres (#935), Belden (#964), Spire (#999). As well as two of the Top 50 Largest Private Companies in America, as ranked by Forbes: Enterprise Holdings (#9) and World Wide Technology (#20). Other notable corporations from the area include Wells Fargo Advisors (formerly A.G. Edwards), Energizer Holdings , and Ralcorp . Significant healthcare and biotechnology institutions with operations in St. Louis include Pfizer ,
1058-510: The city, boosting St. Louis's population to 800,000 by 1940. The population peaked in 1950 at 856,000. There was no more room for expansion within city boundaries and earlier immigrant generations started moving to suburbs that could not be annexed. During the mid-1960s, construction began on the Gateway Arch and Busch Stadium , in part to help revitalize the central business district. A 30-year downtown building boom followed. Today, there
1104-461: The costumes of the period, including some of the dresses worn by Mrs. Robert Campbell when she was the reigning hostess of the city." Greater St. Louis St. Louis, MO–IL MSA Other Statistical Areas in the St. Louis CSA Greater St. Louis is the 21st-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States, the largest in Missouri , and the second-largest in Illinois . Its core city — St. Louis, Missouri —sits in
1150-496: The country's top 20 largest MSAs in 2017 for the first time since 1840. As of 2021, Greater St. Louis is home to the headquarters of ten of Missouri's eleven Fortune 500 companies, six Fortune 1,000 companies, and two of the top 30 largest private companies in America, as ranked by Forbes . The metropolitan area received the All-America City Award in 2008. The Illini Confederacy once dominated what
1196-461: The entire block. The station building was just to the right of the main entrance to the dormitory. The S bar F Scout Ranch in Knob Lick, Missouri , is named for Stix, Baer, and Fuller due to their contribution to help buy the property. In September 1942 Stix, Baer and Fuller donated $ 10,000 (~$ 147,491 in 2023) to save the old Campbell House in downtown St. Louis from demolition. The donation
1242-419: The first television studio in the nation built expressly for educational television . The Julius and Freda Baer Building was named in memory of his parents and was located on the edge of Washington University in St. Louis campus at 6996 Millbrook Boulevard (now renamed Forest Park Parkway), at the southeast corner of Millbrook and Big Bend boulevards. A beautiful new Washington University dormitory now takes up
1288-494: The geographic center of the metro area, on the west bank of the Mississippi River . The river bisects the metro area geographically between Illinois and Missouri, although the latter portion is much more populous. The MSA includes St. Louis County , which is independent of the City of St. Louis; their two populations are generally tabulated separately. The St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan statistical area (MSA) includes
1334-757: The hierarchical municipality-county-state structure. These span multiple counties, and even cross state lines. Generally, their jurisdiction is focused on providing specific services that otherwise would be inadequately funded or inefficiently provided. They include the Bi-State Development Agency , the Great Rivers Greenway District , the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District , and
1380-432: The mall and caused a decline in patronage. In 2006, Nordstrom announced plans to open a store at the mall. In December 2008, Nordstrom said that due to the economy, it would delay the opening from 2010 until 2011. The store opened to the public on September 23, 2011. The recession hit Galleria sales hard in 2008, as Jimmy'z and Mark Shale closed. Richmond Heights, which gets half its revenue from sales taxes and for which
1426-476: The mall's failure. The River Roads store was demolished along with the rest of shopping center. The store at the former Crestwood Plaza was demolished in Fall, 2016. (The remainder of the former Crestwood Plaza will also be demolished Winter 2016, and into 2017 for a new development.) In the early 1930s, the company sponsored a local St. Louis Soccer League team, known as Stix, Baer and Fuller F.C. This team won
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1472-457: The non-farm workforce of Missouri and Illinois combined. As of May 2011, 125,000 non-farm workers were unemployed in Greater St. Louis, with an unemployment rate of 8.6 percent. As of the third quarter of 2010, the Greater St. Louis region had more than 73,000 companies or establishments paying wages, while average weekly wages for that period were $ 833, slightly lower than the U.S. national average of $ 870. The largest industry by business conducted
1518-467: The occupied housing units, 70.6% (807,431) were owner-occupied with 2,075,622 occupants. 29.4% (335,570) of units were rented with 739,749 occupants. In 2010, the median income for a household in the St. Louis metro was $ 50,900. Transportation in Greater St. Louis includes road , rail , and air transportation modes connecting the communities in the area with national and international transportation networks. Parts of Greater St. Louis also support
1564-482: The original central downtown store was located on the north side of Washington Avenue between Sixth and Seventh street and by 1920 had grown to encompass the entire city block. The store was founded in 1892 by Charles Stix, brothers Julius Baer and Sigmond Baer, and Aaron Fuller. It was a public company , with its stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange . The company was a longtime member of
1610-581: The region, which was located in Fenton, Missouri . Despite its purchase by Nestlé , Ralston Purina remained headquartered in St. Louis as a wholly owned subsidiary. St. Louis is also home to Boeing Phantom Works (formerly McDonnell-Douglas ). In addition, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in downtown is one of two federal reserve banks in Missouri. St. Louis County in particular
1656-458: The same time, while retailer Mark Shale opened a major store. In 1991, the building was expanded south of the Atrium. The Clayton Famous-Barr store (now Macy's) moved to the mall, and luxury department store Lord & Taylor opened on the south end. The addition also included an emergency electric generator that can supply limited lighting and monitoring functions (but not full operations) during
1702-400: The senior officers of the company. However, they hired a series of more experienced retailers to run the business as general managers. Those with the longest tenure were first, Morris Jelenko and later, Frank P. Wolff. The last general manager and president was J. Arthur Baer, son of Arthur B. Baer. In 1966 the company was purchased by Associated Dry Goods (ADG) and eventually expanded into
1748-507: The site for a French fur trading post in 1764 because it was a rarely flooded area at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. In 1770, ownership of St. Louis was transferred to Spain, and then returned to France during a secret treaty ( Treaty of San Ildefonso ). The area became part of the United States in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase , and steadily grew thereafter. It was the starting point for Lewis and Clark . St. Louis
1794-428: Was $ 145.958 billion, that makes St. Louis the 21st highest GMP in the United States. The three largest categories of employment in Greater St. Louis are trade, transportation, and utilities with 249,000 workers, education and healthcare services with 225,000 workers, and professional and business services with 185,000 workers. Greater St. Louis has more than 1.3 million non-farm workers, representing roughly 15 percent of
1840-591: Was $ 213 billion in 2007. With a gross metropolitan product of $ 112 billion in 2009, St. Louis' economy makes up 40% of the Gross State Product of Missouri. As of 2021, Greater St. Louis is home to eight of Missouri's ten Fortune 500 companies: Centene (#24), Emerson Electric (#181), Reinsurance Group of America (#207), Edward Jones (#295), Graybar (#399), Ameren (#469), Olin Corporation (#472), and Post Holdings (#474). In addition,
1886-689: Was formerly headquartered in Town and Country, until the executive team moved to Stamford, Connecticut; however, Charter has continued to grow in St. Louis and has upwards of 4,000 employees in the region as of mid-2018. Emerson Electric 's headquarters are located in Ferguson . Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is headquartered in Berkeley . Edward Jones Investments is headquartered in Des Peres . From 1994 until its acquisition in 2000 by Tyco International , another chemical company, Mallinckrodt ,
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1932-551: Was headquartered in St. Louis County. Many of the former Mallinckrodt facilities are still in operation by Tyco in the St. Louis suburb of Hazelwood, Missouri . Others are SSM Health Care , Mercy Hospital , and the Tenet Healthcare Corporation chain. The Greater St. Louis area is currently home to four professional sports teams: the St. Louis Blues ( NHL ) who won the Stanley Cup in 2019 , and
1978-474: Was incorporated as a city in 1823. Between 1840 and 1860, the population exploded, particularly because of the arrival of German and Irish immigrants. St. Louis's current boundaries were established in 1876. After the American Civil War , St. Louis continued to grow into a major manufacturing center due to its access to rail and water transportation. By the 1890s, St. Louis was the 4th-largest city in
2024-549: Was made in recognition of the company's 50th anniversary. Shortly thereafter the Campbell House Museum with original furnishings opened to the public. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat noted at the time, "A show window replica of the Campbell parlor, furnished with objects from the home, will be displayed by the department store tomorrow at Seventh street and Washington avenue. Figures in the window will be dressed in
2070-521: Was opened in October of 1997. It was the second mall in the area to have an Apple Store (and formerly the area's only Apple mini store), hosts the area's only Urban Outfitters , and along with West County Center is seen as a more upscale shopping mall. On October 8, 2002, The Cheesecake Factory opened at the mall, becoming the area's first location. Beginning April 20, 2007, after two incidents between teenagers and rampant shoplifting, anyone under 16
2116-399: Was wholesaling with $ 71 billion, followed by manufacturing with $ 67 billion, retail trade with $ 36 billion, and healthcare with $ 16 billion. The area's largest employer by sector was healthcare with 174,000 workers, followed by retail trade with 152,000 workers and manufacturing with 134,000 workers. Using available data, the combined value of business conducted in the combined statistical area
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