December 30, 1949
The May Company announced the construction of the Southtown Famous-Barr, a massive, three-story department store being built at the corner of Chippewa Street and Kingshighway Boulevard in south St. Louis.
November 22, 1963
This date in Missouri history. Famous-Barr announced it had selected a site at Lindbergh and the Rock Road for a $10 million shopping center. An item on page four of the Globe-Democrat mentioned that President Kennedy was in Dallas.