Comments on: Remembering Famous-Barr

By: Dr. Brock Mikesell

Dr. Brock Mikesell — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:57:11 +0000

Overated department store…I say out with the old and in with the new….hello Marshalls and T.J Maxx…no need for department stores anymore…move on …let it go

By: Stosh

Stosh — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:54:41 +0000

Southdown famous is where I bought my first Walkman in the 80′s. I worked downtown for many years and always loved the display windows, especially around Christmas. Had lots of friends who worked in the adv dept.

By: Delores Farrar-Thurman

Delores Farrar-Thurman — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:39:14 +0000

Im looking for anyone who remembers the Famous Barr clubhouse in Beckwoods,Mo. a beautiful place overlooking the Meramec River.

By: Allison Evans

Allison Evans — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:22:06 +0000

Is anyone interested in writing a brief history of the Famous Barr department store? I work for The History Press–a traditional, full-serive press that focuses exclusively on publishing works of local and regional history. We are looking to publish department store histories as they are often an important part of communities. If you would like more information, visit our website, http://www.historypress.net, where you can view our published titles and get a better sense for what we do. Feel free to e-mail me for more information or discuss potential ideas.

By: mesmertron

mesmertron — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:03:00 +0000

Somewhere in a vindictive ex’s house there is a video of this building with the whole back half gone. I was as far up as i could climb past the broken escalators and on one of the concrete pillars was an old sale advertisement that must have been covered up in the sixties sometime. I waited for the bus everyday of highschool next to it and would occasionally steal watches from the Swatch counter. Tsk-Tsk.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:32:00 +0000

that was supposed to read “people who somehow DO think positively”.

sorry.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:43:00 +0000

"St. Louis Self Esteem"

(sorry for the length) I've given this a lot of thought and my conclusions ramble so I won't go into depth).

closest I can come is Tennessee William's mother character in Glass Menagerie - but that's too simple.

resignation, modesty, and a weird combination of pessism and optimism.

"the grass is greener over there 'cause it's all crap here, but it'll turn to crap over there soon enough, so why stop looking for the next place"

ok that's simplistic and reductive (and a little snotty too)

fortunately there are (if one bases opinion on blogs like this and your links and all the links on those sites) a lot of people who somehow don't think positively.

originally a frontier town never sure of its identity (North, South, East, West? Crossroads or Backwater?) maybe never getting enough props to think 'who cares' and say in the immortal words of JHVH-1 and Popeye: I am what I am.

if I think about it, the most successful people (in STL and out, financially or emotionally) don't give a $%#^ and just move forward.

sadly most people don't or can't live their life that way.

and BTW I love your photos of overlooked places.

By: Lolololori

Lolololori — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:26:00 +0000

I’m so with you – I don’t get it either. Seems like the most counter-productive attitude imaginable.

maybe most folks are just too lazy to frame St. Louis in a positive light. I don’t know, doesn’t that that much energy to do!