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newsletter published by the Downtown St. Louis Community
Improvement District for its members, downtown property and
business owners, the downtown business and residential community
and all others interested in downtown revitalization. Send all
responses and inquiries to Shuntae' Shields Ryan, Marketing
& Communications Director, via e-mail or mail to: 906 Olive
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Starting April
2008, the 910 room Adam's Mark Hotel in downtown St. Louis will
be  known as the Hyatt Regency St. Louis
Riverfront. The Chartres Lodging Group LLC of San
Francisco completed their purchase of the hotel in February with
plans to invest $63 million to reposition, rebrand and a
building wide renovation. Specific
renovation details for this property will be announced in the
coming months.
Chartres Lodging
plans to spend more than $238 million to do the same to four
other Adam's Mark properties over the next 18 months.
Those include Adam's Mark Dallas, Denver, Indianapolis and
Buffalo-Niagara.
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The 2nd annual Saint Louis
Fashion Week will return March 25-30, 2008. The event made its debut to the St. Louis scene in 2007
featuring international designers, upscale runway shows and
several global icons.
This years event
will feature much of the same including: top designers Rachel
Pally, Black Halo and Yana K, whose fashions can be seen on
celebs like Drew Barrymore, Gabrielle Union, Jennifer Lopez and
the runways of L.A. Fashion Week; a Saint Louis Fashion Week
Launch Party with Kimora Lee Simmons on Saturday, March 15th at
Lumen (2201 Locust); high energy fashion shows at Glow, Pure and
Energy (Lumiére Place - 999 2nd Avenue); after party
at F15TEEN (1900 Locust Street) and so much more.
To assist in promoting Saint Louis
Fashion Week, downtown developer RileyWaldrop and Alive Magazine
will also launch a St. Louis Fashion Showcase in the vacant
window storefronts along Washington Avenue between Tucker and
14th Streets. The window displays will be decorated
March 16th - May 5th to promote Fashion
Week, fashion retailers and designers from the region. For more
information, contact Zach Riley at 314.276.9809.
For information on Saint Louis
Fashion Week, click
here.
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The ground floor of the ten-story 9th Street
Parking Garage will soon be home to a  well known downtown grocery store,
Schnucks. The 25,000 square foot urban food store and
specialty market will be located at the corner of 9th
and Olive Streets and cater to the needs of downtown residents,
workers and visitors.
The two-level
store will feature fresh produce and specialty foods (natural
and organic), a pharmacy, floral shop, Kaldi's Coffee bar, meat
and seafood departments, salad bar, Asian hot-food bar, barbecue
bar, pizza station, made-to-order sandwich shop, tapas tasting
area, seating space and more. The store is slated to open
in either late 2008 or early 2009.
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Lumière Place, an entertainment destination with
exciting gaming, unique restaurants and luxury hotels has now
added upscale boutiques to its repertoire. Four new
boutique shops, MensRoom, Blush, L'ove, and
ETC, opened on the
Lumière Place promenade end of February.
 MensRoom
is an upscale clothier with names like Lacoste, Tommy Bahama,
DKNY jeans and Cutter & Buck that offers
high-style collections for the contemporary man including hats,
polos, t-shirts, pants, belts, socks, and luggage along with
Johnston & Murphy shoes. MensRoom will also
offer a feature you won't find in just any men's store, a
humidor offering fine cigars beginning in the second quarter of
2008.
Blush of Lumière Place
offers an array of collections from top fashion designers
including Steve Madden and Kensie,
plus Lucky Brand Jeans, Jessica Simpson shoes and Rioni hand
bags.
L'ove
is
an intimate apparel and lingerie boutique.
ETC has all the
comforts of home that you forgot to bring to the resort.
From cameras and candy, to newspapers, toiletries and Lumière
Place logo merchandise, ETC is your one-stop
boutique.
 MensRoom, Blush of Lumière Place and L'ove
are open Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am to 10:00 pm, Friday
and Saturday 9:00 am to 11:00 pm and Sunday 12:00 pm to 8:00
pm. ETC is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
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Inspired by a passion for both sports
and St. Louis, Nelly, Marshall Faulk, Larry  Hughes, and Darius Miles have teamed together to
create downtown's premier sports bar and grill---Skybox. Located
at 800 N. Third Street on Laclede's Landing (old Planet
Hollywood building) Skybox offers a great environment in which
to catch the big games, relax with friends, and enjoy great food
and drink. Skybox features over 70 hi-definition TV screens, a
cigar room, and delicious American cuisine with menu specialty
items such as Marshall's cornbread-battered shrimp "rich" boy
and the signature chicken wings (a favorite of Darius
Miles), both of which can be served with Nelly's spiced BBQ
sauce.
Skybox is open 7 days a week. Hours are
Monday - Thursday, 11 am - 10 pm, Friday, 11 am - midnight,
Saturday, 4 pm - midnight and Sunday, 4 pm - 10 pm. The
bar is open until 1:30 am weeknights and 3:00 am
weekends. For more  information, click
here.
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The annual 4th District Police
Officers Awards luncheon will be held Thursday, March 27, 2008
at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly the Adam's
Mark Hotel). The luncheon, beginning at Noon, will recognize
those police officers that have contributed above and beyond
their normal call of duty as a 4th District Police Officer. An
officer will be recognized for each month of the year as well as
one presented with the "Officer of the Year" award. The Annual
Report on Safety, which highlights downtown crime stats as well
as those Downtown Community Improvement District programs
contributing to the overall safety environment, will also be
released at the luncheon.
Sponsors to date for the event are:
Title - Gateway Metro Credit Union, Lumiere Place Casino &
Hotel & The President Casino and S&H Parking & St.
Louis Metropolitan Towing. Gold - McCormack Baron Salazar Inc.,
Southwest Bank, St. Louis Parking, Welsch Flatness & Lutz
and Whelan Security.
For more information, click
here.
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The 39th Annual St. Patrick's Day
Parade will take place in downtown St. Louis  Saturday, March 15, 2008. The parade steps off
at noon from 18th and Market Streets and proceeds east on Market
to Broadway, where it will disband. The parade will feature
elaborate floats, marching bands, marching units, dance groups,
animal units, novelty units, motorized units and giant cartoon
character helium-filled balloons.
This year the parade activities
will again feature the Irish Village at Kiener Plaza from 9:00
am - 4:00 pm. The Irish Village will feature a Main Stage with
Irish and popular music, the Radio Disney Stage with a 90-minute
show, food and beverages from Norton's Cafe, Super Smoker's
World Championship BBQ, TGI Friday's, Hilton St. Louis at the
Ballpark Dining Center, Irish novelties from Lite Up the Night,
free inflatable bounce rides for children, free face painting,
jugglers, and balloon sculptures.
Due to the change in
parade direction from west to east, Market Street will be closed
at 7:30 a.m. from Compton to 20th Street for staging of parade
units and from 20th Street east to Broadway for the parade.
For more information, click
here.
Celebrate
St. Patrick's Day at St. Louis Union Station 
March
15th
St. Louis Union Station will also have St.
Patrick's Day activities for all. Events are as follows:
The John Ford Highland Pipe Band will perform as they march
through the Station at 10 am; a live radio broadcast of the
parade will take place with Mark Klose and Laurie Mac with KHITS
on the Market Street balcony from 11 am - 1 pm; Dr. Zhivegas
will perform a concert on the Lake Stage from 1 pm - 5 pm; and,
the O'Faolain Academy of Irish Dance will perform on the South
Plaza at 3 pm. For more information, click
here.
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The 2008 GO! St. Louis® Family
Fitness Weekend will be held April 5 - 6, 2008.  The event will feature fitness for all age
groups and skill levels with seven different races.
In addition
to the weekend fitness events, a two-day health & fitness
expo will be held at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront (formerly
Adam's Mark Hotel) and the annual pasta party will be held at
the Old Post Office in downtown St. Louis.
Participants from 43
states and seven countries are expected to take part in the two
day event. To access the race course map, click
here. To volunteer or sign up for the marathon, click
here.
GO! St. Louis is a non-profit organization that
encourages individuals and families in the region to adopt a
healthy lifestyle by getting fit, staying active, and eating a
nutritional diet year round.
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