Written by: 10/20/2011 3:54 PM
ST. LOUIS -- The placards greeting arriving passengers at Lambert International Airport read "11 in '11" -- a rally cry for what could be an 11th World Series championship for the Cardinals franchise. However, there is something noticeably different about the river town that has participated in so many of these World Series, from the '30s Gashouse Gang to El Birdos of the '60s and Whiteyball of the '80s.
In keeping with the 2011 theme of comebacks, this Missouri city matches the historic comeback of its beloved ballclub with a downtown comeback that belies today's economic hardships. The Cardinals are representing their surroundings as much as the National League.
There are significant ongoing transformations since the last Fall Classic and victory parade happened here five years ago. You see it in the 24 magnificent sculptures in the new two-block City Garden; in the Peabody Opera House that just reopened this month a few blocks from Busch Stadium; in the new lofts and infusion of young professionals. A downtown that was bemoaned by the Washington Post in the late 1990s as among America's most depressed is in the midst of an about-face.
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