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Designed by Portland, Oregon's Allied
Works Architecture, the museum shares its site in the
Grand
Center District a few miles west of downtown with Tadao
Ando's Pulitzer
Foundation for the Arts. Together the two structures attempt
to create an anchor to attract people to the district while
also creating the "cultural soul of the city", according
to Grand Center, Inc. As much of St. Louis' downtown and environs
still shows signs of the suburban flight decades ago, the
district is one of many developments that focus on people's
movement back towards downtown, as many cities elsewhere are
experiencing successfully.
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