"Marking completion of the first construction phase of the St. Louis Gateway Convention and Exhibition Center, flags fly from the downtown center's columns Friday. Mayor John H. Poelker said the $34 million project is 30 days ahead of schedule."
"James Welsh, left, of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, surveys Convention Center with Eugene L. Beckerle, center, center director, and Mayor John H. Poelker."
"The downtown Convention Center is officially renamed the St. Louis Gateway Convention and Exhibition Center in a ceremony Tuesday. From left: Mayor John H. Poelker; Richard Mantia, secretary-treasurer of the Building and Construction Trades Council; Eugene L. Beckerle, center director; Nick Rallo, president of C. Rallo Contrating Co., and Al Fleischer, chairman of Pride."