This was in the 70's, a great time in downtown. Tons of great restaurants, little hole in the wall places. Long before the convention center was built. The Mercantile Tower was brand new and something to behold for the times. Styx, Baer and Fuller or Famous& Barr were the kind of department stores you saw on television, with elevator operators and as you were going up or coming down the floors were announced. It was nothing to run into local celebrities in the watering holes or some authentic Mexican restaurant that most people didn't even know existed. It was a great time. And you didn't have to fear for your life.