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Convention Center station (MetroLink)

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flagship department store building, now known as The Laurel. The westbound side can also be accessed via a set of subway stairs on the northeast corner of 6th Street and Washington Avenue. The eastbound platform is accessed via a set of subway stairs, an escalator, and an elevator in the public plaza
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On January 20, 2023, Metro Transit announced that Convention Center would undergo a full rehabilitation. These improvements include updating elevators, escalators and stair access, lighting upgrades, improved signage and wayfinding, a deep cleaning, and general infrastructure upgrades like new walls
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train passed through in 1974. Rehabilitation began in 1991 in preparation for the opening of MetroLink in 1993, which now uses the tunnel to connect communities in Illinois and Missouri via downtown St. Louis. In 1992, just east of this station, a portion of the tunnel beneath Washington Avenue and
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by artists Peter Tao, Helen Lee, and Stuart and Stacey Morse for installation in the tunnel between the Convention Center and Laclede's Landing stations. The painted panels are meant to mimic the motion of a flying bird.
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system. This subway station is located beneath the intersection of 6th Street and Washington Avenue in St. Louis'
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The station's westbound platform is accessed via an entrance in the base of the former
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In 1997, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work
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in addition to another set of subway stairs across 6th Street.
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Station in St. Louis MetroLink light rail system, Missouri, USA
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North 6th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Railway stations in the United States opened in 1993
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North 6th Street
St. Louis
38°37′49″N 90°11′22″W / 38.630224°N 90.189362°W / 38.630224; -90.189362
Bi-State Development
Metro Transit
side platforms

MetroLink
8th & Pine
Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44
Blue Line
Laclede's Landing
Fairview Heights
8th & Pine
Lambert Airport Terminal 1
Red Line
Laclede's Landing
Shiloh–Scott
Red
Blue
St. Louis MetroLink
Central Business District

St. Louis Freight Tunnel
Eads Bridge
Mill Creek Valley
Amtrak

Stix, Baer, and Fuller

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