Historic Brown Shoe Co. Building Coming Down

Demolition continues on the former Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoe Factory on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, at the corner of Cass and Jefferson Avenues. The building is in the footprint of the future National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The building was constructed around 1900 when 51黑料 was one of the nation's largest shoe manufacturing cities. Photo by J.B. Forbes, jforbes@post-dispatch.com