Downtown acquired much of its present character in the years following World War I. That era of prosperity was generated by the city's commercial importance and such industries as the railroad shops and the American Viscose Corporation that established a rayon mill in 1917 (closed 1958). Downtown gained a distinctive skyline with new high-rise commercial buildings.
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