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Remembering the Gateway Arch

Remembering the Gateway Arch

Paperback

Series: Remembering

General PhotographyRegional: MidwestRegional: South

Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 1683368916
ISBN13: 9781683368915
Publisher: Turner
Published: Nov 24 2010
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.40 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

St. Louis' Gateway Arch rivals the monuments of the world in its simplicity, scale, elegance, and symbolism. The shimmering, stainless-steel ribbon forms a catenary arch 630 feet tall and 630 feet across at its base. Its design amazed the civic leaders determined to construct a great monument on the St. Louis riverfront. When it was completed, it wowed not just St. Louisans, not just Americans, but also visitors from around the world. Its sleek geometric design and engineering was a creation of the Space Age, but the Arch was a monument to America's frontier heritage. The Gateway Arch commemorated St. Louis' riverfront as the Gateway to the West.

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