Gateway Arch
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Gateway Arch
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Gateway Arch in St. Louis photographed from the Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park across the Mississippi River.
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch, it is the world's tallest arch, the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere, and Missouri's tallest accessible building. Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States, and officially dedicated to "the American people," the Arch, commonly referred to as "The Gateway to the West" is the centerpiece of Gateway Arch National Park and has become an internationally recognized symbol of St. Louis, as well as a popular tourist destination.
The Arch was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen in 1947; construction began on February 12, 1963 and was completed on October 28, 1965 at an overall cost of $13 million (equivalent to $80.6 million in 2018. The monument opened to the public on June 10, 1967. It is located at the site of St. Louis's founding on the west bank of the
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December 28th, 2019
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