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Remembering the Gateway Arch

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Publisher : Remembering

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 32,32 MB

Release : 2010-11-24

Category : Gateway Arch (Saint Louis, Mo.)

ISBN : 9781683368915

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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. With a selection of fine historic images from her best-selling book Historic Photos of the Gateway Arch, NiNi Harris provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the design and construction of this world-famous landmark. Remembering the Gateway Arch chronicles the St. Louis riverfront from its days as a fur-trading post, to the creation of the Arch. From clearing the site to welding the first section into place, to the breathtaking moment of inserting the keystone--the photos tell the story.



The Gateway Arch

Author : Tracy Campbell

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 237 pages

File Size : 13,75 MB

Release : 2013-05-28

Category : History

ISBN : 0300169493

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DIVThe surprising history of the spectacular Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the competing agendas of its supporters, and the mixed results of their ambitious plan/div



The Gateway Arch

Author : Joanne Mattern

Publisher :

Page : 35 pages

File Size : 34,64 MB

Release : 2017-08

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1634402286

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Includes a glossary and references for additional reading.



Exploring the Gateway Arch

Author : Emma Huddleston

Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 31,19 MB

Release : 2019-08-01

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1641859881

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Gives readers a close-up look at the history and importance of the Gateway Arch. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, a labeled map, and a “That’s Amazing!” special feature, this book provides an engaging overview of this amazing landmark.





East St. Louis

Author : Lee A. Drake

Publisher : Page Publishing Inc

Page : 117 pages

File Size : 31,56 MB

Release : 2019-10-23

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1684563909

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East St. Louis, Illinois had, and still has, a very colorful history. Since the 1970's there has been a steady decline of this city, in the shadow of the Gateway Arch. After returning from Viet Nam at the end of 1970, the author found himself working at City Hall in East St. Louis, a place where he had been raised. This coincided with the election of the first Black mayor for the city. He had friends and relatives in all parts of the city. He knew the streets, alleys, and playgrounds from hanging out in those places during his childhood. During his employment in the city's government, there was a loss of control of millions of dollars of federal funds. The actions of certain people in the city's government contributed to this loss for control. The loss of its Prime Sponsorship designation made it impossible for the city to provide jobs and job training for many people depending on the funds to live. This account describes some of the actions during that period that led to the loss of its Prime Sponsorship. It will allow the reader some background as to why East St. Louis is a mere shell of its former glory.



The Gateway Arch

Author : W. Arthur Mehrhoff

Publisher : Popular Press

Page : 140 pages

File Size : 20,26 MB

Release : 1992

Category : History

ISBN : 9780879725686

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Muses on the many dimensions of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in downtown St. Louis. Five essays, some of them published previously, consider the relation of the edifice to classical arches, to the westward expansion it celebrates, to the city it occupies, and to the present and future conception of the US. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $20.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR



Remembering St. Louis

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Publisher : Remembering

Page : 134 pages

File Size : 40,15 MB

Release : 2010-06

Category : History

ISBN : 9781683368847

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St. Louis is the largest city in Missouri and the "Gateway to the West," a moniker symbolized since 1965 by the mighty Gateway Arch fronting the Mississippi River. With a selection of fine historic images from their best-selling book, Historic Photos of St. Louis, Jean Gosebrink and Adele Heagney provide a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of St. Louis. Remembering St. Louis spotlights photographs collected from the area's top archives, including the Eads Bridge, the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904, Busch stadiums, Union Station and the Milles Fountain, yesterday's Olive Street, aftermath of the 1896 tornado, Grant's Hardscrabble, the Admiral, the Southern Hotel, Forest Park, and much more. In stunning black-and-white photography, this book explores St. Louis from the early days of the camera up to recent times. Spanning two centuries and over 100 images, the book follows life, government, and the building of this history-rich city, offering a compelling look into the past for any longtime resident and every history buff of St. Louis.



The Making of an Icon: The Dreamers, the Schemers, and the Hard Hats Who Built the Gateway Arch, Second Edition

Author : Jim Merkel

Publisher : Reedy Press LLC

Page : 357 pages

File Size : 12,7 MB

Release : 2018-06-30

Category : History

ISBN : 1681061538

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With his fourth book from Reedy Press, The Making of an Icon, Jim Merkel captured the spirit behind the conception and construction of one of America’s most distinctive and beloved national monuments. More than two million visitors stand in awe at the Gateway Arch each year, and the stories behind it were unearthed in breathless detail in the first edition. Back with even more lore and the addition of beautiful color images, Merkel brings new information on the Arch grounds and museum to this updated and revised second edition. Now expanded, his book includes more stories compiled from interviews with the visionaries, finaglers, protesters, and intrepid workers who built the arch while one misstep away from a fatal fall. Merkel’s book will help us appreciate the relentless pursuit, innovation, and toil that raised the Arch to the sky.



Founding St. Louis

Author : J. Frederick Fausz

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 10,67 MB

Release : 2011

Category : History

ISBN : 9781609490164

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The animal wealth of the western "wilderness" provided by talented "savages" encouraged French-Americans from Illinois, Canada and Louisiana to found a cosmopolitan center of international commerce that was a model of multicultural harmony. Historian J. Frederick Fausz offers a fresh interpretation of Saint Louis from 1764 to 1804, explaining how Pierre Lacl de, the early Chouteaus, Saint Ange de Bellerive and the Osage Indians established a "gateway" to an enlightened, alternative frontier of peace and prosperity before Lewis and Clark were even born. Historians, genealogists and general readers will appreciate the well-researched perspectives in this engaging story about a novel French West long ignored in American History.