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Remembering the Gateway Arch

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Publisher : Remembering

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 27,51 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 : 36,47 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 : W. Arthur Mehrhoff

Publisher : Popular Press

Page : 140 pages

File Size : 22,51 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



Exploring the Gateway Arch

Author : Emma Huddleston

Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.

Page : 35 pages

File Size : 39,10 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 : 41,82 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 : Lisa Bullard

Publisher : Lerner Publications ™

Page : 33 pages

File Size : 19,89 MB

Release : 2017-08-01

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1541502132

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The Gateway Arch is the tallest monument in the United States. At 630 feet, it is more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. The Gateway Arch honors all the settlers who passed through St. Louis, Missouri, on their way out west. But how was it made? Who designed it? Read this book to find out! Learn about many remarkable sites in the Famous Places series - part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life.



I Remember

Author : Melba Elledge

Publisher : Xlibris Corporation

Page : 122 pages

File Size : 37,96 MB

Release : 2008-12-11

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1462840981

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What was it like to grow up in an isolated rural community in the post depression era? And what if your father died when you were nine months old leaving you and your five brothers and sisters to be raised by a heart broken widow? What if this was before any kind of assistance was available to a family in this circumstance? How does a bashful girl without a father cope? See how a step-father, though blind from birth, came to help in that situation. Follow the authors life through the struggles and victories of ensuing years.



The St. Louis Anthology

Author : Ryan Schuessler

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 233 pages

File Size : 42,47 MB

Release : 2019-06-04

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1948742454

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St. Louis is a fragmented place. It’s physically dissected by rivers, highways, walls, and fences, but it’s also a place where one’s race, class, religion, and zip code may as well be cards in a rigged poker game, where the winners’ prize is the ability to ignore the fact that the losers have drastically shorter life expectancies. But it can also be a city of warmth, love, and beauty―especially in its contrasts. Edited by Ryan Schuessler (Sweeter Voices Still: An LGBTQ Anthology from Middle America), the collection features nearly 70 essays penned by St. Louis writers, journalists, clerics, poets, and activists including Aisha Sultan, Galen Gritts, Vivian Gibson, Maja Sadikovic, Nartana Premachandra, Sophia Benoit, Robert Langellier, Samuel Autman, Umar Lee, and more.



A Place to Remember

Author : Robert Archibald

Publisher : Rowman Altamira

Page : 230 pages

File Size : 16,74 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Art

ISBN : 9780761989431

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In this call for better public history, Robert Archibald explores the intersections of history, memory and community to illustrate the role of history in contemporary life and how we are active participants in the past.



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 : 22,36 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.