Remembering the Gateway Arch
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.
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Book details
- Text by
- NiNi Harris
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 134
- Formats
- Paperback
- Series
- Remembering
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- St. Louis history · historic photography · American monuments · Gateway to the West · Missouri landmarks · pictorial history
- ISBN-13
- 9781683368915
About the author
NINI HARRIS is a historian, tour guide, and the author of more than 18 books on St. Louis history and architecture. Her recent books include Black St. Louis, Oldest St. Louis and This Used to Be St. Louis.
Harris received the Osmund Overby Award for Missouri Preservation in 2012 for her book Holly Hills.
When she’s not writing, Harris leads tours specializing in St. Louis history and architecture. Her books explore the city’s downtown, ethnic heritage, brick architecture, landscape architecture, immigrant communities, the Civil War, and the Gateway Arch.
Nini lives in South St. Louis.