Dublin Core
Title
St Louis: Gateway Arch, Gateway One Building
Description
This photograph looks east on Market St. in St. Louis toward the Gateway Arch. The Gateway Arch was completed in 1965 and was built as a monument to western expansion in the United States.
To the left is the Gateway Mall, an area of open space intended to provide an unobstructed view of the Gateway Arch. The construction of the mall caused several historic buildings to be razed, yet in 1986 the Gateway One building was built in place despite its criticisms that it caused the very problems that lead to the destruction of the older buildings.
Also visible in this photograph is the final stages of construction on One Metropolitan Square, completed in 1989. This building is the second tallest in Missouri and the tallest in St. Louis.
Creator
Chester Smolski
Date
1988-01-01
Rights
Rhode Island College
Format
Photograph
Photograph
Identifier
0811
Smolski Image Item Type Metadata
City
St. Louis
Country
United States of America
Creator 1
Eero Saarinen
Creator 1 Dates
1910-1961
Creator 1 Role
Designer
Creator 2
Hannskari Bandel
Creator 2 Dates
1925-1993
Creator 2 Role
Structural Engineer
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cities and towns -- Missouri -- St. Louis; Architecture -- Buildings -- Missouri -- St. Louis; Architecture -- Monuments -- National monuments; Gateway Arch (Saint Louis, MO);
Region
Missouri