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Re-Interpreting Westward Expansion On The Arch Grounds: Foreword And Overview Of The Goals For The New Exhibit, Bob Moore
The Confluence (2009-2020)
More than a half a century after its opening, the museum beneath the Gateway Arch is completely new starting in the summer of 2018. Historian Bob Moore outlines the exhibits, content, and thinking that went into it.
“Luther Ely Smith: Father Of The Gateway Arch”, Mark Tranel
“Luther Ely Smith: Father Of The Gateway Arch”, Mark Tranel
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Eero Saarinen’s Arch may be among the most recognized works of public art, but the vision that led to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial was that of Luther Ely Smith. Mark Tranel looks at Smith’s tireless work to have the warehouse district razed and a national memorial built on the St. Louis riverfront.