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The Significance of the Gateway Arch Landscape


The Significance of the Gateway Arch Landscape

The landscape around the Arch reflects the curvilinear nature of the structure. Landscape architect Dan Kiley applied geometrical precepts and ...

Gateway Arch National Park Purpose and Significance

The Gateway Arch—an inspirational, transcendent symbol of national identity—and its designed landscape, which together are exemplars of mid-20th ...

About | The Gateway Arch

Founded by the National Park Service in 1935 to commemorate Thomas Jefferson's vision of a transcontinental United States, the Gateway Arch National Park ...

The CityArchRiver Project - Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc

Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch, completed in 1965, is an architectural and engineering marvel. But for decades, it failed to spark growth in the city of St.

Gateway Arch National Park - The Cultural Landscape Foundation

The Gateway Arch was completed in 1965 and dedicated in 1968, with landscape construction continuing for more than a decade. In 2009 Michael Van Valkenburgh ...

The Gateway Arch - One of America's Most Iconic Monuments

The St. Louis Gateway Arch · Construction began on February 12, 1963, and finished on October 28, 1965 · Cost $13 million to build · It's 630 feet tall and 630 ...

Gateway Arch - Wikipedia

The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted ...

Gateway Arch transformed: New landscape, expanded museum ...

Fusing the traditional form of an arch with the modern materials of steel and concrete, the Gateway Arch doesn't just pay tribute to ...

A Gateway to the West | National Archives

This is the world's tallest arch, the widely recognized symbol—“The Arch”—of St. Louis, Missouri, and the official centerpiece of the Jefferson ...

Gateway Arch National Park

The landscape around the Gateway Arch reflects the monument's curvilinear nature. Landscape architect Dan Kiley applied geometrical precepts and classical ...

Gateway Arch

The Gateway Arch is the nation's tallest monument (630 feet tall). It is 75 feet taller than the Washington Monument and over twice as tall as the Statue of ...

Gateway Arch | Architecture, History, & St. Louis, Missouri | Britannica

Gateway Arch, monument in St. Louis, Missouri, that sits along the west bank of the Mississippi River. The Gateway Arch takes its name from the city's role ...

Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO - Public Art Archive

As the nation's tallest monument, the Gateway Arch has welcomed visitors for fifty years with its iconic, awe-inspiring shape.

Gateway Arch National Park - NPS History

Architect Eero Saarinen and long-time collaborator Dan Kiley, a master of modern landscape architecture, designed the landscape surrounding the ...

Gateway Arch National Park - Wikipedia

The Gateway Arch serves as the attraction's centerpiece. Map. Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap. Location, St. Louis, Missouri, ...

Jefferson National Expansion: Kiley's Iconic Memorial Landscape at ...

Architect Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) and landscape architect Dan Kiley (1912-2004) planned a landscape for the Gateway Arch that compliments, ...

Gateway Arch - St. Louis

Truly a modern marvel, the Gateway Arch, formerly known as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, is one of the world's greatest architectural icons.

St. Louis Gateway Arch gets new name, new landscape

The arch, in short, has always been beloved because it binds together two feel-good ideas that are essential to American identity: a heroic past ...

Landscaping the Gateway Arch Grounds - NPS History

Recent research has revealed that the grounds of Jefferson National Expansion. Memorial constitute one of the most significant contemporary landscapes in the ...

Project Profile: Gateway Arch National Park, St. Louis, Missouri

Specifically, it was a memorial to Thomas Jefferson, the pioneers, and Dred Scott. The park consists of the Gateway Arch, a 91-acre park along the Mississippi ...