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CityArchRiver
4:05 pm
Mon May 13, 2013

CityArchRiver Project Gets Environmental Okay

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The National Park Service has given a thumbs-up to the CityArchRiver plan to re-do the Archgrounds.
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Although it wasn't the "environmentally preferred" alternative of the National Park Service, federal officials have given a thumbs-up to a plan to change the Arch grounds.

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St. Louis on the Air
3:36 pm
Thu October 25, 2012

Remembering A Milestone: Gateway Arch Construction Completed 47 Years Ago

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Arch Topping Out Ceremony Coin
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Arch Topping Out Ceremony Coin
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Photographer Eldon Arteaga with his Crown Graphic Camera
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The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is one the country’s most recognizable landmarks.  Its construction was completed this month, 47 years ago, in 1965.

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Gateway Arch
1:24 pm
Mon September 24, 2012

Stained Arch Just Dirty, Not Dangerous, Report Says

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The St. Louis Arch.
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The quintessential symbol of the St. Louis region, the Gateway Arch, has been under special scrutiny lately as rusty stains on its structure caused concerns.

The National Park Service has released a report from a Chicago engineering firm today saying that the stains are merely cosmetic and that the Arch is "as sound today as the day it was built." (It was completed in 1965 - and for the history lovers out there, here's a gallery of that process).

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