i could never imagine something other than the arch. its an icon for everyone around, and who comes around. i loved seeing it from my home in the towns across the river, and walking around the arch park(its a national park btw😏) with my family after every ball game. i love the arch, and i love St. Louis.
As a kid I rode through st Louis with my aunt and uncle and cousins on the road from Denver to Muncie. It was about halfway at that time. I would love to go check it out sometime
@@k2rocksstl Uh, no? The original Busch stadium took inspiration from the Eads Bridge, with vaulted arches around the entire periphery and the stadium itself being a perfect circle. The new stadium looks like every other stadium in the nation. The original was trily unique and iconic and had a colloseum look from the air.
I love the video because I just visited St Louis for a day and the arch was beautiful. Also there was a bunch of names carved into the side of the arch.
Ive been here for 30 years and learned that RECENTLY... Like past 2 weeks. Thats WILD to me. I knew about Cahokia, but wow. It was WAY more extensive than we imagined. 😊
I think when we discuss the arch we should acknowledge that the arch grounds were also previously a thriving Black community all along the waterfront. They were forced out to make way for the arch grounds.
Get your facts right those are the details of yeah they were slums they were horrible living conditions and they move the people to Pruitt I go which within 10 years were destroyed and they had to tear it down those are the facts
@@ronaldtentschert6876 Pruitt was a new development meant to give modern housing for poor families. Being poorly run and designed by the government and by the residents awful behavior, it was a failure. It didn't start out that way.
The Great Migration of poor Southern blacks moving to places like St Louis occurred mostly in the 1950's; it's not really a coincidence at all that the Arch began construction in 1963 over what had been a very dense black neighborhood. That area "needed" to be cleared out, and the Gateway Arch plus highway 55/64 that ran north south/east west was done with perfect purposeful intelligence.
Glad they kept the Arch. You can see the Arch when coming down the hill from St Clair.
I can see the arch from my backyard in Dogtown right by Forrest park. Iconic. When my house sells, I will miss it.
Yeah, i live off 64 (ofallon, il) and theres a hill that we can drive by or sit on and see it. i love the StL skyline, nothing else like it. 😊
I’m glad they stuck with the arch
The Arch looks cooler than ever with the new LED lighting system recently installed. Shines brighter at night.
i have a beautiful Model of The Gateway Arch, that glows in the dark 😊
i could never imagine something other than the arch. its an icon for everyone around, and who comes around. i loved seeing it from my home in the towns across the river, and walking around the arch park(its a national park btw😏) with my family after every ball game. i love the arch, and i love St. Louis.
I'm glad they kept the Arch.
As a newer (3 year) resident of St Louis I found this VERY cool, thanks for sharing...
Congratulations on living in the 2nd best city in Missouri
I've always liked Bob Hope's joke about the Arch:
"It looks like a McDonald's with lung disease"
The Arch was a canon event 😅
As a kid I rode through st Louis with my aunt and uncle and cousins on the road from Denver to Muncie. It was about halfway at that time. I would love to go check it out sometime
The Eds bridge was the symbol of St. Louis prior to the arch.
Eads
And that is why it's likeness is designed throughout the newest Busch Stadium.
@@k2rocksstl Uh, no? The original Busch stadium took inspiration from the Eads Bridge, with vaulted arches around the entire periphery and the stadium itself being a perfect circle. The new stadium looks like every other stadium in the nation. The original was trily unique and iconic and had a colloseum look from the air.
@@smh9902 uh, yes. Look at the steel trusses in the new Busch. That was a bottle cap. Not the Eads. Thus BUSCH stadium was born.
I'm 55, from St. Louis and I never knew this. Very cool knowledge.
I've lived here my whole 67 years and as a kid watched this thing go up and even today it's still the biggest man-made monument in the country😊
The Arch is so eye catching! Half the time at Cardinals games I’m staring at it. 😂
I love the video because I just visited St Louis for a day and the arch was beautiful. Also there was a bunch of names carved into the side of the arch.
Intriguing.This is me, looking for a rabbit hole.
The one with a bridge connecting two arches would be crazy, imagine the maintainance
The Arch was the perfect choice period
Glad we kept the Arch
You can go up in it and look out the windows at the top. Its a disorienting experience. Also has a lil museum under it. 😊
I remember when it had no Monument and I watched this one being built😊
The one over the water was cool.. And the round one similar to the millennial hotel
"Arrow serenin"
Walt Disney almost built a Disneyland in downtown St. Louis.
Dodged a bullet there... Literally. 😅😂
I am staring to think the arch messes with weather after today
Happy they chose the Arch but there really should be a Lewis and Clark/ Thomas Jefferson memorial.
I think Jefferson City has both of those covered. I might be wrong but I really think they do.
I don't know why I thought the arch was built to be like a lightning rod for the area. For some reason, I thought they had a lightning problem.🤣😂💀
I’m so glad the arch was picked 😂😂😂
If they didn't have it, what would Godzilla and King Kong use to play croquet?
There was already a monument here that was torn down. St. Louis used to be called mound city.
Ive been here for 30 years and learned that RECENTLY... Like past 2 weeks. Thats WILD to me. I knew about Cahokia, but wow. It was WAY more extensive than we imagined. 😊
Fun facts.
One serious earthquake... the Arch falls with the Poplar street bridge.
Research what was there before the arch. You would be surprised
Nothing else would be different, every other business would just use that symbol.
Will this thing ever fall over?
My dad helped build the Arch! #Ironworkers396
Nice video though!
No I prefer the arch and no I couldn't imagine St Louis without the arch
They should have built a pyramid.
Oh never mind they forgot how
You'd still have as much crime, lock your car doors!
The Arch was built for specific purposes. Purposes well above your pay grade.
Do a report where Disney was going to build a park in St. Louis.
Those others are awful
I think when we discuss the arch we should acknowledge that the arch grounds were also previously a thriving Black community all along the waterfront. They were forced out to make way for the arch grounds.
"the neighborhood had also become home to some unsavory pursuits, and some politicians were all too eager to knock it down."
Get your facts right those are the details of yeah they were slums they were horrible living conditions and they move the people to Pruitt I go which within 10 years were destroyed and they had to tear it down those are the facts
@@ronaldtentschert6876 Pruitt was a new development meant to give modern housing for poor families. Being poorly run and designed by the government and by the residents awful behavior, it was a failure. It didn't start out that way.
The Great Migration of poor Southern blacks moving to places like St Louis occurred mostly in the 1950's; it's not really a coincidence at all that the Arch began construction in 1963 over what had been a very dense black neighborhood. That area "needed" to be cleared out, and the Gateway Arch plus highway 55/64 that ran north south/east west was done with perfect purposeful intelligence.
@@langhamp8912 I'm glad the Arch and grounds is there instead of that high crime run down neighborhood.
No
I'm so happy you l earned something in school today. The Arch. Big deal. Now it's just a waste of money.
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St. Louis is a dump.
Hey! We love our dump. 😂😂😂
The arch is too small. Need new 2000 ft high Gateway. But St. Louis is too poor for anything GREAT