The Gateway Arch : a biography /

Rising to a triumphant height of 630 feet, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis is a revered monument to America's western expansion. Envisioned in 1947 but not completed until the mid-1960s, the arch today attracts millions of tourists annually and is one of the world's most widely recognised st...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Campbell, Tracy, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
Series:Icons of America.
Subjects:
Gateway Arch (Saint Louis, Mo.) > History.
Arches > Missouri > Saint Louis > Design and construction.
Gateway Arch (Saint Louis, Missouri) > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Arches > Design and construction
Buildings
Gateway Arch (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Saint Louis (Mo.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Missouri > Saint Louis
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Saarinen's Cathedral
  • The New York of the West
  • Getting Things Done
  • The St. Louis Municipal Parking Lot
  • A Peculiarly Happy Form
  • The Architect
  • The Laughingstock of the World
  • "Got It Made"
  • Expendable Culture
  • Symbol and Symptom.

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