Photo of the Gateway Arch by Rick Watson/Flickr Creative Commons.
The iconic Gateway Arch opened in St. Louis in the 1960s, and at 630 feet (192 m) tall the structure has become an iconic landmark in the United States. However, the Arch didn’t live up to all of the expectations set out by the original creators. Author Tracy Campbell wrote about the Arch, including little known facts about how the arch came to be and what it may symbolize, in a book called “The Gateway Arch: A Biography.”
Read more about the Gateway Arch and Tracy Campbell’s book.
Photo of the Gateway Arch by Rick Watson/Flickr Creative Commons.