Sunday, July 15, 2007

gateway to the west

thin slicing


Come to find out there's a reason the St. Louis Arch is so famous -- and here all along I just figured it had a good publicist.

No: it's more than that. It's freakin' cool. Proto-Gehryesque, soaring stainless and pitch perfect into the sky.

going up


Many thanks to B1-67er who suggested (in true b1- style -- which is to say, more firm direction than suggestion) that I NOT miss it while I was town.

And so I didn't.

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3 comments:

  1. anniemcq15 July, 2007 16:45

    I saw the greatest documentary on the building of the arch, and it is an amazing piece of construction. glad you got to take it in!

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  2. Leslie16 July, 2007 18:38

    I loved the arch so much that I thought I could become obsessed by it, like Stella and Delaunay became obsessed with the Brooklyn Bridge and the Eiffel Tower, respectively.

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  3. suttonhoo16 July, 2007 20:33

    now why am I not surprised, Ms. "I like an arch" Leslie? ;)

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