The Gateway Arch

Photos: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Gateway Arch Project, Hosts Open House

Are you happy with the plans you've heard so far for the City Arch River 2015 project? Now is your chance to weigh in on the future of the Gateway Arch. The National Park Service recently completed its mandatory environmental assessment -- (very large) full report on view below -- and today is givin ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending November 25, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books and Subterranean Books. This week's bestseller list proves that Cardinals baseball a ... More >>

Giant Spider Takes Over the Arch!

BREAKING! A gigantic spider has ascended the Gateway Arch and is holding the downtown riverfront district hostage.

Arch Might Look Shabby, But It's Not Going to Fall On You

According to the National Park Service, the corrosion stains on the Gateway Arch are "natural and minor," and that overall, "the Arch is as sound today as the day it was built." Goodie!.....But what's causing the stains?

Unimpressive Poll by 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Names Arch "Least Impressive" Landmark

Last July, when the folks at CBS News and Vanity Fair called about 1000 adults to get their views on fluffy topics like underwear and Jesus, a plurality -- 46 percent! -- said the Gateway Arch was the "least impressive" landmark.  Let's put that another way: A miniscule proportion of our nation ... More >>

The Eight Best Places to Take Out-of-Town Guests in St. Louis

With the long weekend upon us, no doubt you've got some cheapy freeloaders crashing on your couch, looking to you for entertainment. Here are eight great diversions to while away the time, selected while we were researching last year's Best of St. Louis awards. Speaking of, this year's Best of St. ... More >>

In the Galleries - Fuzzy Logic CLOSES August 18 at Good Citizen Gallery

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Pruitt-Igoe Featured in Next American City

Image viaAll that's left of this enormous housing project are weeds and forest. ​The handsome national mag Next American City (which is kinda like the Rolling Stone of urban studies) has just published some reflections on Pruitt-Igoe by Michael Allen, director of Preservation Research Office. Chec ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: September 16-18

Image viaA scene from last year's Forest Park Balloon Glow​Friday (September 16): Balloon Glow @ Forest Park Take advantage of the swift shift in seasons by getting out and enjoying the crisp, cool air during this favorite romantic annual opener. The inflated balloons, lit by their burners, ... More >>

Skyward in Triumph

The Civil War by Boat

What’s Fair Is Fair

May 21st, The End Of The World, And Your CD Collection: A Primer

The fourth horseman has three copies of Paul's Boutique, for some reason.​If you're one of the 200 million people who will be raptured on May 21 this kind of debate might strike you as academic, but on May 22 A to Z's unsaved readers will find themselves facing the most important question of t ... More >>

Get Energized for National Park Contest

​We're pretty certain that there will never be a reality show on national parks that rises to the level of American Idol or Dancing With the Stars, but we thought you should know that you still have the chance to vote for the St. Louis Arch Grounds as one of the best parks in the country. If w ... More >>

A Trip Down the Memory Lanes

A Trip Down the Memory Lanes

St. Louis Police Shoot Teenage Suspect Believed to Be Serial-Pizza Delivery Robber

Because we couldn't find an image of a "Pizza Burglar." Besides, we like how the McDonald's arches looks like the Gateway Arch in this image.​Two suspects were arrested and one of them shot after St. Louis police officers responded to three attempted robberies of pizza-delivery drivers in south ci ... More >>

The Arch is Crumbling

image via​So, this is ominous: The Gateway Arch, a monument to westward expansion and also a really big shiny thing, is crumbling.It's only natural that the Arch, completed in 1965 and therefore just a few years away from hitting the big five-oh, would begin showing signs of age -- take a look at ... More >>

Report: Car Crash a Result of "Ghost Riding"

Emergency responders had to cut three people out of a vehicle early this morning in a car collision under the Gateway Arch. According to Fox 2, the occupants of one of the vehicles were "ghost riding" on Leonor K. Sullivan Drive when their car crashed into another auto around 12:15 a.m. What is ghos ... More >>

Report: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Wins Arch Design Competition

The website urbanstl.com is reporting that the design team headed up by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) has beat out four other finalists to recreate the St. Louis Arch Grounds. According to the website, MVVA got a call last week congratulating them on winning the competition. The win ... More >>

Top Ten Signs From the Gateway Arch September Tea Party Rally

Click here for a full slideshow from the Gateway to November Tea Party Rally. On Sunday September 12, Tea Party members and their fellow travelers descended on the grounds of the Gateway Arch to protest the federal government. As with most political rallies, homemade signs were abundant and, as wit ... More >>

Look Up!

Arch Designs to Be Unveiled Tomorrow

At 9 a.m. tomorrow, the National Park Service will unveil proposals from the five finalists vying to redesign the grounds surrounding St. Louis' Gateway Arch. Mayor Francis Slay will make an appearance, as well as the park's superintendent and the manager of the competition.​It should be quite the ... More >>

Happy Birthday, America

Artgasm: This Weekend's Art Openings, February 12 - 14, 2010

It's Mardi Gras weekend, but if you'd rather indulge senses other than gustatory and impropriety, there's always an art show somewhere. Several somewheres, as a matter of fact. If you don't see your show listed, please leave the information in the comments (and drop a note to calendar@riverfronttime ... More >>

Let's Go See Santa

10 Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, December 18-20, 2009

This is the last non-holiday weekend 'til 2010, so get out there and enjoy it! Here are our ten suggestions for things to do this weekend that will cost your $10 or less! Image ViaJimmy Keuhnle brings his fluffy performance art to the Gateway Arch Friday.​Inflatable Suit Performance Tour at the Ga ... More >>

The Dive Bomber: Keeping the Double Deuce Spirit Alive at Killion's Irish Inn

While all the women my age are mourning the Patrick Swayze of Dirty Dancing and Ghost, that's not the Dive Bomber Way. No, in light of Mr. Swayze's passing, I'm thinking about Road House, and the lessons it had for a young Missouri girl in the late 1980s, curious about the best friend a good time e ... More >>

Photos: Counting Crows, Magnolia Summer at the Arch, July 3, 2009

The Counting Crows opened up Live on the Levee concert series last night at the Gateway Arch, with locals Magnolia summer starting things off at 6 p.m. Photographer Stew Smith was there and has this slide show from the concert.Photo: Stew SmithCounting Crows. See more photos here.Photo: Stew SmithSe ... More >>

Video: Sheryl Crow at Kiener Plaza for All-Star Concert Announcement, 6/22/09

Here's Sheryl Crow Monday at Kiener Plaza, reminiscing about her days as a young Cardinal fan, as well as talking about her free concert on July 11 at the Gateway Arch during the All-Star game weekend. The concert is a charity event to raise money for Stand Up to Cancer. Click over to A to Z, o ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

Featured Review: Joel Meyerowitz, Vintage/Modern: Color Work 1976-2008

The Nazis Are Coming! The Nazis Are Coming!

www.nsm88.orgNazi and child at a Missouri rally last year.This just in from the National Socialist Movement, a.k.a. America's Nazi Party. The group is planning a rally in St. Louis on April 18 under the Gateway Arch. They encourage all "patriotic Americans to come out in support of traditional Amer ... More >>

Tea and "Grumpets" Under the Arch

flickr.com/photos/cmbellmanA group of folks opposed to the federal stimulus package President Barack Obama signed into law earlier this month are meeting under the Gateway Arch tomorrow to protest the legislation.Similar rallies are being held across the country on Friday. Protesters are comparing t ... More >>

Everything Eero: The Kemper celebrates Saarinen

Shaky Grounds: Congress may consider putting the Arch's riverfront park in private hands

Over the Weekend: Barack Obama Under the Arch, David Byrne at the Fox, Jack's Art Show at Koken, Metro Station, Cobra Starship at Pop's

Our Status Symbol

King's English

Boxing promoter and great orator Don King pontificates on the Lou, and we stumble across a photo-enhanced Local Blog o' the Week. Plus: the super-snazzy logo that's going to save our public schools.

Best View of Downtown

Martin Luther King Bridge, headed west

Best Place to Buy a Pocketknife

Uncle Sam's

Best Pizza (Thick Crust)

Black Thorn Pub

Best Grocery Store

Global Foods Market

DIY or Die

The St. Louis Independent Media Center makes its own fun to raise its own funds

Best View From Work

Light-Bulb Changer Chuck Kalert

Thin-Crust Pizza

Imo's

Best Dig

American Bottom Archaeology Project

The Albatross

St. Louis has a long and tortured history with the Admiral, home of the President Casino, but the city is about to gamble another $3 million to keep it afloat. It's a risky bet.

Beyond the Beanstalk