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1) Gateway Arch
Author
Series
Publisher
Bullfrog Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In Gateway Arch, young readers will explore this St. Louis landmark and learn about its historical significance." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Rising to a triumphant height of 630 feet, the Gateway Arch is one of the world's most widely recognized structures and attracts millions of tourists to St. Louis every year. Envisioned in 1947 but not completed until the mid-1960s, its story is one of innovation and greed; civic pride and backroom deals. Weaving together social, political, and cultural perspectives, historian Tracy Campbell uncovers the complicated and troubling history of this iconic...
4) Gateway Arch
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the construction, history, and current status of the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis, Missouri, which is both a bridge across the Mississippi River and a memorial to the city's role in pioneer days.
Author
Publisher
The Images Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Features Louis Sullivan's Wainwright Building, Alfred Mullet's Old Post Office and Theodore Link's Union Station, Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch, Tadao Andao's Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts Building and Maya Lin's recently completed Ellen Clark Hope Plaza.
Author
Publisher
Missouri Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
c2023
Language
English
Description
"Between 1894 and 1929, Fischer was responsible for constructing more than 300 houses and apartment buildings in St. Louis and nearby University City, Missouri. His trademark was the broken frieze, whose wreaths and swags descend into the spaces between upper-story windows, rather than extending straight across the facade below the cornice, as is traditional...Featuring more than 500 images and a full-color foldout map showing all of Fischer's homes,...