St. Louis' Gateway Arch Looking To Have Some Work Done Before Turning Fifty
Now that Southwest Airlines has announced that they are all about St. Louis, the city is eager to get to work on their most famous attraction. After all, with an influx of new visitors thanks to cheap flights, the city needs to show off its offerings. Late last week the National Park Service released an almost 300 page set of plans dealing with the future of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial—that’s the Gateway Arch for those less familiar with its full name.
The park service is looking to preserve and maintain the grand lawn area beneath the Arch and wants to add some snazzy new stuff to the north and south ends of the area. The entire memorial is almost 100 acres large, so they have a lot of room to play with. One of the biggest updates would be to expand the park across the Mississippi River. That would provide East St. Louis with a little Arch love, and would allow the Arch to be better connected to the downtown area. Certain blocks downtown could be cleared to allow for new walkways for pedestrians to check things out.
For now things remain in the planning stages. Lawmakers are busy throwing in their own suggestions like connecting everything with the Great Rivers Greenway Trails System or adding an aquarium. Once everyone decides on what will be best for the Arch, there will be an international competition to seek designs. As you can imagine, this is just the beginning of all the planning and expanding as things won’t be ready for a few years. Officials are looking to get everything done by 2015—that’s the monument’s fiftieth birthday.
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