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06.14.2009 9:03 pm

Let’s get the riverfront design competition rolling

Conceptual scheme for Jefferson National Expansion Memorial 1947 colored pencil on tracing paper. Eero Saarinen, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Drawn by J. Henderson Barr.

Conceptual scheme for Jefferson National Expansion Memorial 1947 colored pencil on tracing paper. Eero Saarinen, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Drawn by J. Henderson Barr.

Who wants to commune with legendary architect Eero Saarinen and design a coda to his transcendent masterwork, the…

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11.28.2008 9:03 pm

Sunday editorial: Arch planning - Seeking Saarinen

Architect Eero Saarinen/United Press

Architect Eero Saarinen

Earlier this year, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth unveiled an ambitious vision for a revitalized St. Louis riverfront and Arch grounds.

He said he was prepared to commit $50 million of his family foundation’s assets toward the cost of connecting…

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11.12.2008 9:00 pm

Tension on the St. Louis riverfront

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth has exhorted the St. Louis region to “think big” about the future of two of its transcendent assets — the Gateway Arch and the Mississippi riverfront.

He sees both as moribund, for…

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