We thought this letter in today’s edition of the Post-Dispatch was particularly important, so we are posting it here for your comments. Read former Sen. John Danforth’s letter and weigh in on the issue.
Dear Editor:
John Danforth
Regarding the editorial “‘Improbable dream,’…
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…
Former U.S. Sens. John Danforth of Missouri and Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, two old lions of the Republican Party, recently have re-emerged on the national scene saying they want to promote “public confidence in the outcome” of the Nov.…
Let me repeat my prejudices:
I think Sen. John Danforth’s and the Danforth Foundation’s big idea of developing a brilliant cultural institution as a companion to the Gateway Arch — housed in a structure and situated at a place on the Arch grounds…
We’re susceptible here in St. Louis to what might be called “fix-a-phobia” — a nervous condition caused by deep and sometimes justified concern that civic decisions are preordained by the community’s power elite.
The ongoing effort to rethink public access between downtown…
I became fully repatriated to St. Louis yesterday, as moving trucks arrived and unloaded all my and my family’s stuff at our new home in St. Louis’ Shaw Neighborhood.
This represents the second time I have…
Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth has a big vision to leverage St. Louis’s great civic icon — the Arch — improving access from Downtown and developing a compelling cultural institution on its grounds.
His effort is sure to give rise to critics…
The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the initiation of a General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) process for Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (commonly referred to as the Gateway Arch).
In the dry prose of a press release issued Friday comes a…
