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03.12.2009 9:03 pm

The Arch unbounded

Conceptual scheme for Jefferson National Expansion Memorial 1947 colored pencil on tracing paper. Cranbrook Archives.

Conceptual scheme for Jefferson National Expansion Memorial 1947 colored pencil on tracing paper. Cranbrook Archives.

The finish line is within sight for a process the National Park Service began nearly a year ago. The public has until midnight Monday to weigh in…

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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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10.22.2008 6:43 pm

Thoughts on Arch planning

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
J.B. Forbes | Post-Dispatch

J.B. Forbes | Post-Dispatch

The National Park Service has released its proposed  “preferred alternative” for a new management plan for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

The document’s purpose is to set out the operating principles and objectives for the Gateway Arch, Arch grounds, Old…

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08.22.2008 12:49 pm

Arch meditations

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

archmed_opt.jpgA group of advocates for our National Parks met with members of the editorial board yesterday.

The topic was Sen. John Danforth’s and the Danforth Foundation’s call to transform public access to the Arch grounds and challenge to think big about how Eero…

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