The
Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
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The Address of
Gateway Arch National Park is 1 North 4th Street, St. Louis, Missouri
63102.
The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch are located on the riverfront's
cobblestone levee at 50 A. Leonor K Sullivan Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri.
For parking at the Gateway Arch, you have several options:
Preferred Parking Program: The Stadium East Parking Garage offers
a discounted rate of $9 for 5 hours (always subject to change). It is
recommended to pre-purchase parking at iparkit.com/TheArch, especially
on days when the St. Louis Cardinals have home games or other large
events are happening. If parking is not pre-purchased on event days,
the special rate will not apply and event day parking rates will apply12.
Riverfront Parking: Available for a fee (card only) and is not operated
by the Gateway Arch or Riverboats at the Gateway Arch. Access is from
the cobblestone levee at 50 S. Leonor K Sullivan Blvd. However, parking
availability is subject to weather and river conditions.
Accessible Parking: There is no on-site parking, but passenger drop-off
/ pick-up is available on 4th Street across from the Old Courthouse.
Accessible parking is available on Market Street between Memorial Drive
and 4th Street and on Memorial Drive between Walnut and Market Streets
and Chestnut and Pine Streets. Additionally, accessible parking is available
at the Stadium East Garage.
Above parking quotes are from the Internet, and all of this information
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 The
Gateway Arch is a 630-foot monument in St. Louis, Missouri.
Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of an inverted, weighted
catenary arch, it is the world's tallest arch, the tallest man-made
monument in the Western Hemisphere, and Missouri's tallest accessible
building. Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United
States, and officially dedicated to "the American people," it is the
centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and has become
an internationally recognized symbol of St. Louis, as well as a popular
tourist destination.
The Arch was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen
in 1947; construction began on February 12, 1963, and was completed
on October 28, 1965, for $13 million (equivalent to $190 million in
2015). The monument opened to the public on June 10, 1967. It is located
at the site of St. Louis' founding on the west bank of the Mississippi
River.
The Arch has served as the site for multiple incidents, accidents,
and stunts, and following the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995 and the
September 11 attacks it has received a number of security related upgrades. |
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Below: Karen
Duquette took numerous photographic views of the Gateway Arch at different
angles and at different times of day and evening. |
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During this time, the area all around and under the Gateway Arch was under construction. |
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The Two RV Gypsies, Lee and
Karen Duquette went up into the Gateway Arch to get views from the tiny
windows shown below. This was the second time they have been inside
the Arch. To see the other photos (very different from these), use the
link at the bottom of this page, but be sure to return to this page
afterwards. That link also has photos of other things in this area that
the two RV Gypsies did not see this time. It is best to finish any page
on this website before visiting elsewhere. |
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Below: The
stairway from the top of the Arch back down to the elevators. Each of
the 8 elevators had 5 seats inside, and they were really close together.
The door to the elevator was only 4 feet high and the inside walls of
the elevator were curved. There was not much head-room, and it was extremely
crowded with 4 people seated inside. (It can seat a 5th person).
The elevator journey took about 4 minutes. |
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Below: The
two RV Gypsies inside the Gateway Arch 630 feet above the ground. |
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Below: Views from inside the Gateway Arch, taken though the tiny windows shown above. About 30 miles in every direction can be seen from this observation deck (on a clear day). Views looking west included the Old Courthouse, Busch Stadium, and Ballpark Village. |
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