Gateway Arch 50th Birthday !

[patrick jane]

The St. Louis Gateway Arch has it's 50th Birthday celebration this weekend. I think the builders said it would last a thousand years !

The Arch really is impressive up close, I suggest all folks to visit it someday. They will surely have fireworks this weekend. 50 !!!

 

[patrick jane]

View attachment 20596

View attachment 20597

View attachment 20598

View attachment 20599

View attachment 20600

 

[Town Heretic]

Shouldn't they call it the Acer Arch now? lain:

 

[Nick M]

You know there is a conspiracy why it was built, right?

 

[Town Heretic]

You know there is a conspiracy why it was built, right?

Aliens or the Illuminati? :noid:

 

[patrick jane]

You know there is a conspiracy why it was built, right?

yes. to control the weather

 

[Nick M]

Aliens or the Illuminati? :noid:

It was on Brad Meltzer's Decoded show. I think it was the weather as PJ says.

 

[patrick jane]

It was on Brad Meltzer's Decoded show. I think it was the weather as PJ says.

Yes, I saw that episode, it included other national monuments and sites

 

[patrick jane]

View attachment 20596

View attachment 20597

View attachment 20598

View attachment 20599

View attachment 20600

stainless steel
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot (192 m) monument in St. Louis in the U.S. state of 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 monument in the Western Hemisphere, and Missouri's tallest accessible building.
Gateway Arch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_ArchWikipedia

 

[patrick jane]

The Arch is 630 ft tall and is also 630 ft wide. It is exactly the same height as width.

 

[patrick jane]

View attachment 20596

View attachment 20597

View attachment 20598

View attachment 20599

View attachment 20600

https://youtu.be/IxLv1OnrExw

 

[Town Heretic]

The Arch is 630 ft tall and is also 630 ft wide. It is exactly the same height as width.

When is McDonald's going to finish the thing? lain:

 

[patrick jane]

When is McDonald's going to finish the thing? lain:

that would be cool. and gold plate it !

 

[Town Heretic]

that would be cool. and gold plate it !

I pity the guy driving around and around looking for the menu and speaker.

 

[Brother Vinny]

As someone who has had to twice in the past month drive the length of Illinois, I can tell you the sight of the Gateway Arch appearing after the bend on I-55 is one of the most-welcome sights I've ever seen.

After 5+ hours of driving, one begins to wonder if Illinois will ever end!

 

[patrick jane]

As someone who has had to twice in the past month drive the length of Illinois, I can tell you the sight of the Gateway Arch appearing after the bend on I-55 is one of the most-welcome sights I've ever seen.

After 5+ hours of driving, one begins to wonder if Illinois will ever end!

I used to drive to Peoria and back 5 nights a week, starting at 3 and getting back after 9, for a bank courier. I always loved seeing the arch but even then I had 60 miles west to go ! that was the summer of 97.

 

[Town Heretic]

As someone who has had to twice in the past month drive the length of Illinois, I can tell you the sight of the Gateway Arch appearing after the bend on I-55 is one of the most-welcome sights I've ever seen.

After 5+ hours of driving, one begins to wonder if Illinois will ever end!

One day it's bound to... lain: I missed the cutoff again, didn't I.

 

[patrick jane]

Wednesday is the actual 50 year anniversary of putting the last piece in place.

 

[Brother Vinny]

Ever been up in it? I did once when I was 13.

 

[patrick jane]

Ever been up in it? I did once when I was 13.

yeah, it's been 20+ years though. They are completely re-creating the entire Arch grounds