And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
The story of the engineering that went into this construction would make a fascinating read, I'm sure.
If the span had been across the Mississippi River instead of merely paralleling it, it would have been an national treasure instead of a tourist attraction for a floating mcdonald's restaurant.
I went up in it, it was neat. I can't really say much for St Louis, or the parts I saw. That was in '93, I was down for the floods that spring with the Coast Guard. There was a lot of water...
YouTube has video of the construction. It was interesting watching them hose it down with cold water to get alignment correct so they could install the final piece up top.
I live about 18 miles west of the Arch and can see it occasionally as I drive east on Page Avenue. I'm born and raised in St. Louis and remember it's construction. Before all the development under its span me and friends would go and hang around its base after a night of drinking at the bars on Laclede''s Landing..we're never chased off or hassled. Wouldn't do that now without being armed to the teeth. It's a neat monument and an engineering marvel and still awed by it whenever I take an out of towner down there during the day. It took some years for it to really become the symbol of St.Louis. Whenever wife and I traveled and we're asked were we were from and we said St. Louis foreigners would look puzzled but if we told them "the Arch"...instant recognition. Monument to American engineering and something everybody should see once...like Mt. Rushmore. And don't miss a St.Louis Cardinals game...best fans in baseball and always friendly to visitors...even Cubs fans...kinda...
If the span had been across the Mississippi River instead of merely paralleling it, it would have been an national treasure instead of a tourist attraction for a floating mcdonald's restaurant.
ReplyDeleteI went up in it, it was neat.
ReplyDeleteI can't really say much for St Louis, or the parts I saw. That was in '93, I was down for the floods that spring with the Coast Guard.
There was a lot of water...
I went up to the arch apex in 1991 with the love of my life at the time (Jane). The view was great, but she dumped me and I've never looked back. :(
ReplyDeleteYouTube has video of the construction. It was interesting watching them hose it down with cold water to get alignment correct so they could install the final piece up top.
ReplyDeleteI live about 18 miles west of the Arch and can see it occasionally as I drive east on Page Avenue. I'm born and raised in St. Louis and remember it's construction. Before all the development under its span me and friends would go and hang around its base after a night of drinking at the bars on Laclede''s Landing..we're never chased off or hassled. Wouldn't do that now without being armed to the teeth. It's a neat monument and an engineering marvel and still awed by it whenever I take an out of towner down there during the day. It took some years for it to really become the symbol of St.Louis. Whenever wife and I traveled and we're asked were we were from and we said St. Louis foreigners would look puzzled but if we told them "the Arch"...instant recognition. Monument to American engineering and something everybody should see once...like Mt. Rushmore. And don't miss a St.Louis Cardinals game...best fans in baseball and always friendly to visitors...even Cubs fans...kinda...
ReplyDeleteIt's cool, nice view.
ReplyDeleteSt Louis has gone down the path of most formerly all white cities. Wouldn't live there if it was free.
Or even if you payed me.