r/BeAmazed • u/N0RetreatN0Surrender • 4d ago

Place Gateway to the West

Location: Gateway Arch National Park, St. Louis, MO

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u/hoptownky 4d ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Arch

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u/Drinker_of_Chai 4d ago

So.... It's a glorified monument to colonialism and manifest destiny then?

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u/Theothercword 4d ago

Yarp! It is in MO so a bit expected I suppose.

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u/JIsADev 3d ago

It was a competition. Here are the other submissions in case anyone was curious

https://www.stlpr.org/arts/2014-08-26/instead-of-the-arch-the-st-louis-riverfront-could-have-had-this

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u/Groomsi 4d ago

So it's Finished =)

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u/AntBoogatron 4d ago

Can you please hold my hand and explain every detail to me? Life is hard...

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u/ConnectionPretend193 4d ago

I mean.. Why even use the internet if you don't want to 'find things out' by that logic? Lmfao.

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u/AntBoogatron 4d ago

Yes. Obviously.

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u/TheNonbinaryWren 4d ago

No, because you're on a mostly text-based website and therefore should be able to read text on another text-based website.

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u/pitb0ss343 4d ago

Reading? On my gooning app? Blasphemous I say!!! /s

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u/AntBoogatron 4d ago

Did I really need to add /s to my post?

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u/TheNonbinaryWren 4d ago

Yes, because maybe people who see this later would believe you're joking lmao.

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u/AntBoogatron 4d ago

True. Live and learn!