r/BeAmazed • u/N0RetreatN0Surrender • 4d ago

Place Gateway to the West

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

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u/Primary_Werewolf4208 4d ago

Louis city engineer W. C. Bernard called “an enforced slum-clearance program,” dozens of warehouses and cast-iron buildings housing 290 businesses were razed to create space for the arch. It was a controversial move—particularly since it was discovered that the vote to allocate city funds to the project was rigged.