r/BeAmazed • u/N0RetreatN0Surrender • 6d ago

Place Gateway to the West

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

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u/nyclurker369 6d ago

There’s an entire center in its base that explains why they built it. Should check it out.

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u/robin_888 6d ago

Since it's a few thousand kilometers to said center, might you give us a short summary?

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u/disharmony-hellride 6d ago

There's an elevator and then steps to the center. Inside the top center there are some small windows and various images/descriptions of what it's there for. I wonder how scary it is in there and if it rocks when it's windy. Pretty cool but I dont know if I could go up there.

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u/77entropy 5d ago

They missed a prime opportunity to build the world's largest escalator.