The Gateway Arch: Fact and Symbol

W. Arthur Mehrhoff

Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1992 - Architecture - 126 pages

Like the nation that it symbolizes, the bold arch of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial poses enormous contradictions. It is a simple, classical architectural form constructed with the most sophisticated modern engineering. It is a national historic site created by demolishing nearly forty blocks of historic riverfront buildings. It is the perfect place to examine critical, historic tensions in American culture.

Contents

• Genius Loci: 1
• Chapter I: 17
• Chapter III: 45
• Chapter IV: 65
• Chapter V: 81
• Genius Loci: 99
• Works Cited: 117

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Gateway Arch: Fact and Symbol
• Author: W. Arthur Mehrhoff
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1992
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Jul 8, 2009
• ISBN: 0879725672, 9780879725679
• Length: 126 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Landscape; History / United States / State & Local / General; Social Science / Popular Culture; Travel / United States / Midwest / West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD)