But now, you can simply take the elevator to get a view of history ... at the Old Courthouse at Gateway Arch National Park in downtown St. Louis. “It’s built in phases between 1839 and ...

In what St. Louis city engineer W ... no formal engineering training Thanks to the curved shape of the arch, a regular elevator couldn’t bring visitors from the base to the top.

the arch “has proven a remarkable success,” but, like so many American cities optimized for a future dominated by cars and the highways needed to bring them in from the suburbs, “St. Louis ...

The 19th-century Old Courthouse, part of the city’s downtown and Gateway Arch National Park, is set to reopen in May after a ...