CITY OF ST. LOUIS, U S A.

at the GATEWAY ARCH

  City of St Louis is about 180 miles from Peoria, Illinois, where we were staying. We left in the evening after dinner at 8.00pm on US highway, after a delay due to traffic on the highway, we reached the city by 11 pm and stayed with a friend, Umashankar, a lovely family with twin girls of age 2 years. The wife Sahana, is nice and very hospitable lady, taking lot of trouble, to make us feel comfortable.

ME NEAR THE ARCH

City of ST. LOUIS

St. Louis is an independent city and a major United States port on the eastern line of the state of Missouri.

The metropolitan St. Louis area, known as Greater St. Louis (CSA), is the somewhere between the 17th-19th-largest metropolitan area in the United States with a population of 2,900,605.

Inside the tram to top of ARCH

First bridge across Missisipi river

The centerpiece of the park is the 630 feet (192 m) tall Gateway Arch, designed by noted architect Eero Saarinen and completed on October 28, 1965.

At the top, inside the arch

The city of St. Louis was founded in 1764 by Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau, and named for Louis IX of France. After the Louisiana Purchase, it became a major port on the Mississippi River; in the late 19th century, it became the fourth-largest city in the United States. It seceded from St. Louis County in March 1877, allowing it to become an independent city and limiting its political boundaries. In 1904, it hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the 1904 Summer Olympics. The city's population peaked in 1950, then began a long decline that continues in the 21st century. 

Written Monday 14th April 2014