When we arrived at the Arch, I was so nervous...they make you stand in line, then you get a pass that tells you which door you get to go thru, we got door number 3, the doors are small and there are only 4 seats in the capsule that takes you up to the top. The structure is known as the "the Arch" and it is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, the Gateway Arch stands as a monument to the west-ward expansion of the United States that occurred after Thomas Jefferson completed the Louisiana Purchase. It stands 630-feet high and 630-feet wide and the primary construction materials used to build it were steel and concrete and it is clad in stainless steel. The Gateway Arch rises high above the west bank of the Mississippi River and its both the tallest man made monument the United States and the tallest arch in the world. The view from the top is breathtaking! I highly recommend it..Lol..
After the arch we walked a couple of miles to the City Museum. It is located downtown and it is a playhouse consisting largely of repurposed architectural and industrial objects, it is a eclectic mixture of children's playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel.....what a place, its mostly for children, but with me being a kid at heart, Pierre had to drag me away after a couple of hours of climbing, playing, crawling thru mazes, sliding down slides, sitting in the bus which hangs out over the side of the building and riding the Farris wheel which is located on the roof. The City Museum has been named one of the great public spaces and has won other local and international awards as a must-see destination in St Louis. I think it was great!
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