About a month ago, ground was broken on the park lid over the highway. Construction has started.
In total, $360-million will be spent upgrading the Archgrounds.
Below is the new Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx, federal Park Rangers and St. Louis dignitaries.
The park will create a new pedestrian-safe entrance for the Arch grounds.
The Basilica of St. Louis King of France (aka Old Cathedral), the oldest Cathedral west of the Mississippi River, also located on the Arch grounds, is undergoing a $12-million restoration. (
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And here are early Haley-Sharpe Design renderings of the soon-to-be refurbished and updated Museum of Westward Expansion underneath the Gateway Arch.
After undergoing an exterior renovation completed this year, here's an early rendering of exhibits planned at the Old Courthouse, which will see an interior under refurbishment. The Old Courthouse, where the Dred Scott Decision was made, is also on the Gateway Mall.
Newness!
