Meet Me in St. Louis: The Renewal and Expansion of Eero Saarinen’s Gateway Arch Park and Museum
Sprinkled across the lands of our sprawling country are national parks and monuments that celebrate and memorialize our history. Fantastically large and well-known (such as Mount Rushmore or the Statue of Liberty) or small and overlooked (your local war memorials), these monuments, and any accompanying museums, each have a distinct subject, purpose or intention. When these structures become aged and crumbling, in need of repair, the ensuing restorations are often closely scrutinized by government bodies and the public alike – with the restoration often designed by the winner of a design competition. In St. Louis, Missouri, that city’s Gateway Archwas designed by Eero Saarinen to commemorate the United States’ westward expansion and was completed in 1965. In 2010, the New York-based architecture and urban design firm Cooper Robertsonearned the opportunity to help lead the restoration of the Gateway Arch, its museum and the surrounding park. The competition, “Framing a Modern …
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