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Originally Posted by mmourning
Truth be told, I'd not mind surrendering a piece of the Arch grounds for a corny-ass reconstruction of this warehouse district. Yes--I'm talking Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia style.
It'd be a hit. And how appropriate? The adjoining museum of expansion could then point to: the reconstructed old riverfront, the office towers of the latter half of the twentieth century, the Arch itself, and the undemolished portion of the old riverfront known as Laclede's Landing--all telling different tales about the city's manner of expansion, decline, and re-expansion.
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i'm completely with you on this, mmourning. what better way to pay homage to the old riverfront than to rebuild it with as close to the original materials as possible? i'm not so sure about recreating colonial williamsburg in downtown STL though (barf) - i'd rather the new buildings have historic facades and contemporary innards. the arch is wonderful but the arch grounds are a swath of dead space. i was recently in savannah, GA walking along River Street and thinking how we could have had something very similar in STL. now how to come up with the money...