The Old Cathedral sits in bizarre isolation, never intended to stand by itself, but rather surrounded by buildings most of its existence. The only intact survivor of the clearance of the original street grid of St. Louis, it nonetheless is an attractive building. Built in the Greek Revival style, it certainly must have been stunning…
Tag: Gateway Arch National Park
Corrosion, Gateway Arch
Much ado recently has been made of the corrosion of the Gateway Arch, now coming up on its 50th Anniversary. I don’t know why I had never noticed it before, but blemishes are clearly visible on the legs of the Arch. While Modernist structures are often regarded as “new,” it bears reminding that many of…
Backwards Clock
Does anybody know where this is and why it’s backwards? I want to see if you can figure it out.