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Visitors to the top of the Gateway Arch, look out of the window from their assigned spots in St. Louis on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. Trips to the top of the 630 foot monument have resumed, since closing in March due to the coronavirus. Visitors are assigned a time to enter and must stand in one area before leaving down the other leg of the Arch.

Arch Resumes Trams To The Top, With Coronavirus Precautions In Place

Sarah Fentem

Arch grounds and the museum underneath have been open for months, but visitors have been disappointed that they weren’t able to take the tram ride to the top. That changed this week when the Arch officials started allowing people to go up, but capacity is greatly reduced.

For many out-of-state visitors driving to St. Louis, the Gateway Arch is their first glimpse of Missouri.

Economy & Business

Why Visits To The Gateway Arch Are Down — Despite $380 Million Redevelopment

Lara Hamdan

St. Louis’ most notable feature — the Gateway Arch — hasn’t seen as many fresh faces lately. According to the St. Louis Business Journal, the Arch grounds…

A photo of the St. Louis skyline with the Arch lit up.

Health, Science & Environment

It's lights out again for the Arch. The effort to protect migrating birds begins May 1

Shahla Farzan

The Arch lights will be turned off May 1-15, 2022.

Arts

By summer, the city's landmark could become Gateway Arch National Park

Chad Davis

The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial could soon have a new name. The U.S. Senate has approved a bill to change its name to Gateway Arch National…

Jessica Witte will launch a seed-art project, similar to this August 2015 one in Belleville, along the St. Louis riverfront June 3-5.

Arts

This riverfront project is for the birds — but only after 3,000 pounds of seed become art

Nancy Fowler

St. Louisans will get to participate in a massive art project on the riverfront this summer, thanks to a new public art grant.The local Critical Mass for…

Economy & Business

Getting it right: MVVA Arch plan undergoes revisions and refinements

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 17, 2010 - You might think that because the Michael Van Valkenburg Associates team won the…

Government, Politics & Issues

Public comments favor development on or around Arch grounds, Park Service says

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: September 26, 2008 - When the National Park Service staff sat down months ago to review stacks of…