Gateway Arch National Park

The renovations are the final step of the $380 million CityArchRiver project, the largest public-private partnership in the National Park Service's history.

Great Rivers Greenway leaders hope the new bike and pedestrian pathways will lay the foundation for future economic revitalization in a part of the city that has experienced steep declines.

The employee confirms several staffers were terminated, and the park could be down dozens of workers for peak visitor season.

The park replaces two previously vacant lots with a few disk golf cages, several metal flower planters, benches and sculptures from local youth artists.

The funding comes from the Great American Outdoors Act, a Trump administration measure that supports recreational access on public lands — as well as their upkeep.

The Gateway Arch’s new, LED lighting system will turn on each night with a dramatic, 30-second sequence. Officials say the lights will save energy and pose less of a threat to migrating birds.

Fourth grade students from Meramec Elementary learned about the Lewis and Clark expedition during a visit to the Gateway Arch museum, where they took a tour through St. Louis history.

Some people who work in the St. Louis region's tourism industry say they are seeing signs of a comeback after a yearlong pandemic lockdown.

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.

When the Gateway Arch began undergoing renovation back in July 2015, Mike Ward moved back to St. Louis to become its superintendent — a role he’s held…