The Admiral at the Saint Louis riverfront. Gateway Arch in the background. Dec. 2, 1967. Goldenrod Showboat visible as well. Hilton under construction.
Only one more section remains to be inserted - and that is to take place at the "topping out," now due for Oct. 28 - before the two legs of the Gateway Arch are joined. The next to last section, above, was put into place Tuesday, leaving a space of only two and a half feet between the legs of the 630-foot Arch. The legs appear to be joined in the picture below, taken after the next to last section was inserted, but that's due to the camera angle.
The Old Courthouse at 4th and Market Streets is on the eastern edge of the city's Gateway Mall area. Downtown financial interests are trying to revive the long-dormant mall which, when completed, will stretch to 21st street.
Highlighting a year of progress in St. Louis were the completion of the Gateway Arch and the exterior of Busch Memorial Stadium. In front of the new stadium, which will be ready for baseball in May, is Stadium Parking Garage East, which opened Thursday. Located at Broadway and Walnut, it is one of the world's largest self-parking garages with spaces for 2800 cars.
Photograph of the Admiral steamboat on the Mississippi River in the morning. The Gateway Arch can be seen in the background as well as the Poplar Street Bridge during the process of construction.
OBLIVIOUS OF THE HEIGHT AND DANGERS involved, two men scrub down a section near the top of the Gateway Arch while a third hoses off the soap. Huge scaffolds are being used but workers hopped off while cleaning near the top of the curving structure to give its stainless steel skin its initial scrub-down. A picture-story of Operation Clean-up atop the 630-foot Arch is on Page 108.