and this,
The first is by Barcelona's Antoni Gaudi, who many claim is not an architect at all. He was more of a sculptor with a very rich patron. The second is by St. Louis's Bob Cassilly who is most certainly a sculptor. Gaudi loved to use catenary arches. Cassilly lives in a city with the biggest catenary arch in the world. Cassilly has been doing some work on the St. Louis Riverfront Trail. I have a secret hope that he might take a future project in East St. Louis.
Compare this,
and this,
The first is the lame attempt at a park in East St. Louis, Illinois. The second is Gaudi's park in Barcelona, Parc Guell.
The first has this,
The second has this,
From the first you can see this,
From the second, you can see this,
The first has this,
The second has this,
The national park service has plans to maybe extend the arch grounds to East St. Louis. I'd like to propose that the current observation deck be removed totally or changed so drastically that it cannot be recognized. I leave these pictures to be considered.
This observation area is accessible on a flat slope from the park behind it. I would propose that a giant mound be built to cover the Gateway Geiser and the cheap observation platform and that a real observation space be built on top of it. Indeed, I did say mound. Like this mound.
St. Louis locals know, this is Monk's Mound. It is very simple. Make a big mound, and give Bob Cassilly an amount of money equal to what was spent on the nonsense that is currently occupying the spot.
After this, be sure to make bike and pedestrian connections to the arch grounds and proper riverfront trails on both sides of the river from Alton to Kimmswick.
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This post relates to the Arch Grounds.
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