SOM-Hargreaves-BIG Arch Proposal - Full Narrative

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FRAMING A MODERN MASTERPIECETHE CITY THE ARCH THE RIVER | 2015





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THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY 44

REFLECTING STEWARDSHIP OF THE GATEWAY ARCHAND GROUNDS WHILE ENLIVENING THE EXPERIENCE 56

EXTENDING THE PARK INTO THE CITIESAND THE CITIES INTO THE PARK 72

COMPLETING THE GATEWAY MALL 96

CREATING A NEW AND EXPANDED “TWO MUSEUM” EXPERIENCE 110

ENRICHING THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE 120

THE NORTH AND SOUTH PAVILIONS 130

EMBRACING THE RIVERFRONT 184

CROSSING THE RIVER 206

THE EAST BANK VISION 232

PROVIDING A PERMANENT HOME FOR MUSIC AND CELEBRATION 242

CREATING A RIVER ECOLOGY WITH THE MOUND PARK 252

CELEBRATING HUMANITY AND LIFE...“MISSISSIPPI SOUL” 258

PROJECTS BEYOND 2015 264

8 EXHIBIT BOARDS 292

SIGNED CONFIRMATION AND ASSIGNMENT FORMS 302

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This is a plan Huck Finn and Jim would love: riding bikes in the

sky above the river, chasing around the mounds and the big

aces o Mississippi Soul looking west rom the Illinois side;

and, heck, going or a swim where St. Louis will again stretch

its urban toes back into the Mississippi; then challenging

each other to a race all the way up the bluf, under the big

Whispering Leaves, past the Old Courthouse Museum,and all the way to Kiener Plaza.

BIG BETTER FAST

This is a plan or an accelerated launch: to release the

power locked inside the monument grounds and put its

transormative aesthetic and energy to work liting downtown,

turning the city’s ace to the river, and uniying the bi-state

region into an integrated worldwide attraction.

PRIDE TO GROW ON

This is a practical Midwestern plan designed to quickly generate

sustainable economic growth or the region within eyesight o

the Gateway Arch. It is also a globally audacious plan designed

to delight residents with pride o place and to surprise tourists

with an abundance o uniquely American experiences.

TIME TO BE BOLD

This is also a complex plan o delicacy and boldness. Delicacy

in the graceul enhancement o the double masterpieces o the

most iconic o modern monuments and the landscaped grounds

rom which it soars.

HERITAGE OF GREATNESS

This is a plan to renew our understanding o and appreciation

or the expansive vision o Thomas Jeferson, who oresaw and

pursued a single continent-spanning nation bound into one by

the political concept o liberty.

OUR PLAN TO SOAR

And most importantly, this is a plan that was “co-designed”

by the people o the St. Louis region with whom we inormally

spoke on video at the start o this project. This is truly a plan

that we can make better by working on it together.

We are eager to get to work, i you are prepared to soar.

FRAMING A MODERN MASTERPIECE THE CITY



1 Create an iconic place or the international icon,

the Gateway Arch

2 Catalyze increased vitality in the St. Louis region

3 Honor the character defining elements o the National

Historic Landmark

4 Weave connections and transitions rom the City

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Illinois as an integral part o the National Park

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as the gateway to national expansion

7 Create attractors to promote extended visitation

8 Mitigate the impact o transportation systems

9 Develop a sustainable uture

10 Enhance the visitor experience and create a

welcoming and accessible environment

RELAUNCH ST. LOUIS CAN SOAR4



SOM

Team Leader/Urban Design/

Project Management

Philip Enquist

Douglas Voigt

HARGREAVES ASSOCIATES

Landscape Architecture

Mary Margaret Jones

George Hargreaves

BIG

Architecture/Strategic Design

Bjarke Ingels

JAUME PLENSA

Public Art

Jaume Plensa

URS

Economics

Jon DeVries

Engineering

Mel Millenbruck

Jennier Obertino

OSAGE NATION

Native American Heritage

Andrea A. Hunter, Chie Gray

WETLANDS INITIATIVE

(non-profit)Wetland, Ecology and Wildlie

Donald Hey

KAI-DB (MBE)

Local Architect/Engineer

Michael E. Kennedy

Don Koppy

ABNA ENGINEERING (M/WBE)

Surveying, GIS, Civil/Structural

Nicole AdewaleKIKU OBATA & CO. (WBE)

Graphics and Wayfinding

Kiku Obata

PRESERVATION RESEARCH

Architectural History and

Research

Michael Allen

VECTOR (M/WBE)

Public Engagement

Jessica Perkins

COHEN HILBERRY (WBE)

ADA and Universal Access

Gina Hilberry

RALPH APPELBAUM

ASSOCIATES

Interpretive Planners

Ralph Appelbaum

RANDY BURKETT

Lighting Design

Randy Burkett

CONTEMPORARY PRODUCTIONS

Perormance Venue

Steve Schankman

Our Team




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2015 PROJECTS

1 Improving the Grounds2 Kiener Plaza

3 The Old Courthouse Museum

4 Luther Ely Smith Square

5 Narrow City Streets

6 The “Magic Carpet”

7 New Museum Entry / ExtendedMuseum o Westward Expansion

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RELAUNCHST. LOUIS CAN SOAR










Extending the Park intothe Cities and the Citiesinto the ParkIt is time to open the box in which the Gateway Arch came in,

and re-introduce its magnetic power to the surrounding

communities. It has lived the lie o a picture, tightly ramed by

reeway, parking garages and other blockades. We propose a

“Magic Carpet” to layover I-70 and connect the City to the Arch.

Weekday Lunch Sunday Farmer’s Market

International Film Festival Mardi Gras Parade

World Series Celebration RallyLe Tour de St. LouisCycling Championship




Completing theGateway MallRelease the power bound within the monument’s grounds and

guide its flow into the adjacent City to attract and delight.

Luther Ely Smith Square

“Whispering Leaves”

Capping the reeway



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Expanded MuseumMuseum Circulation, East, North & South Entries




MUSEUM OFNATIONAL

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CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLERIVERS AND CITIES

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or students, the general public and scholars. A visible and

transparent village under a roo o parkland will connect the

Park to the emerging Chouteau neighborhood and create

new entrances to the Arch grounds.




South Pavilion Interior Program






Bringing People to theThe river has its own story to tell, o how man and nature have

shaped and sustained this territory to create a city o destiny.Our plan brings people to the river, over the river, and

onto the river.

Activated waterront

New erry landings

New recreational activities

Improved access

Waterront promenade on Sullivan Drive




Allow the Gateway Arch to be seen or the first time in an open

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New erry service

lanes and pedestrian paths

Celebrate the bridges and riverront with new

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New trails

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MacArthur Bridge upper deck becomesexclusively pedestrian and bike lanes

Eads Bridge will transorm rom 4 lanes o trafcto 2 lanes o trafc, bike lanes and pathways




This is a plan to share many stories best told in this unique

place — o the trappers, greenhorns and settlers who went

West, o the noble American Indians who lost everything

but their honor, o a riverine wetland restoration and

a vision or humanity and lie.

Large perormance venue

The Mound Park

“Mississippi Soul” sculpture

Pedestrian bridge over lake and rail lines

Farmer’s Market

Sports

Education




The East Bank Farmer’s Market




Providing a Permanent Homeor Music and CelebrationThis is a “happy” plan filled with entertaining, ediying and physically

engaging things to do and enjoy.

Riverside Center or the Perorming Arts will provide 4,000 covered seats

and 7,000 lawn seats








Cultural Ecology withthe Mound ParkThis is a plan to begin the next chapter in the story o lie,

liberty and the pursuit o happiness on the Mississippi.

It is a plan that encourages everyone to achieve their

most ambitious goals.




Celebrating Humanityand Lie... “Mississippi Soul”“The group o heads is the soul o the river. A poetic link between East and

West, history and tomorrow. A new dialogue with the Gateway Arch - an

echo to the monument’s energy and a celebration o humanity and lie.”

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01THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY





FOUR SECTORS TO LEAD THE ST. LOUIS ECONOMY

The sectors maintaining strength in the downturn will lead

the upturn. In this case o St. Louis – education and health

care have maintained strength. This has historically been true

or hospitality, accommodations, ood/drink, and the whole

tourism sector. However, in this recession even this sector lost

ground, but still is positive compared to level o employment in2005. The financial sector, concentrated in downtown St. Louis,

also maintained relative strength – even though it declined in

much o both o the Federal Reserve Districts.

Four employment sectors held their own or gained slightly rom

2005-2010:

Finance – slight gain rom 76,500 in 2005 to 78,800

in 2010

Education – rom 38,700 in 2005 to 43,100 in 2010

Health Care – rom 157,800 in 2005 to 170,300 in 2010

Leisure and Hospitality – rom 129,100 in 2005 to 129,500

in 2010

As stated beore, it is the sectors maintaining strength in the

downturn that will usually help lead the upturn. It is worth

noting that Leisure and Hospitality are among the largest o

these sectors – second only to Health Care – and larger than

Finance and Education combined.

Thereore, the investment in the Arch and environs can

be a critical actor in leading the St. Louis Metropolitan

Service Area out o the recession – and helping to sustain

a more competitive and vibrant region in the longer term –

by stimulating attendance and spending or the large and

historically strong Leisure and Hospitality sector.

The timing o the proposed Arch expansion and improvements -

with the first phase to be done by 2015 – will be pivotal to

economic recovery in the St. Louis Metropolitan Service Area –

a recovery that could take 40 plus months i the 2001 recovery

is an indication.

The Economic Plan




MINNEAPOLIS has converted its historic grain milling area

on the St. Anthony Falls o the Mississippi River, an area

characterized by abandoned industrial buildings and sprawling

railroad yards, into a live/work district with regional cultural

attractions and major tourism appeal. The riverront was

redeveloped during the 1990s, giving prominence to the

riverront or the first time in decades.

Cultural milestones such as the Mill City Museum and the

Tyrone Guthrie Theater helped provide bookends to new park

district acilities, tied together by an extensive riverront

trail system.

The Tyrone Guthrie Theater has been the Twin Cities’ premier

venue or the perorming arts since it was ounded in 1963.

Formerly located next to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis,

the Guthrie created a national sensation with the 2006

opening o its spectacular new quarters on the banks o

the Mississippi. In addition to the theater itsel, the acility

includes a wide array o dining, meeting, and gathering

venues which attract multiple metropolitan area andregional events daily.

The Mill City Museum was created within ormer grain mills

along the river and provides a major educational component

or the district – attracting school groups, researchers, tourists,

and residents who remember the history o the waterront

when it was a thriving milling center.

The Stone Arch Bridge was restored as a pedestrian and

bikeway and connects the Mill District to a thriving, multi-use

residential and commercial area on the other bank. The bridge

overlooks the upper most lock on the River, St. Anthony Falls,

the old mills, and the skyline o downtown Minneapolis.

Development patterns have now shited toward the riverront

with extensive residential development on both sides o

the river. The area has become a “must see” destination or

visitors and the Guthrie reports record attendance.

AMERICAN, MIDWEST PRECEDENTS

There is adequate proo in other Midwest communities that public and private collaboration can repurpose and revitalize urban

waterront areas into dynamic regional visitation and hospitality attractions – with significant revenue, employment, population,

and image benefits. This has happened not just in a Millennium Park in Chicago, but in other cities similar in size and characteristics

to St. Louis, such as Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Duluth. St. Louis has the added advantage o having the first and most prominent

urban National Park in the U.S. located in the middle o its waterront – with the National Park Service committed to investing or

a new generation o visitors and users.




MILWAUKEE has redefined its lakeront into a major regional

destination as well as an amenity or its downtown oces and

hotels, anchored by the Milwaukee Art Museum. The lakeront

and downtown renewal has spread into adjacent, ormerly

industrial areas such as the Third Ward, a major living and

shopping area. Most recently, a new public market was opened

that provides resh produce and restaurants.

DULUTH has reinvented itsel as a major tourism and education

center by covering Interstate 35 and a railroad line with a series

o caps that connect the downtown with the lakeront. It has

connected all the pieces with a major lakeront trail and park

system. The result includes the addition o hundreds o hotel

rooms, retail stores, and living units in a multi-block ormer

industrial area that itsel is now a major attraction.




LET’S THINKBIGGER

There are predictable costs and measurable benefits to strategic investment in the Arch Memorial – and these should be

well understood and utilized in making program and improvement decisions. Because the level o public monies needed to

carry out a transormative investment are not available – and will not be available in the oreseeable uture – a significant

additional level o private philanthropy, business investment, and corporate leadership will be required. As demonstrated in

St. Louis and other similar communities, the visitation revenues, employment gains and image benefits can be significant,

and these benefits can more than outweigh the significant upront costs o the project.




STEP 1

STEP 2

2010 2015 202550 year celebration

A BIGGER PLAN

The first phase o investment will be

that envisioned by the National Park

Service and City o St. Louis to expand

and upgrade the Memorial – including

the East Addition. These expenditures

will occur between 2010 and 2015, in

time or the October 2015 anniversary

celebration.

2015 PROJECTS

1 Improving the Grounds

2 Kiener Plaza

3 The Old Courthouse Museum

4 Luther Ely Smith Square

5 Narrow City Streets

6 The “Magic Carpet”

7 New Museum Entry / Expanded

Museum o Westward Expansion

8 North Confluence Pavilion9 South Confluence Pavilion

10 Mississippi River Swimming Barge

11 St. Louis Riverront / Sullivan Drive

12 Pedestrian Access on Eads

and MacArthur Bridges

13 East St. Louis Mound Park

16 Ferry Landings

17 East St. Louis Pedestrian Bridge

The NPS investment will need to be

accompanied by matching publicinvestments, primarily in new

transportation linkages and the

accompanying land acquisitions,

existing industrial relocations, and

supportive inrastructure. Major

inrastructure investments include the

partial cap o I-70 at the Memorial and

the construction o State Route 3 in

East St. Louis, with new access points

to serve both the park addition and

the city.

Another level o investment will come

rom the participation o the privatesector – through both philanthropic

and investment participation. It will

include “spin-of” growth rom the

new NPS and public inrastructure

investments and will occur over

a longer phase o 2010-2020 and

beyond. This third level o investment

will potentially be larger than the NPS

and the public sector investments

and will include the redevelopment

o Chouteau’s Landing, urther in-fill

development in Laclede’s Landing, and

new oce, hospitality and recreational

investment on both the west and

east banks in surrounding and

contiguous areas.




The unding efort will be multi-jurisdictional in several

diferent ways. First, the project area is bi-state and the NPS

expansion to the east side will be an ideal vehicle or

stimulating bi-state planning and investment. The East-West

Gateway Council o Governments and the MetroLink provide

proven and unctioning rameworks or bi-state inrastructure,

transportation, and park planning and implementation.

Secondly, the ederal unding programs are moving toward

a “partnership” structure combining the eforts o DOT,

HUD, and EPA into targeted investments. Priority or these

partnership unding eforts will be given to city and state

multi-jurisdictional eforts that can combine transportation,

community development, and environmental goals.

The program elements in the strategic plan or the areas around

the Memorial can be strong candidates or this new type o

ederal unding.

The unding efort will also include philanthropic/corporate

donations to achieve momentum and impact in the 2010 to

2015 phase. The redevelopment and expansion o the Memorialand the accompanying transportation and inrastructure

investments will also stimulate new private investment, both

institutional, developer and private end user, in the surrounding

areas. In particular, new oce, hotel, retail, residential and

entertainment opportunities will be planned and sought or

both the west and east surrounding areas.

FUNDRAISING




BENEFITS

The primary and oundational benefits o the revitalized and

expanded Memorial will be to increase the number o visitors,

the number o stops these visitors make, the length o stay,

and the level o expenditures. These benefits can be measured

in room nights, retail spending, casino revenues, and a variety

o tax collections. There will also be concurrent benefits rom

the actual construction o Memorial and related inrastructureimprovements. These will be measured in terms o construction

expenditures and construction employment. Both the expanded

visitation expenditures and the construction employment

benefits will be directly helpul in helping the pace and strength

o the St. Louis area recovery rom the current recession and

years o economic stagnation.

The longer-term benefits rom the next phase and level o

private investment will start occurring in anticipation o the

2015 rededication and will extend to 2020 and beyond. As seen

by analogy in similar Midwest markets and in waterront/

park revitalization eforts worldwide, these benefits include

sustained new levels o retail sales, population and employment

gains, household income increases, and a variety o revenues

including sales taxes, casino revenues and hospitality revenues.

An expanded “entertainment district” on the east side could be

a particularly powerul economic development strategy because

o the high revenue and employment impacts o those type

o uses.

As a revitalized symbol o renewal and expansion or the nation

the Memorial and associated projects have the potential to

expand the audience o visitors and resident relocations to

the region. The business climate is heavily impacted by the

image o an area and by its ability to attract and retain talent.

A revitalized downtown St. Louis and a redeveloped East St.

Louis would be a powerul symbol o regional renewal that willattract national attention and investment. These benefits can

be measured in terms o regional population and employment

gains, rising educational levels, new business ormations, and

increased corporate recruitment.




Summary

THE MEMORIAL AND ITS MESSAGE An Expanded Visitor ExperienceFUNDING

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Kiener Plaza

Old Courthouse Museum

Luther Ely Smith Square

Museum o Westward Expansion

North Pavilion

South Pavilion

Riverront

“Whispering Leaves”

Swimming Barge

East

Riverside Perorming Arts Center

Mound Park

“Mississippi Soul”

Center or Sustainability

Osage Nation Exhibit

National Park Service

City/County/State

Corporate

Foundation

Private Donations

THE CONNECTIONS A City & Region Engaged with the Arch

West

I-70 Cap “Magic Carpet”

MetroLink Station Connection

Eads and MacArthur Bridges

Widened Sidewalks

Ferry Landing

Great Rivers Greenway

Bike Rental/Trail Connections

East

New State Route 3

New Access Points

Front Street Landscape

Levee Walk

Ferry Landing

MetroLink Station Upgrades

Rail Consolidation

Bike Trail Connections

Pedestrian Bridge

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Stimulus Funds

Tiger Grants

Transportation District Grants

THE TWO CITIES Neighborhoods in Resurgence

West

Laclede’s Landing

Chouteau’s Landing

Oce/Hotel/Residential

East

Memorial Additions

Entertainment District

TOD/Riverront Development

Sustainable Communities

TOD - Usdot, HUD

EPA - Brownfields

Public/Private Partnerships

TIF/District Funding

Public Bonding

Institutional Partners

THE NATION AND THE REGION A Symbol of Renewal and ExpansionWest

Regional Talent Destination

Regional Trailheads

East

Community Facilities

Regional Talent Destination

Regional Trailheads

City/County/State

East-West Cog

Great Rivers Greenway District

Park Districts

Technology Investment

Educational Investment

Research/Development




ECONOMIC GOALS/STRATEGIES BENEFITS TIMELINE

Goal: A Memorial providing new levels o visitation and

educational experiences

Strategies:

Extend visits with multiple, diverse attractions

Create repeat visits with changing events

Expand market with educational programs

Room Nights

Sales/Other Taxes

Construction Spending

Construction Employment

Fte Employment

Casino Revenues

2010 - 2015

Goal: A Memorial engaging with the City and region

Strategies:

Create new roadway, walkway, transit, and bridge

connections or easy, sae, and convenient access

Remove physical barriers between Memorial and City

Take advantage o existing river crossings to provide new

experiences and amenities

Reduced Congestion Costs

Increased Transit Usage

New Recreation Sites

New Development Sites

2010 - 2015

Goal: A Memorial stimulating new investments in surrounding

neighborhoods and cities

Strategies:

Spin-of investment in hotel, residential, dining, and

entertainment uses

Focus investment in historic urban neighborhoods on the

riverront

Population Gains

Employment Gains

Income Increases

Reduced Crime/Social Costs

Property Taxes

Sales Taxes

Casino Revenues

Hospitality Revenues

2010 - 2020

Goal: A Memorial attracting regional, national, and global

attention and respect

Strategies:

Create a showcase o parks, museums, memorials,

and public art that become national “must-sees”

Use Memorial as model o jurisdictional cooperation

Population Gains

Employment Gains

Income Increases

Rising Educational Levels

New Business Development

Talent/Firm Recruitment

2015 - 2020

ECONOMIC GOALS/STRATEGIES BENEFITS TIMELINE

Goal: A Memorial providing new levels o visitation and

educational experiences

Strategies:

Extend visits with multiple, diverse attractions

Create repeat visits with changing events

Expand market with educational programs

Room Nights

Sales/Other Taxes

Construction Spending

Construction Employment

Fte Employment

Casino Revenues

2010 - 2015

Goal: A Memorial engaging with the City and region

Strategies:

Create new roadway, walkway, transit, and bridge

connections or easy, sae, and convenient access

Remove physical barriers between Memorial and City

Take advantage o existing river crossings to provide new

experiences and amenities

Reduced Congestion Costs

Increased Transit Usage

New Recreation Sites

New Development Sites

2010 - 2015

Goal: A Memorial stimulating new investments in surrounding

neighborhoods and cities

Strategies:

Spin-of investment in hotel, residential, dining, and

entertainment uses

Focus investment in historic urban neighborhoods on the

riverront

Population Gains

Employment Gains

Income Increases

Reduced Crime/Social Costs

Property Taxes

Sales Taxes

Casino Revenues

Hospitality Revenues

2010 - 2020

Goal: A Memorial attracting regional, national, and global

attention and respect

Strategies:

Create a showcase o parks, museums, memorials,

and public art that become national “must-sees”

Use Memorial as model o jurisdictional cooperation

Population Gains

Employment Gains

Income Increases

Rising Educational Levels

New Business Development

Talent/Firm Recruitment

2015 - 2020






02REFLECTING STEWARDSHIP

OF THE GATEWAY ARCHAND GROUNDS WHILE

ENLIVENING THE EXPERIENCE





The design or the renewed arch grounds will preserve the original landscape, restore certain elements that do not currently

meet the original intent and discretely insert new access in ways that will help transorm the grounds into an active and more

environmentally sustainable park. The existing allees o trees, their relationship to paving and landscape, lighting and benches will

be preserved and restored as key elements o the Saarinen/ Kiley proposal. Allee trees may ultimately be replaced by a new species

by the National Park Service, but should maintain the high canopy so important to the original proposal.

New warm toned pervious concrete paving and decomposed granite will replace broken aggregate paving and tree grates, therebyaddressing the current disrepair and drainage o the pathways and assisting in stormwater management. Additional limestone or

concrete slab benches, in keeping with the Modernist design language, provide areas o rest along the route to the Arch, and new

energy ecient lighting fixtures will maintain the appearance o the original design while employing contemporary technology.

The ponds, their sculpted topography, and surrounding shade and flowering trees will thus be preserved as key elements o the

historic Kiley landscape. Additional native trees (o limited species), meadow grasses (replacing some areas o lawn), and wetland

planting along selected pond edges will be incorporated in ways that restore the original design proposal to create distinct orest

and meadows.

The new landscape will be more sustainable, reducing the maintenance and operations efort and providing a natural system that

more efectively manages stormwater and provides habitat. Contemporary filtration systems may be employed in conjunction with

natural systems to improve water quality in the ponds.

Access will be added to and around the ponds, making places or people to enjoy the park in ways currently not possible. Improved

access will also be provided rom the Arch to the river via gently sloping walks and river viewing terraces that ofer places o rest

surrounded by a series o riparian garden galleries. These gardens present collections o regional species historically ound along

the alluvial plains o the Mississippi River.

Renewing the Arch GroundsA Living Legacy




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Historically Significant Landscapes and Topography

Areas or Design Refinement




As a historically significant landscape and a mark o the mid-

century Modernism, architectural orm and site at the Arch

Grounds were conceived o and designed as a single entity.

One o Kiley’s important visions or the Arch Grounds was

“to develop a sense o movement o spatial continuity” and

“to use tree massing to reinorce the plan o the walks”.

The design proposal is one that osters respect and stewardship

o these primary eatures.

The Arch Grounds also include areas or refinement, where

Kiley’s original design intent has been diluted over theyears, and where present day goals o improved accessibility,

sustainability, and stormwater management should be

integrated into the overall plan, per the recommendations o

employ planting and topography to define occupiable spaces,

thresholds, and experiences .

Proposed interventions at the Arch Grounds are subtle yet

powerul, ocus on the edges, and in all cases are compatible

with the intent and character o the Kiley/ Saarinen proposal.

RESPECTING THE HISTORICALLYSIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPES

AREAS FOR REFINEMENT:AN APPROACH OF RESTORATIONAND RENEWAL




RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC LANDMARK

The Arch Grounds

Primary Goals

the Memorial Museum rom the City, maintaining the

importance o the east-west axis.

Saraanin/ Kiley design: most notably, the openness o

the east west axis, the artul manipulation o topography,

and allees o tall trees along the walks leading to the Arch.

o which the ocus was on creating a tall landscape with

stature to ground the Arch. His proposal included a tall

orest canopy around the ponds with distinct clearings

and varied spaces , enclosures and thresholds.

and improve the overall unctioning o the landscape.

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ADA Accessible Paths

2. Pondside Plazas

3. Riparian Gallery Gardens

4. New Museum Entry

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The site is typically accessed rom one o three points – the

parking garage at the ar north end o the park, the sidewalks/

pedestrian pathways connecting to downtown that require

crossing Highway 70 / Memorial Drive, and the main steps up

rom the levy.

The path rom the parking garage is a significant distanceand poses a real challenge to anyone with stamina issues.

a wheelchair, they are available rom the ranger’s oce in

the garage. However, this oce is at the opposite end o the

garage rom the accessible parking and the entry to the site.

No signage is posted advising visitors o the wheelchair

availability or location.

The ponds and landscape are generally not accessible.

The grand stair is not accessible.

No passenger drop-of areas are provided except at the

parking garage.

The crossings at Memorial Drive do not align.

The sidewalks rom the southwestern edge o the park to the

Arch are steeply sloped and do not have resting places, level

landings or benches provided.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Provide accessible parking adjacent to the Cathedral parking

lot and an accessible path to the Arch paths.

Provide accessible parking at the proposed north and south

pavilions to shorten the distance to all amenities.

Provide rest areas along paths and ponds.

Provide sloped sidewalks and rest areas to connect riverto Arch.

Provide short travel distances to ood and toilet

acilities located at north, south and west

pavilions, as well as the expanded museum.

Provide accessible signage throughout park and acilities.

Provide “Augmented Reality” interace or

handheld wayfinding and inormation.

Provide park grounds maquettes at strategic locations to

help explain the park and its amenities.

The proposed solution will provide closer accessible parking,

access to the river, and shorter distances to ood, rest areas,

toilets and drinking ountains. All exhibits and points o interes

will be accessible wherever possible. All park areas and acility

inormation will be linked using an “Augmented Reality”

interace. This will provide accessible wayfinding, inormation

and tour acts on your own phone or handheld device. All new

and Guidelines. Existing Facilities will be upgraded whenever

technically easible or accommodations will be made where

historic acilities or landscapes require an alternative approach.

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03EXPANDING THE PARK INTO THE

CITY AND THE CITY INTO THE PARK







The Arch and the Grounds are currentlyseparated with barriers o inactivity

and traf c on all our sides

We propose a series o interventions that will bleedthe park into the city and the city into the park






Covering the Freewaywith a “Magic Carpet”The first barrier to cross and the first land to claim is the space

above o the sunken I-70 highway. Like a magic carpet a new

urban pavement or public lie spreads out extending the

courthouse lawn onto the Arch grounds mall. To create shelter

rom the elements and to shield the noise rom the highway

underpass, the ends o the carpet are olded up to create little

pavilions or caés or kiosks spilling their activities out on thepublic realm o the olded carpet. A generous overhang and

a gently sloping surace invites or inormal gatherings and

spontaneous perormances.

The west edge o the park is cut o rom the cityby the sunken highway

The highway is capped to connect the park back to the city

The cap is olded back such that coverage is less than700 t, avoiding additional costs needed to constructand maintain a ull tunnel

Program is contained under the olds,which activates the urban plaza created between them

A new green connection is made betweenthe park and the city




Memorial Drive will be transormed into a plaza that will allow

north/south trac, but that will also become a place orestivals and civic lie, made possible by the partial capping o

I-70 which - like a magic carpet - will float above the ray o the

reeway below, providing program and activities in and upon the

olds o its ends - thus activating the axis rom city to Arch.

Magic Carpet over I-70




Tour De St. Louis Cycling Championship

Sunday Farmer’s Market

PROGRAM AND ACTIVITIES

WEST PAVILION 8,000 sq ft

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Brochure display

StorageToilets

RETAIL 2,000 sq ft

Caé kitchen area

Seating

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TABLE & CHAIR RENTAL 2,000 sq ft

Counter area

Storage




Mardi Gras Festival

Weekday Lunch

International Film Festival

Cardinals World Series Championship








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City ConnectionsThe site is currently served by an incomplete network o streets,

connection between the cities and their riverronts, our proposal

identifies multiple new connections and a series o strategic

inrastructure investments that will greatly improve access,

circulation and connections between the site and surrounding

neighborhoods.

As the park and its acilities are improved, the demand or

increased connectivity and better circulation will put great

pressure on the integration o multiple circulation systems

into the planning.

To better weave the cities into the parks, and the parks into

the city, the plan is recommending a comprehensive network o

street improvements, improved connections to transit, easily

accessible parking, and multiple access points to new trails

and pathways.

These improvements have been integrated in a number o

key moves to create new connections; balance modes with

the goal o reducing dependence on cars; improve sidewalks

and pathways to emphasize pedestrian movement over car

movement; establish a comprehensive bicycle network with

rental sites within the parks and cities; reposition existing

bridges as new connections across the river; disperse parking

to better serve the park and new acilities; and optimize the

use o transit.

STREET IMPROVEMENTS

As part o the strategy to improve physical connections between

the cities and the site, multiple access improvements have been

identified. This ramework will greatly improve access to the

existing Memorial and grounds, as well as needed access to the

that is critical to the urther development o the East Bank, newperormance venue, and Mound Park.

Don’t close streets, just narrow them

Provide cap over reeway

Keep under 700 eet

Celebrate entry to park

New amenities and program




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STREET IMPROVEMENTS

Memorial Drive

As an integral part o the design or the cap over I-70,

Memorial Drive should be redesigned to ease vehicular

conflicts with pedestrians and emphasize pedestrian

connections rom the city into the park. We propose a concept

to keep Memorial Drive open, but reduce the number o vehicle

lanes on either side rom 3 to 2. Trac will be deliberatelyslowed to allow pedestrians sae and easy movement across

the street. Widened sidewalks along Memorial Drive, as well

as Chestnut and Market Streets, will promote a more walkable

downtown, with ample space or landscape, or walking,

jogging, sitting, and meeting others.

Additional analysis o the existing and projected trac

patterns in the downtown St. Louis area are needed to ully

realize these improvements. This analysis should include:

reconfiguration o the access to/rom the Poplar Street

Bridge to/rom Memorial Drive

Efects o eliminating the access to/rom the Poplar Street

Bridge to Memorial Drive. Potentially rerouting trac rom:

WB 64 to the 9th Street Exit

10th Street Entrance to WB 64

EB 64 to the Broadway Exit

Broadway Entrance to EB 64

Intersection

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downtown area

Converting one-way streets to two-way streets

Utilizing 21st Street and 20th Street as a truck route/

coupler

Existing section along memorial drive -3 lanes in each direction

Proposed section and improvement to memorial drive -Proposed 2 lanes in each direction

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Washington Street Improvements

To improve connectivity between the Washington Street

corridor and the Arch Grounds, we have proposed the

realignment o existing lanes with the renovation o Eads

Bridge to accommodate an expanded pedestrian and bicycle

path, while maintaining vehicular access on the northern

portion o the bridge. In addition, the pedestrian crossing areasat Washington Street and Memorial Drive should be expanded

to place greater emphasize on the entry into the site, the North

Poplar Street Improvements

Poplar Street will be redesigned as a two-lane street,

eliminating the existing boulevard and improving pedestrian

access between Chouteau’s Landing and the South Pavilion

Learning Center.

Proposed Washington Avenue / Memorial Drive Improvements

Proposed Poplar Street Improvements




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EXPANDED PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAILS

into the site and new trails will be established throughout the park and along either side o the

river, connecting the cities to their riverronts and to the expanded pedestrian and bicycle trails

beyond. New pedestrian and bicycle trails will approach rom all directions, providing improved

accessibility between the riverront and surrounding neighborhoods. The strategy to renovate

the Eads and MacArthur Bridges will provide critical links and exciting ways to cross the river.

The vehicular lanes o the Eads Bridge will be adjusted to accommodate expanded pedestrian

and bicycle paths on the south side, maintaining two vehicular lanes on the north side o the

bridge. The unused upper deck o MacArthur Bridge will be designed as a dedicated pedestrian

and bicycle pathway connecting the East Bank with Chouteau’s Landing and the proposed

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Access to the existing MetroLink stations is critical to achieving

the goal o less dependence on cars, as well as discovering

other ways to move throughout the city. The design o the

North Pavilion not only provides improved access into the site

rom MetroLink Station entrances on 1st and 2nd Street, it also

includes a new covered visitor drop-of, bike rental, and parking.

On the East Bank, access to the existing MetroLink Station will

be enhanced through the improvement o Front Street with

expanded sidewalks, landscape and lighting rom the station to

the Mound Park. A new pedestrian and bicycle path extending

rom Eads Bridge will lead rom the existing station to proposed

parking on the underutilized portions o the Casino Queen

property and a new path connecting to the perormance venue

and Mound Park.

New connections, pathways and trails will be extended to

connect with these existing transit stations. Bus, shuttle

and other public transportation systems should be urther

integrated with these important transer points between

multiple modes, allowing or greater connectivity in the city

and to other regional destinations.

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New erry service will allow visitors and residents to travel

across the water, departing and arriving at new erry landings on

either side o the river. New accessible pathways rom the Arch

Sullivan Promenade. On the East Bank, a new pedestrian bridge

provides convenient access rom the erry landing over the

existing rail lines and levee into the perormance venue, patron

village and armer’s market.

These improved landings also provide departures or

river-based tours, connecting the site north and south

to other attractions along the river.

E-W Ferry Service

Mississippi River Tours

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Parking will be distributed to other key areas within the site,

utilizing existing roadways and building on existing parking

resources. Although the plan advocates transit and other modes

o transportation, it is prepared to accommodate arriving to

the site by car – the most prevalent orm o transportation

in and around the area. As part o the strategy to improve

connectivity along the edges o the site, the parking programis careully integrated into the design o new acilities and

landscape improvements. The North Pavilion will continue

to provide parking or those arriving rom the north. Parking

within this multi-use pavilion is also uniquely positioned to

continue to support parking or other activities, with improved

connectivity to the existing MetroLink Station, as well as bike

rental acilities. Parking is also accommodated in the design

o the South Pavilion Learning Center. This strategy provides

an increased number o spaces on the southern portion o the

site, integrated into the design o a new pavilion and improved

entry to the park rom the south. The strategy aims to disperse

parking at the vehicular edges o the site or entrances into

the park.

Parking will continue to be located adjacent to the Old

Cathedral. Within each o these locations, ADA spaces will be

available. Accessible paths have been identified rom each o

these locations into the site, providing easy access or all.

Existing downtown structures and garages provide additional

parking in very close proximity to the Arch and the grounds.

Improved sidewalks and pedestrian access rom the downtown

will only benefit the utilization o these existing parking

resources and connection to other attractions within the city.

On the East Bank, a new perormance venue and MoundPark will generate uniquely diferent demands or parking.

Event parking or the perormance venue is located in the

underutilized portion o the Casino Queen land, between

landscaped and well-lit path leads to the entrance o the

perormance venue and park. In the uture, these surace

parking lots may be integrated into an expanded development

strategy around the casino.

Parking is also provided behind the sloped perormance

lawn, easily accessible rom Trendley Avenue. It will provide

convenient parking or the Mound Park and “Mississippi Soul”

during the day. In the event o increased parking demand

or major perormances, several vacant sites east along

Trendley Avenue are within a short walk o both the park and

perormance venue.

PARKING

North Pavilion 900 spaces

South Pavilion 300 spaces

Old Cathedral parking lot 87 spaces

Event parking at Casino Queen 1200 – 1500 spaces

Parking behind Perormance Lawn 300 spaces

Additional parking along Trendley

Avenue (optional)

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04COMPLETING THE GATEWAY MALL





The Arch is a memorial to westward expansion and dramatically

rames the view rom St. Louis to the east. The design orthis 21st century landscape moves west to east and connects

the city to the Arch, the Arch to the river, and across the river

to East St. Louis — a progression long envisioned but never

realized. The first step in that progression is the extension o

the Gateway Mall to the Courthouse and to the Arch grounds.

The designs or Kiener Plaza and Luther Ely Smith Square are

both linked to the existing City Park and to each other, a serieso notes that punctuate the line o movement rom City to

Memorial Drive. These new parks become episodic in that one

leads to the next, yet each will have its own distinct character

that will oster diferent uses and responses within the lie o

the public realm o the city.

Completing the Gateway Mall




THE MALL - KIENER PLAZA AND LUTHER ELY SMITH SQUARE

Primary Goals1. A design that unifies Kiener Plaza and Luther Ely Smith

Square with the Courthouse at the nexus

2. Narrowed streets allow or generous sidewalks, rain water

infiltration gardens, and allees o tall, shady street trees

connecting these blocks to the Memorial Grounds

4. Luther Ely Smith Square as the viewing terraces

to Gateway Arch








Kiener Plaza, as a new civic square located between the

downtown financial district, the stadium neighborhood,

new destination with a range o amenities. These include a

cae, plaza, gardens, ountains and lawn set within a shaded

environment beneath leaves both real and poetically inscribed

as a sculpture — on the landscape rom which both water

and words flow. These leaves will track nature as well as the

nature o language as the building block o our thoughts and

our lives. Movable tables and chairs at the cae pavilion, under

a sculptural lea canopy, create a dynamic setting or a casual

lunch in the park. Perennial gardens designed to be droughttolerant run along the north and south edges o Kiener Plaza

and provide quiet, shaded seating areas. Chestnut Street and

Market Street are narrowed to allow or generous sidewalks

with allees o street trees, connecting city streets to the allees

o trees on the Arch Grounds as Kiley had originally proposed.

The central lawn will provide an area or gatherings and will

progress toward the great axis o the arch in a dynamic dance

rom plaza to plaza.

Kiener Plaza as the “City’s Room”






Luther Ely Smith Square extends the Kiener Plaza lawn level

addressing the Courthouse Museum and the elevation o 4th

St., seemingly reaching rom one Museum to the next. The

lawn, with olding lounges and drits o shade trees that rame

a comortable environment or reading and relaxing. Similar

to Kiener Plaza, seating gardens composed o drought tolerant

perennials flank Market and Chestnut Streets. Seating terraces

at the edge o the lawn cascade down to the level o MemorialDrive and overlook a plaza that is animated by sculptural alling

leaves and water that continue the flow o movement rom

Kiener Plaza. These terraces provide a theater-like setting rom

which to participate in the lie o the plaza, the transormed

street, the Arch, and the view across the river to a new great

river park.

Re-envision Luther Ely Smith Square




“Whispering Leaves” by Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa’s design embraces the concept o nature and text

with the concept o human diversity that was developed in East

St. Louis creating an organic dialogue between the East-West

and the Arch.

Nature in the midst o people at Kiener Plaza and the

Luther Ely Smith Square (Interaction-City Lie)

Heads in the midst o nature at East St. Louis (History-

Humanity)

Gateway Arch (Abstraction-Geometry)

Whispering Leaves are taking the shape o alling leaves at the

moment when the lea reaches the ground, still keeping its

natural curves.

A tree is made o the multiplicity o its leaves. In the same way,

a human community is made o the diversity o the individuals.

Letters, like slender veins transporting the sap, are signs that

make only sense by their combination.

Every lea is diferent and unique, but together they make a

tree, like people making a community.

Alphabets are a great metaphor talking about our beautiuldiversity.




Keiner Plaza Old Courthouse Museum Eli Smith Square






“The arch is a beautiul thing.I am dreaming to introduce once againa poetry that will permeate societylike rain and return the soul andspirit to this place.” - Jaume Plensa, Artist






05CREATING A NEW AND EXPANDED

“TWO MUSEUM” EXPERIENCE



“American democracy will thrive whenit’s citizens are given the education andopportunity to pursue visionary new ideas.”

- Thomas Jeerson








The authentic spaces o the majestic Old Courthouse serve as

each o which either took place in or around the region, or is

linked to it thematically and in spirit. These events include the

Lewis and Clark expeditions, Jeferson’s Louisiana Purchase,

Emancipation. Each o these is interpreted rom the basis o

a judicial trial or government document – an ocial record

that orms a concrete ocal point or one o the decisive

Minor court trial transcripts, and Emancipation Proclamation

could represent these events, respectively.

museum accessible to all. The existing mechanical systems,

lighting, and windows will be up to upgraded to reduce energy

use and operations cost.

OPERATIONAL

Move non-essential programs of site

Open more o building to the public

Permanent and changing exhibitions

Create a small visitor center to orient visitors to JNEM

and other attractions

INTERPRETIVE / VISITOR EXPERIENCE

This century o dramatic history sets up a meaningul

context or JNEM

Focus interpretation on key courtroom cases, legislative

Bring halls to lie with modern, accessible exhibition

techniques, a blend o immersive and interactive exhibits,

authentic artiacts, film, etc.

The Old Courthouse BecomesThe Old Courthouse Museum

OLD COURTHOUSE 47,000 sq ft

RECEPTION 3,000 sq ft

EXHIBIT AREAS 28,000 sq ft

Courtroom exhibits

Exhibition areasFacilities

SUPPORT 16,000 sq ft

Toilets

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RENOVATIONS AND RESTORATIONS

using a theater-in-the-round setting, where live actors and a

multimedia presentation make the visitor an active party to

with ample flexibility, these courtroom spaces can also become

living places or discussion, where programs might ocus oncontemporary civic issues o rights and representation. For

touch-screen interactive tables will allow visitors to explore the

documents and their contexts, and consider the expectations,

pressures, and circumstances that led to certain decisions.

making roles themselves.

Collectively, these stories provide a historical background that

and explains the city’s critical role as a lynchpin or the test o

Old Courthouse’s strategic location as a connector rom the

aims to use authentic spaces and documents to draw visitors

urther into the Jeferson Memorial precinct.




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We propose to extend the arch museum towards the west to

expand the acilities or visitors and changing exhibitions and to

create an immediate connection to the city itsel. Like a gently

tilting lawn the ront o the museum slopes down to reveal a

public slit inviting the natural flow o people towards the arch

to slide under and inside the museum. Invisible rom the arch

and the park the new museum presents itsel with a morewelcoming presence towards Luther Ely Smith Square and the

courthouse lawn.

Activities rom within the museums caé and shop can spill out

over the tilted plane o the park, and the changing activities and

exhibitions inside might invite the day to day passers by to stay

up to date with the current events.

As a continuation o the Gateway Mall into the Arch Grounds,

an entry lawn, flanked by ADA accessible paths, slopes down

towards a series o seating terraces that overlook the entry

plaza in ront o the expanded Arch Museum. This gently

sloping lawn will be planted with drits o small native trees

that provide shade at this important new arrival location.

A New West Entry




Existing underground museum The museum is expanded with new exhibit space and acilities




A simple push down on into the landscape on the west edge o thesite provides access to the museum and central axis o downtown

St Louis

New connections are made to the city and across the site








MUSEUM 206,000 sq ft

EXPANSION 154,000 sq ft

Entry reception area (Memorial Drive)

Lobby area (Lower Level)

Main exhibition area

Gallery areas

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Toilets and acilities

Museum Oces

Exterior Plaza

EXISTING MUSEUM 52,000 sq ft

Existing Lobby

Museum and Entry

Existing Theaters




OPERATIONAL

attractions

changing exhibit gallery

Memorial Drive to increase accessibility


cultural and civic expansion Utilize modern exhibition

FRAMING A MODERN MASTERPIECE



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Mezzanine Level

Lower Level




CIRCULATION

Mezzanine Level/Circulation

Lower Level/Circulation




Along this terraced gallery, visitors are introducedto a series o exhibits that introduce Jeerson’s lieand political thought: his ormative experiences,

political teachers, and the circumstanceso late 18th century American society.

Visitor Experience

welcome desk in the lobby, they move down along the north

side o the asymmetric ramp.

elliptical projection theater (who may represent Jeferson,

perormance that combines live narration and media projections

on large translucent screens above the seating, the program

explores Jeferson’s personal and political philosophies o

liberty, ulfillment, sel-determination, enlightenment, and

aesthetics. This public orum space is a living memorial to

It is a place or public discourse on civics, science, the arts,

with the aim o bringing together the diverse communities

knowledge generated by participatory discussions and events.

The six galleries surrounding the theater explore the idea o

and cultural points o view – both pre- and post-Jeferson. In

perspectives, visitors will find at least one angle through which

that enriches the theme o Jefersonian geographical expansion

—and pays tribute to the demographic and cultural expansion






“Through a variety o perspectives,visitors find an angle whichthey ‘see themselves’ in the story...”








provides the setting to explore the inspiration, design and

Louis neighborhood that was cleared to create the Memorial,the competition brie, proposals, construction, and completion

taken place since.

The idea is to enthrall visitors already absorbed by urban and

industrial design and engineering, and provide an accessible set

o experiences or those who might not normally be interested.

experience or those unable to take

multimedia experience about the memorial competition and

arch design and construction is tied to the queue along the

entry ramp.

Gateway Arch Center




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Walking and bike trails with moments o discovery and

interpretation.

Historic markers point out monuments significant sites

and past/present views.

Ecological markers point out diverse urban ecology, riverineecology, migratory birds, fish, etc.

Architectural markers point out buildings, public spaces, art,

bridges and inrastructure, etc.

QR coded landmarkers allow visitors to access and store

inormation digitally.

Augmented reality, 3-D visualization, geo-spatial data,

“geo-caching” gaming, and geo-tagged comments between

visitors can be supported.

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NORTH PAVILIONVisitor Center Transportation HubBicycle Rental

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“WHISPERINGLEAVES”

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A new generation o graphic elements complete the concept

to create a richer visitor experience.

This signage has been designed with variation in their orm to

accommodate a variety o needs, yet share a common visual

vocabulary and palette o materials.

The signage will be more than ADA Compliant—they provide

three-dimensional models as interpretive aids and will also

integrate the latest “artificial vision” technology sotware to

create a helpul electronic assistant or the visually impaired.

The graphics program will work together as a uniying thread

woven through the park and city to delineate the project,

provide a sense o arrival at key locations, and provide

directional assistance between destinations.

The signage is designed in a manner that builds on the existing

signage guidelines and standards used within all National

Parks.

This can be part o a larger idea, a comprehensive strategy o

wayfinding that is woven into both cities and the region, along

sidewalks and important destinations, and will finally bring all

the pieces together in a clear and accessible way.

IMPROVED SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING –AN EXTENDED GRAPHICS PROGRAMFOR THE ARCH GROUNDS AND CITY.

RELAUNCH ST. LOUIS CAN SOAR



THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERPRETATIVEDISPLAYS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED






07THE NORTH AND SOUTH PAVILIONS



Re-thinking the Edges

South Pavilion South Pavilion




NEW NORTH AND SOUTH PAVILION:

Increased interaction between programs and people Allowing public lie to flow uninhabited between

neighborhoods and park

New entries to park

Bring park to Washington Avenue and Poplar Street

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The Confluence Pavilion

The north o the park is the point o confluence or all the

main flows o people arriving by train, bus, car or on oot. An

artificial landscape designed like an inrastructure or public

lie according to the demands or equal access as well as the

turning radii o buses, cars or bicycles, appears like a confluence

o various streams o public movement rozen and captured inconcrete orm.

3 sloping planes accommodate a bicycle rental acility at

the north west entrance o the site, a public auditorium

and conerence center as well as a welcoming acility with

and the Arch itsel.

The central slope rises rom the park extending across

Washington Avenue to connect with the MetroLink station

allowing train passengers to arrive directly in the park without

having to navigate across the street or through the parking.

The curving roo garden gently kisses the pedestrianized Eads

bridge allowing people to spill across and into the park, without

interering with the integrity o the historical structure o the

bridge itsel.

The bicycle rental allows visitors to experience the Mississippi

waterront rom a completely diferent vantage point, riding

through the arch grounds and across the waters on the linear

park o the car-ree bridge.

Echoing the elegant organic language o the arch the swooping

curves and gentle slopes orm a natural backdrop or the iconic

arch impregnating the site with accessibility and activity

without competing or attention or urban identity.

The North Pavilion




NORTH PAVILION

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TRANSFORM THE NORTH PAVILION PARKING GARAGEINTO A NEW ENTRY INTO THE PARK

Redistribute program across a pragmatic stack o parking

Site with existing multistory parking

City into the Park: Connect to N 1st St and N 2nd St

Preserve as much parking a possible and add visitor program to

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Push down to create pedestrian access rom the park and outdoor cae seating area

Park into the City: The pavilions and cars get blended into an

inhabited landscape that reaches back out into the city

Accessible path connects rom street level to park and to the pedestrianzed portion o Eads bridge

Push down to provide bus drop-o and group access areas




PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

North Pavilion Orientation Hub

The North Pavilion is a hub that provides visitors with

inormation about, and orientation to, the greater Jeferson

National Expansion Memorial site. The architectural and design

concept supports ease o use and varying levels o immersion to

sites both near and ar: rom nearby Memorial eatures to those

urther afield. The space is organized around a remarkable

spherical centerpiece: a large, three-dimensional, interactive

scale model o inner St Louis and East St Louis. By touching

various “hot spots” around the perimeter, the media table

shows text and animations projected on it. The “Exploring

beyond JNEM and around downtown St Louis and the region

(such as the St Louis Art Museum, or Cahokia Mounds State

Historic Site). A changing exhibit gallery provides thematically

supporting exhibitions, such as the development o the

A digital bulletin board displays start times and details or

events and programs at other sites on JNEM (such as the

Gateway Arch, the Old Courthouse Museum, or the Cargill

mobile devices: when read by smartphones, they store urls

can also see suggestions and comments let by others who

have already been to these places. For those who would preer,

conventional wayfinding maps and brochures are also available




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RESTAURANTVISITORCENTERE

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The pavilion acts as a transerium,a confluence o all the orms o urban movement that service it. Arrival happens by car, bus,

bike, train, and oot.




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NORTH PAVILION PROGRAM

NORTH PAVILION 475,500 sq ft

VISITOR’S CENTER 17,000 sq ft

Lobby

Souvenir shop

Brochure services

Seating/waiting

EXHIBITION AREA 26,000 sq ft

Exhibition Hall

Exhibition preparation

Storage

Multipurpose Hall

AUDITORIUM 18,000 sq ft

Seating 300 seatsPerormance stage

Perormer acilities

Patron acilities

Storage

Back o house acilities

VISITOR'S CENTER SUPPORT 15,000 sq ft

Oces

Toilets and locker areas

First aid

Security

Work roomsLounge

Mechanical

FOOD SERVICE 285,000 sq ft

Kitchen

Terrace seating

Staf acilities

PARKING 285,000 sq ft

Parking 900 carsBike rental & parking

Bus pick up/ drop of




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NORTH PAVILION




“The design o the North Pavilion preserves viewsbetween the Arch, Eads Bridge and LacledesLanding while improving access into the park.”




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“The South Pavilion is 100% Parkand 100% Village, with program or learning and physical culture.”




SOUTH PAVILION




The Village

Towards the south we propose to blend the urban grid o

urban street grid is extended into the park or immediate

access across the dramatic level changes carving a network o

pedestrian streets in the undulating landscape o the park. A

single accessible route provides access or all rom the south.

sunken village orm an archipelago o green islands. From

the urban approach the area appears like a dense urban

neighborhood o pavilions or learning, education and physical

exercise.

The green block structure is extended beneath the overpass

in the orm o islands o basket courts and sports fields as

ragments o the park lie bleeding in to the city. While the

green grass spills over the roos o the sunken village, the trees

accompany the sunken streets extending across the street and

under the bridge into the adjacent neighborhood, in a seamless

weave o landscape and city.

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Site with existing maintenance building City into the Park: Connect to S 1st St and S 2nd St

Preserve maintenance acilities on site with expanded NPSsupport acilities and add community outreach program

Park into the City: The south pavilion is 100% park and 100%city, with program or learning and physical culture

Redistribute based on programmatic needs and potential toactivate site

Accessible path connects all building rom street level throughto park interior




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SOUTH PAVILION






The South Pavilion Learning Center

and Education Center. Its theme and key design moti is open

storage and institutional transparency: it aims to make the lie

and times o our third president both accessible to students

and the general public, and more amenable to the deep

research o scholars. The stacks o the library and JNEM archive

are visible behind the extended glass wall. The wall itsel is a

point o access or casual visitors and researchers alike: they

can touch its surace to reveal selected eatured tidbits rom

the archive.

An inlayed digital floor map in the center o the space is the

major exhibit draw card: as an moving map that depicts the

historic scene o the American West, it speaks to the Lewis

& Clark exploration and Louisiana Purchase. It can also be

brought orward in time, and adjusted according to difering

viewpoints (such as Native American ootways, or Arican

certain historical period, group perspective, or geographical

orientation, data graphics pass across the surace o the map,

demonstrating the breadth o the stories ound in the greater

JNEM site (and echoing the content o the galleries o the

Jeferson National Expansion Museum). Wifi equipped, the

space rewards those who want to individually explore using

personal mobile technology, and provides seated research

stations or others.

This space supports a variety o practical unctions or

educationalists: it contains the NPS education staf and

volunteer oces. At least our ull-size classrooms (or two

double-size, dividable spaces) make this an essential part o

primary and secondary education. This space is also designed

which includes hands-on exhibits and an open space or role-

playing and perormance, is complemented by an outdoor

program space that eatures an amphitheater or outdoor

gatherings. Caeteria-style ood service, storage cubbyholes,

and resting places make this a suitable place to receive at

least our ull classes at once.






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AXIS FROM S. 1ST STREETAXIS FROM S. 2ND STREET

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LOBBYOPENS TOWASHINGTON AVE

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PARKING

Thermal Mass providesinsulation by day andradiates heat at night,reducing daily heatingand cooling loads

Existing site treesprovides solar shading

Roos are pulled up and depressedto allow natural daylighting wherenecessary. Program with little orcontrolled lighting requirementsare placed in deep spaces

District Energy Centers located inLaClede’s Landing and Chouteau's Landingprovide chilled water or neighborhoodsand North and South Pavilions, utilize riverwater or heat dissipation and watercurrent potential as an energy source

Building Form GeneratesNegative Wind Pressure, anIdeal Situation or naturalventilation

Open pathways allow ora range o natural lightingconditions to accomodatevarious programmaticlighting needs

SUSTAINABILITY






08EMBRACING THE RIVERFRONT





The Gateway Arch will connect to the river’s edge with a new

promenade along Louis B. Sullivan Boulevard—a place orpeople to enjoy every day, ofering shade, seating, lighting,

and vehicular access or operations and maintenance. The

promenade will be raised six eet above the typical annual flood

level, minimizing flood risk by 30% and providing a new place

or estivals and markets.

This promenade will allow or street level connections as well as

river maintenance, and will provide easy access to the river longdesired by locals and visitors alike. The Mississippi is a dynamic

part o the lie o St. Louis, and the park will finally address the

river as a destination with a pedestrian oriented landscape o

connections, overlooks, walks and terraces.

Embracing the Riverfront




PROPOSED RIVERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS






NEW ADA ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS & RIVER GARDENS

Improved access will also be provided rom the Arch to the

river via gently sloping walks and river viewing terraces thatofer places o rest surrounded by a series o riparian garden

galleries. These gardens present collections o regional species

historically ound along the alluvial plains o the Mississippi




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Primary Goals

Integrate the riverront into the city; provide access,recreational and cultural activities, celebrate the history

and the beauty o the river, and protect and restore its

ecosystem.

Design Proposal

Provide elevated multi-use spaces or estivals and markets

(raise grade 6’ in central portion in ront o grand stairs

to lit Promenade above typical flood elevation).

Add shade trees, seating and gardens—species include“wet ooted species” such as bald cypress, red maples,

and willow oak.

overlooking river.

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Create scalloped seating terraces along river edge.






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EAST PAVILION

We propose to extend the park activities beyond the dry land

and into the wet element in the orm o a floating pavilion

the Mississippi and tames its currents and cleans its waters to

make it accessible or the urban lie in the orm o a public pool.

A gently undulating wooden deck integrates changing acilities

and doubles as an inormal diving platorm. For special events

gathering on Saarinens great steps in ront o the Arch

The pool will be an instant materialization o the long term

vision to turn the Mississippi in to an ecological artery o clean

water and green parks introducing living and leisure in to the

heart o St Louis and the other cities along its shores.

SWIM HERE!




The riverront is currently devoid o program that couldcontinuously attract activity to it

Mississippi river water is purified and used or swimming,

reconnecting the park and the city to the riverront

We place a carpet floating above the flow o the Mississippi,a non-permanent floating pontoon structure

Part o the deck is lited to provide space or changing rooms

and other support program








EAST ST. LOUIS RIVERFRONT RESTORATION




Existing

Proposed

R I V E R F L O W




A new pedestrian bridge will provide visitors arriving by erry

to easily move over the existing rail lines to the Perormance

this thin bridge gently progresses upward rom the riverront,

a viewing area and seating is provided to enjoy the spectacular

Pedestrian bridge and overlook over rails and levee New landing between industrial docks

New erry service to and rom the East Bank

NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE






C

D

Mississippi River

C-OVERLOOK

20’ ~ 30’

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE




Malcolm Martin

Memorial Park

AB

B-TYPICAL BRIDGE SECTION

13’

24’

CLEAR

5’

STRUCTURE

13’

431’ LEVEE

A/D - BERM / WORK WITH LANDSCAPEFRAMING A MODERN MASTERPIECE THE CITY





09CROSSING THE RIVER





Historically, the Mississippi River has ormed a great divide in

the St. Louis region, a ast-moving barrier to easy crossing. To

connect the cities, the river, and the Arch, we must make these

crossings easier and more desirable or all users.

Our strategy will take advantage o inrastructure assets

to provide multiple ways to cross the river. This will link thetwo sides more seamlessly together and help orm a richer

experience or residents and visitors alike. It re-envisions

existing historic bridge – the Eads and MacArthur Bridges – to

not only connect the Arch and Memorial with the east side o

the river but also to increase value o underutilized lands in

neighborhoods near these bridges.

This strategy provides an integrated, multi-modal system or

crossing the river, which includes:

Bicycle and pedestrian paths on the Eads and MacArthur

Bridges

Connections rom the bridges to existing neighborhoodsand to transit

Ferry service between the parks

Crossing the River


M A C A R T H

U R B R I D G E

P O P L A R S T B R I D G E

E A D S B R I D G E

M L K B R I D G E



CROSSING THE RIVER TODAY


AUTOMOBILE

Three major bridges provide car

access between St. Louis and

East St. Louis, with the Poplar

St. Bridge and MLK Bridge

handling the majority o tra c.

Although the bridges connect thetwo sides o the river together,

their landings create immense

barriers on both banks, physically

separating communities and

cutting of the current Memorial

and proposed expansion rom the

rest o the city.

METROLINK / RAIL

Local MetroLink rail service

crosses the river on the lower

deck o the Eads Bridge, while

Amtrak, commuter rail, and

reight rail cross arther south

on the MacArthur Bridge.



“BIKE THE BRIDGE”

EADS BRIDGE

The Eads Bridge was St. Louis’ first major river crossing, and

in act the first structural steel bridge in the world. Today,however, it carries very little tra c. It could become a new great

crossing, as an important link in a bi-city pedestrian and bicycle

loop and an unparalleled vantage point o the Arch.




PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PATHS ON THE EADS BRIDGE

1

2

3




5

4

6

7

LOUIS SITE

1

2

3

4

5

6

7




PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLES AND CARS ON THE EADS BRIDGE

Existing Plan

Proposed Plan

P A T H

on the southern side o the bridge. The deck would be resuraced

and renovated to include pedestrian amenities like benches and

improved wayfinding. The historic nature o the bridge preclude

any large lighting changes or landscape designs, but a strong

pedestrian realm can still be creating without interrupting the v

o the bridge deck rom the Memorial or the River.




PEDESTRIAN

PATH

5’

TRAFFIC LANES

4 @ 11’

TOTAL DECK WIDTH

55’

EADS BRIDGE

EADS BRIDGE

TOTAL DECK WIDTH

55’

PEDESTRIAN +

BIKE PATH

22’

TRAFFIC LANES

2 @ 13’




CREATE CONNECTIONS TO METROLINK PLATFORMFROM EADS BRIDGE TOP DECK

CL

CL

TOTAL PLATFORM LENGTH

± 208’

1 S T

S T

Existing Plan

Proposed Plan

CL

CL

TOTAL PLATFORM LENGTH

± 208’

BRIDGE

T.O. BRIDGE FROM

PLATFORM

2

1




Our proposal to create an expanded pedestrian and bicycle

path at the upper level will also connect to the existing

MetroLink platorm level. A new stairway – sliced elegantly

rom the deck – and additional elevator will provide access

pathway above.

The station provides an opportunity to link the Arch andGrounds, the riverront, the top o the bridge, and regional

transit together in one, clear pathway. Although an historic

tower exists just east o the station (which ormerly

elevator positioned within the MetroLink station, however,

transit is tied into the system and allows or easy,

accessible movement.




“SAVE A HISTORIC BRIDGE AND GIVE IT A NEW PURPOSE -CREATE GARDENS AND PATHWAYS ON THE UPPER DECK”

MACARTHUR BRIDGE

Bridge, once accommodated a major highway and entrance into

the opening o the Poplar St. Bridge, and has remained vacant

This elegant industrial-era bridge presents an opportunity to

create a new linear park across the river, replacing the eroding

highway deck with new paths, trails, and landscaping. Startingat the oot o the bridge on 7th St. near Chouteau’s Landing—or

rom an elevator tower closer to the bridge near Risley St.—

pedestrians and cyclists can again experience the “Free

Bridge.” This crossing between the parks on either side o the

river provides unparalleled views o the Arch and downtown

St. Louis, and could ultimately anchor the revitalization o

Chouteau’s Landing.







PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PATHS ON THE UPPER DECKOF THE MACARTHUR BRIDGE

1

P L S . B




23

4

CONNECTION TO EAST ST. LOUIS WETLAND PARK

REPURPOSE BUILDING AS BIKE RENTAL / COMMUNITYBUILDING

GRADUAL SLOPE TO GROUND LEVEL

CHOUTEAU GREENWAY CONNECTION

1

2

3

4




Repurpose older industrial buildings as new ways to access

the proposed pathways on the upper level o the bridge. Thisbuilding in Chouteau’s Landing is a prime candidate.

CREATE NEW ACCESS TO UPPER DECK




Celebrate the beginning o the bridge with improved walkways,

landscaping, bike rental and storage acilities, signage andnew lighting.

The entrance to the bridge, now an eyesore, can become a ocal

point o the neighborhood, currently home to the headquarters

o Ralston Purina. From there, the path makes a seamless

connection to the uture Chouteau Greenway.

CREATE ACCESS TO BRIDGE




MACARTHUR BRIDGE TRA

BIKE ST. LOUIS TRAIL

M E T R O LI N K



FE

FERRY

CHOUTEAU’S TRAIL

MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRAI

“BIKE THE BRIDGE”: A BI-CITY TRAIL LOOP




LEVEE TRAILSOUTH TO METROEAST TRAIL

CITY TRAILNEW CONNECTION TO EAST ST. LOUIS

CITY TRAILNEW CONNECTION TO EAST ST. LOUIS

MOUNDS HERITAGE TRAILTO CAHOKIA MOUNDS - 6 MILES

EAST PARK TRAILS2.75 MILES

EADS BRIDGE TRAIL1 MILE

P UP

FERRY

ELEVATOR

CONFLUENCE BIKEWAYSOUTH TO METROEAST TRAIL: 4 MILESNORTH TO CONFLUENCE: 13 MILES




EADS BRIDGE

CELEBRATE THE BRIDGES WITH LIGHT

Light can play a pivotal roll in the success o urban revitalization

projects, helping to create and support a nighttime environment

that will attract both local resident and visitors. Though

illumination or saety and security orm the cornerstone o any

ater-dark lighting strategy, it is the ability o light to reinorce

the user’s perception o space and character that will prove

most memorable.

This project ofers abundant opportunity or using light to

establish a nighttime destination, while creating an indelible

presence that embraces both the riverront and the urban

surround. Creative pedestrian area lighting, landscape

illumination, building highlighting; all anchored by the

principal iconic centerpiece o the Arch, makes or a remarkable

impression.




Both Saint Louis and its sister city to the east possess

important structures that can serve as visual nighttime anchors

helping to coalesce the area into a singular vision. Some o

these – the Civil Courts Building, the Old Courthouse, and the

Gateway Geyser already eature a lighting statement. One need

look nor urther or an example o light as spectacle than the

Region’s annual Independence Day Celebration, where fireworks

displays culminate each day’s events to the delight o tens o

thousands o people.

It is quite possible that light could serve as a uniying element

or the River’s east and west embankments, anchored by

strategies to illuminate the great bridge crossings over the

Mississippi. A permanent lighting design that is both artul,

yet dynamic or stimulating, could provide a meaningul and

memorable connection between the cities.




PROPOSED LIGHTING OF THE BRIDGES

POPLAR ST. BRIDGE

MACARTHUR BRIDGE






The most direct and experiential river crossing or visitors

will bring them out onto the water on erries. Launchingrom new landings on both sides, they will ollow careully-

designed “figure eight” routes up and down the river, helping

to navigate its powerul currents, maintaining proper distance

rom the bridges, and avoiding other river trac in this busy

stretch o the Mississippi.

A new generation o powerul and ecient river boats,

along with bus shuttle back-up systems, will make travel on

the water sae and energy-ecient. In the uture, services

may even expand up and down the river, serving additionaldestinations on a “Mississippi River tour” or even resident

commutes to downtown rom waterront neighborhoods.

Feasible operation o a erry service must also recognize the

dynamics o the river – particularly its flood stages – and plan

accordingly. The Army Corps o Engineers has regulations

governing the use o vessels at various water levels, which

will be recognized in the implementation o this system.

PROVIDE A SAFE AND NAVIGABLE ROUTEBETWEEN BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER




FERRY

FERRY

PRIMARYFERRYROUTE






10THE EAST BANK VISION



“This is a plan to tell many stories best told in thisunique place—o the trappers, greenhorns and settlerswho went West, o the noble American Indians who

lost everything but their honor, o a riverine wetlandrestoration, and a vision or humanity and lie.”




Primary Goals:1. Transorm East St. Louis riverront into a destination

landscape that celebrates the natural and cultural history

o the region

2. Help remake and revitalize the industrial East St. Louis

river edge by connecting it to the Memorial Grounds

3. Create views, events, and perormances that activate both

sides o the river and non-vehicular transportation (erries,

bicycle routes, etc)

Design Proposal:1. Mounded landscape evokes mound building by Native

Americans rom the region

2. Riparian orest and floodable wetlands - habitat, water

cleansing, exploratory boardwalks, bird watching, hiking

3. Art installation at mounds that celebrates cultural diversity

4. Amphitheater or 11,000 persons

5. Bridge crossing levee to allow access to riverront erry

landing

6. Patron Village and Farmers Market tied to locally grown

ood

The East Bank and RiverfrontA transormed East Bank and Riverront will finally create the “great river park” envisioned by Saarinen. The park and activities

will echo the Arch in terms o scale and ambition—an east bank answer to the Arch that is long overdue. While the Arch is a single

monumental gesture, the vision or the East Bank and Riverront includes a series o landscapes that recall the history o the site

and the native people who inhabited it, providing places or exploring nature or recreating.








The plan proposes a diverse collection o uses

that include:

recreation

entertainment

culture / art

education

urban agriculture

research

celebration

Prioritize the next 100 acres o the

“Great River Park”


CASINO QUEEN± 73 acres

CARGILL± 7 ACRES CURRENT

PARK± 34 ACRES

FUTUREDEVELOPMENT

FUTUREEXPANSION

± 38 ACRES

PARCEL 3± 31 ACRES

PURCHASETO ACCESS

MAC ARTHURBRIDGE

FUTUREDEVELOPMENT

POTENTIAL NPSACQUISITION

100 ACRES

FUTUREDEVELOPMENT

MID-AMERICMEDICALDISTRICT

PARCEL 1± 28 ACRES

PARCEL 2± 32 ACRES

RIVERFRONT± 35 ACRES

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE& OVERLOOK

FUTUREDEVELOPMENT

FUTUREDEVELOPMENT

PARKING // FUTUREDEVELOPMENTCASINO QUEEN /

ENTERTAINMENTDISTRICT

CARGILL // FUTURESUSTAINABILITY CENTER

FERRY

Public Use

Private Use

Future Developments

OPEN-AIRMARKET

RIVER

OVERLOOK

GATEWAYGEYSER

FUTURE GREENINDUSTRY

FUTURE RESEARCH /

CLEAN ENERGY

FUTURE SPORTS

FIELDS

FUTURE MOUND PARKEXPANSION

“MISSISSIPPI SOUL”

MOUND PARK

BANDSHELL &AMPHITHEATER

M

M



Improve access to the East Bank

Integration o proposed Illinois Route 3

Extend existing streets and create new

connections

Improve Front Street

Realign Trendley Avenue

Connect with the larger network o paths

and trails


E AD S B RID GE

P O P LAR S T . B R I D G E

MLK BRIDGE

4 T H S T

C O L L I N G S W O O

D A V E

B R O A D W A Y C ONT INE NT AL GRAIN RD

M I S S I S S

I P P I A V E

F R O N T

S T

T RE N D LE Y AV E

I L L I N

O I S

R O U T E 3

PP

P

M I S S O U R I A V E

CONNECTION TO NORTH

PAVILION ROOF

ELEVATOR

RAMP CONNECTION

E AD S B RID GE

MLK BRIDGE

P O P LAR S T . B R I D G E

M AC AR T H U R B R I D G E



“This is a plan to begin the next chapter in the storyo lie, liberty and the pursuit o happiness on theMississippi. It is a plan that encourages everyoneto achieve the most ambitious goals.”

A New Farmer’s Market on the East Bank celebrating ood, health and heartland traditions








11PROVIDING A PERMANENT HOME

FOR MUSIC AND CELEBRATION





The Arch serves as an icon or the city and the community,

a symbol recognized around the world. Yet, only in EastSt. Louis, have visitors experienced the sweeping view o the

Arch. Here, in East St. Louis, the view o the Arch provides an

ideal setting to draw people to a new perormance venue.

The Riverside Perorming Arts Center will not only welcome

artists rom around the world to perorm along the shores othe Mississippi River, but also serve as the summer home or

the St. Louis Symphony.

“Enjoy a Performancewith an Amazing View”




RIVERSIDE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Access

There are many ways to access the new perormance venue in

pedestrian paths. A new erry service will provide visitors to the

Arch grounds an enjoyable passage across the river, to a new

erry landing that will lead directly to the perormance venue

without needing to get in your car.

The proposal to transorm both Eads Bridge and MacArthurBridge with pedestrian and bicycle paths, will allow residents

Parking

east o the perormance lawn area, with easy access rom

along Trendley Avenue can be temporarily used as needed.

within Downtown St. Louis.

RIVERSIDEPERFORMINGARTS CENTER

P

P

P

M






Path

Lawn Seating

Stage/Support

Fixed SeatingFull Arch View

1:20 Slope

EAST ST LOUIS OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE VENUE 50,000 sq t

PERFORMANCE AREA 7,000 sq t

Stage

Stage lit

Sound and lighting control

Jumbo-tron positions

Hearing impaired enhancement

PERFORMER SUPPORT 6,500 sq t

Green rooms

Changing rooms

Practice rooms

PATRON SEATING AREA 11,000 patrons

PATRON FACILITIES 17,000 sq t

Toilets

Food / concession areas

Sit down dining acilityCatering acilities

Rental acility (chairs, tables)

Corporate sponsor tent areas

Special event tent areas

Donor acilities

SUPPORT AREAS 13,000 sq t

Storage

Equipment / / electrical rooms

Lighting and sound equipment rooms

Emergency power

Shop areasSet up staging / loading

Trash compactor area

PARKING, BUS, AND BICYCLES 438,000 sq t

Shuttle bus stop

RIVERSIDE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER












12CREATING A RIVER ECOLOGY

WITH THE MOUND PARK







Design Concept The circuit o paths

The riverine wetlands

The reach to the MacArthur Bridge

An increased awareness o natural systems

A jogging, walking and bicycle network

Introducing a landscape environment that reflects the

mounds o the Native American tribes that once

gathered here

A unique trail system that surrounds the mounds and

hovers over the riverine wetlands

The Mississippi Soul sculptures that reflect the spirto empowering women, hope, and optimism

An echo to the Arch rom the east bank

A strong destination or un and exploration

Reflecting Osage Nation ValuesOne o the crucial values o the Osage Nation is a proound

reverence or nature. “An ancient people, the Osage Nation

hopes to continue its tradition o honoring and protecting

the blessings o nature or generations to come.”

The Mound Park reflects the concept o a “natural sanctuary,”

celebrating a need to restore post-industrial lands.

The Mound Park and sculpture reflects our responsibility to

preserve the glory and harmony o nature and the balance

required between man and nature. It is a reflection o a“new horizon.”

The Mound Park




Water

SYSTEMS

Circulation / Cultural

Landorm Planting

The landscape o mounds, wetlands, flooding orests and

sculpture are connected by a system o looped boardwalks, at

times elevated and at times on the ground, that also connect

over the levee and railroad tracks to the river crossings by erry

and by bridge. To the north, a large sloped multi-purpose

lawn with a direct view back to the Arch provides space or

perormances and cultural events or a tranquil park setting

when not in use. The park will be linked to the Malcolm Martin

Memorial Park and to the proposed residential community just

south o Eads Bridge. This great environmental and recreationa

park can be phased over time and will ultimately provide a

regional as well as local attraction.

THE MOUND PARK












13CELEBRATING HUMANITY

AND LIFE...“MISSISSIPPI SOUL”



RELAUNCH ST LOUIS CAN SOAR



“Mississippi Soul”In symbolic descriptions, the ace is the only part o our body

made as a give to the others.

We cannot see our ace directly but we can see the ace o

others.

The head is the palace o wisdom, the house o knowledge.The place in where matter and spirit meet: The portrait o our

soul.

My project aims to connect with the ancient tradition o

heads throughout art history: Buddha’s heads, Eastern Island

moais, Olmec heads, Angkor heads, aces in the surace o

Mars planet, etc., etc.

To represent my wish to create a dialogue between tradition

and uture, I’m working with portraits o young girls comingrom diferent cultural and racial origins as a metaphor o our

global world and community diversity.

The group o heads is the soul o the river: A poetical link

between East and West, history and avant-garde.

They are creating a landmark in East St Louis that can open

a new dialogue with the Saarinen’s Gateway Arch: people in

other side o the river.

Mississippi’s Soul is a celebration o humanity and lie.






PROJECTS BEYOND 2015



“Always design a thing by considering itsnext larger context – a chair in a room, aroom in a house, a house in an environment,an environment in a city plan.”

- Eero Saarinen




Many projects have been identified that will have a proound impact on the success and revitalization o the Arch. Some o these

projects will be a result o the investments made in the next 5 years. Others will likely take a longer time to realize, but are no less

important. Transorming industrial sites with new uses and removing associated rail lines, realizing public access to the both sides

o the river rom the Eads Bridge to the MacArthur Bridge, and improving access to the East Bank with a new Illinois Route 3 are all

critical to the success o both riverronts and providing a living legacy or both cities and the region.

Chateau’s Landing

Laclede’s Landing

East St. Louis

Integrate These Areas into the Plan

Cargill - new center or Sustainable Cities and Rivers

New research / Energy Center

Urban Agriculture

New Jobs

Projects Beyond 2015

THE CITY



Chouteau’s Landing3

“It’s beautiul. There’s so much history

behind the Arch and this whole area.

Everyone who comes here – tourists, peoplewho live around here – we all come here to

see this and be a part o it. It’s not just a place,

it’s more o a community.”

- Visitor to the Arch




Laclede’s Landing

East St. Louis

Riverront

2

1

THE CITY



In the northern portions o the East Bank, several under-

utilized and ormer industrial sites provide a rare opportunity

to create a neighborhood with spectacular views o the Arch

and the Mississippi River.

This unique neighborhood will be characterized by well-

landscaped streets that make or a short walk to the existing

MetroLink Station. Lined with retail and shops, these newstreets provide the ramework or a vibrant community on the

banks o the Mississippi River.

The neighborhood will be characterized by a mix o housing,

entertainment, commercial, culture, open spaces and

recreation, and access to trails and the river.

The development o the neighborhood will be an extension

o the investments already made within the East Bank and

its unique location adjacent to the Riverside Perorming Arts

Center, new Mound Park, and existing entertainment. Mosto all, residents within this new community will live with an

unbroken view o the Arch.



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Historic Laclede’s Landing will see increased vitality and

investment rom its proximity to the new North Pavilion and

the uses that welcome visitors to the north end o the site.

in connecting to the existing MetroLink Station and the new

entry to the park beyond. Respecting the historic nature o

this neighborhood, selective infill with restaurants, shops and

smaller oces will complete this district in a respectul yet

dynamic way.

Moving north o the Dr. Martin Luther King Bridge, the

redevelopment o underutilized industrial sites provides

opportunities or uture riverront housing. Improved streets

with landscaped sidewalks will connect to an expanded park

that connects to Sullivan Boulevard and a renewed riverront

promenade.












THE CITY



One o the primary goals o the design competition is to increase

connectivity to the Gateway Arch Grounds rom both sides o the

Mississippi River. Improving connectivity is a priority not only or

this project, but also or the region. The region has significantly

invested in a transportation network plan that includes a new

river crossing, the Ronald Reagan Memorial Bridge – currently

under construction – and improvements to the surroundinghighway network, including Illinois Route 3. The new bridge will

connections into the St. Louis area while relieving trac

congestion on the Poplar Street Bridge. These transportation

investments will improve accessibility to jobs, communities

and destinations on both sides o the river.

The proposed extension o the Arch Grounds will transorm

the East Bank into a premier destination with a public

amphitheater, bike paths and wetland restoration areas.

However, access to the park is limited to several local roads

including Trendley Avenue and Front Street. Direct access to

the site rom the surrounding interstate highway network is

not available, posing conusion, saety and perception issues

to the project.

This new roadway provides an important north-south

connection or many communities along the Illinois riverront.

Improvements have been divided into several phases. The

phase between the Ronald Reagan Memorial Bridge and

o the existing Malcolm Martin Memorial Park. The next phase

o the project would connect with Riverront Drive and traverse

north-south through the Arch Grounds expansion project site

to St. Clair County. While this portion o the Route 3 project

is currently ununded, it is included in the region’s long-range

has considered this project in the design o the Arch Grounds

expansion.

With such a large investment planned or both projects, it onlymakes sense to integrate planning eforts – saving money while

making strategic, long-range investments in the area. Adjusting

the alignment slightly and providing additional at-grade

crossings will make Route 3 the “ront door” to the expanded

park and perormance venue.

With the implementation o the proposed relocated Route 3

project, access to the expanded National Park in East St. Louis

would significantly improve. The relocated Route 3 would

provide an intermediate connector between the interstate

system that surrounds the park and local roadways that connec

into it. Direct access would help to reduce conusion, saety and

perception issues.

By accommodating the relocated Route 3 project into the Arch

Grounds expansion plans, the project will provide tremendous

economic opportunities to an area that has sufered rom

significant economic decline or decades – by increasing

mobility and access to jobs. The park will provide an important

destination or the surrounding communities, while a Relocated

Route 3 will provide increased mobility to the park. Additionally

it will provide improved access to jobs, residential areas and

destinations outside the project area.




C O N T I N

E N T A L G R A I N R D

B R O A D W A Y

R O U T E 3

: P R O P O S E D

R E A L I G N M E N T

S P U R RO AD

SPUR ROAD

THE CITY



Multiple strategies have been discussed in the past to move

industry and rail out o the immediate East Bank Riverront

Area. Our proposal supports the need or continued discussions

that identiy a easible strategy to make the riverront

accessible, expand the parks, allow or easy connections to

existing trails and bikeways, and maintain existing jobs within

the city.

The proposed strategy or the East Bank is to make public

access to the waterront uninterrupted between the Eads and

MacArthur Bridges. This strategy will also allow or the eventua

removing o many existing rail lines that currently traverse the

site and create a significant barrier between the East Bank and

its riverront.

T R R A

R a i l ( r e m a

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K C S

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Former industrial sites adjacent to the park along the East

Bank provide an opportunity to re-think our approach to these

underutilized lands within the context o urban agriculture.

Where abandoned and declining industries now reside, a

generation o model urban arm sites have taken hold in many

cities, creating jobs to oversee organic growing, composting,

recycling, bee keeping, hoop houses, and winter growing.

Can urban agriculture in East St. Louis be part o a strategy to

re-envision ood as part o a new jobs initiative or the region?

Urban agriculture promotes healthy eating habits, encourages

young people to get involved in the community, brings new

innovation to the ood business, creates local jobs and osters

better nutrition awareness throughout the community. In

keeping with the spirit o new developments in the area,

including the expansion o the existing Medical District

and Southern Illinois Edwardsville campus, we propose the

establishment o a center ocused on reinventing the way ood

is produced and distributed or the surrounding community and

the region at large. This urban agricultural center could branchout to include other centers and services including: ood policy

development; regional outreach centers or growing power;

nutritional support or school caeterias; and distribution to

local restaurants and households.

THE CITY





By repurposing the Cargill silos, East St. Louis is given a local

center in which to interpret new thinking about park lie,

riverine environments, and the city.

Focusing on the city-park as a key element in the

environmental, social and economically sustainable abric

o the city, the working lab as a continual work-in-progress

towards this goal. The Center honors Jeferson’s keen interest

in nature and environmental harmony.

A bigger picture o the 3 river system

Orient visitors to a river ecology

Simulate past, present, uture river conditions

Interactive map o rivers

Labs or study o ecology

Aquarium - eaturing riverine fishes, reptiles...etc.

THE CITY



Moving rom the east (East St Louis) side towards the river,

building, passing through a continuous multi-story exhibition

trail that explores the natural history o the Mississippi and

moving through a butterfly house. At the apex, visitors can

pass along a connecting glass bridge to reach the second group

o silos. Working down, they pass, and can view, a series o

working River Labs. At the base o the building, visitors reach

to the Riverront Lookout, where a large aquarium eatures

local fish, aquaculture, and interpretive eatures that explain

this living view o the Mississippi.

The greater acility is designed with environmental

sustainability in mind: green terraces and observation roos

are eatured on both silo buildings and the Event Center, and

the rear o the Center eatures a park with action-science

discovery trails. Bike trails and parking is provided next to

bus and car parking. The greater eel o the Center is a space

that is transparent and open to public access, and is flexible,

‘live’ and adaptable.

OPERATIONAL

LEEDs platinum building with interpreted sustainable

eatures

Include visitor amenities, restrooms, store, meeting rooms,

etc

Labs or on-site study o riverine ecology and urban design

Permanent and changing exhibitions

Indoor and outdoor event spaces

Connects to the River shoreline experiences and trails


Provides bigger picture o the 3 river system, importance

to larger ecological ootprint

Orients visitors to ecology o the Mississippi River both

on and o-site

Simulates and interprets the past, present and uture river

conditions

Large scale, interactive GIS based map experience

Aquarium eaturing riverine fishes, reptiles and mammals

Access to boats / community boating center




Cargill Silos (Concept)

Green Connection through Eco-Center

THE CITY



North o the Gateway Arch, plans are underway or the Ronald

Reagan Memorial Bridge, a new interstate connection over the

Mississippi River that will become a portion o the rerouted

trac currently routed through St. Louis, making the remaining

stretch o road rom Cass Avenue to the Poplar Street Bridge

open or possible reinterpretation.

Bearing this in mind, the design team supports the eforts

put orth by City to River

between Cass Avenue and the Poplar Street Bridge, and its

subsequent replacement with an at-grade signature boulevard

to better connect the city to the river. City to River articulates an

enormous number o benefits arising rom such a scheme:

key downtown destinations, thus improving access or both

pedestrians and cars.

(below-grade) o the existing road will be ar less costly than

eventual upgrade or reconstruction.

accommodate the majority o projected trac through the

area, drivers will also seek alternate routes through thedowntown grid which is currently underutilized.

up acres o new, desirable development sites; increase the

value o existing adjacent properties; and spur new retail

and restaurant growth in the surrounding area.

means o approach to the Arch and the downtown area.

The “Magic Carpet” cap over the reeway to be built during the

first phase can also remain as a signature piece o architecture

at the boulevard’s center, providing additional program or the

park and museums beneath the upturned edges o its sweeping

landscaped roo.

Unortunately, the scope and complexity o the boulevardconversion will likely preclude it rom being realized beore the

boulevard concept should not be implemented. We strongly

believe that the momentum created by the Memorial upgrades

will help reocus the eforts o City to River and similar advocacy

groups, realign political will towards the proposal, and lay the

groundwork or the organizational cooperation needed to make

the new boulevard become reality.




THE CITY



BigCreek

McCoy Enon

Peruque

Little Dardenne Dardenne

Crooked

Centennial Trail

Boone’s Lick

Belleau

Daniel Boone

Femme Osage

Schluersburg

Busch

Rockwood

Caulks

Bonhomme

Bigelow

Fox

FlatCreek

Spring

KieferFishpot

GrandGlaze

Fee Fee

Centennial Trail

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M I S S I S S I P P I

M I S S

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I P P I

Boschert

MaraisTemps Clair

Portage

Sunset

Mill

Coldwater

Watkins

Maline

St.Vincent

Northern

Chouteau

Deer CreekShady

Gravois

Mattese

RiverDes Peres

Christy

Williams

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M E R A M E C

The Mall

Creve Coeur

The Great Rivers Greenway District “works or a clean, green,

connected St. Louis region.” The organization represents an

incredible coordination o stakeholders and technical advisors

rom involved city and county governments; regional, state, and

ederal agencies; schools and educational groups; non-profit

organizations; and private corporations. Further, it includes

citizen advisory groups rom St. Louis City, St. Louis County,and St. Charles County.

Building the River Ring: A Citizen-Driven Regional Plan serves

as the long-term ramework or the region’s vision or an

interconnected park and trail system. It seeks to catalyze

economic growth; strengthen communities; and enhance the

natural environment.

The backbone o this plan is The River Ring, an interconnected

miles. Woven throughout are dozens o other parks and trails,

which better tie the region together and connect it to other

systems, such as Bike St. Louis or Metro East trails.

This plan seeks to promote the Great Rivers Greenway Plan and

expand its scope to include the Illinois side o the river – with

the Arch, the expanded Memorial, and the two great bicycle

crossings as the system’s locus.

“A connected system of parks and

parkways is manifestly far more

complete and useful than a series

of isolated parks.”

- John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.

The River Ring

Great Rivers Greenway District Plan

Source: Great Rivers Freeway District

Source: Great Rivers Freeway District




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PERE MARQUETTE

STATE PARK

CONFLUENCE POINT

STATE PARK

LEWIS AND CLARK

NATIONAL HISTORIC

TRAIL

LEWIS AND CLARK

MEMORIAL STATE PARK

HORSESHOE LAKE

STATE PARK

CAHOKIA MOUNDS STATE

HISTORIC SITE

FRANK HOLTEN

STATE PARK

FOREST PARK

AUGUST A. BUSCH

WILDLIFE AREA

WELDON SPRING

WILDLIFE AREA

DR. EDMUND A. BABLER

MEMORIAL STATE PARK

ROCKWOODS

RESERVE

CASTLEWOOD STATE

PARK

ROUTE 66

STATE PARK

CUIVRE RIVER

STATE PARK

M I S S O U R I R I V E R

C U I V R E R I VER

M E R AME C R I V E R

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Chouteau

GreenwayRiver Des Peres

Greenway

Centennial Greenway

Madison County

Trails

Scott Troy

Trail

Prairie du

Pont Trail

Metro Bike

Link Trail

St. Vincent’s

Greenway

Missouri River

GreenwayConfluence

Greenway

Gravois Creek

Greenway

Meramec

Greenway

Dardenne

Greenway

Cuivre RiverGreenway

Mississippi River

Greenway

Western

Greenway

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This plan advocates or more than The River Ring, with

a regional system o trails and greenways that can only

be achieved with increased cooperation and connectivity

across the river. As ocal points o this system, the Eads and

MacArthur Bridges will allow pedestrians and bicyclists to move

seamlessly through the cities and between trail systems, or

daily recreational use or even overnight trips to experience the

region’s heritage and abundant natural beauty.

Specifically, we must establish the Memorial as the centerpiec

o this regional strategy:

A model o multi-jurisdictional cooperation

An example o repurposing industry

Two major connections across the river

A ocus on the pedestrian and bicycle experience

The visitor and tourist hub o the region

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The Arch, the Grounds, the East St. Louis Park, and the remainder

o the competition site and its environs do not exist in a vacuum.

They are a key portion o downtown St. Louis, the city as a whole,

and the diverse, bi-state region it anchors.

A strengthened Memorial, with clear connections to the city and

across the Mississippi River, will serve as the locus o a larger,

regional system o parks and destinations. This is both a physical

connection – achieved with renovated bridges, new bikeways, and

upgraded signage – and an ethereal one, with the monumentalityo the Arch and Grounds drawing people as a starting point o

tourism, education, and recreation.




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FRANK HOLTENSTATE PARK

EST PARK

HORSESHOE LAKESTATE PARK

LEWIS ANDCLARK STATE

MEMORIAL PARK

CONFLUENCE POINTSTATE PARK

Forest Park

Pere Marquette State Park

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail







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SIGNED CONFIRMATION

AND ASSIGNMENT FORMS











SOM/Hargreaves/BIG

Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

10 Aug. 2010








SOM, Hargreaves, BIG

Kiku Obata & Company

Kevin J. Flynn, FAIA

August 10, 2010











Preservation Research

Michael Allen

August 11, 2010





Cohen Hilberry

Gina Hilberry

August 11, 2010

Documents

SOM-Hargreaves-BIG Arch Proposal - Full Narrative