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Eero Saarinen – Opening Lecture

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Run a Google search on “top skylines of the world” and you’ll be hard-pressed to find St. Louis anywhere on the list. Although St. Louis’ skyline isn’t much to brag about, one aspect we have that sets us apart from most other concrete jungles of America is the Saint Louis Gateway Arch, a 630 ft. tall steel structure built in the 1960s, and designed by Finnish-American architect, Eero Saarinen.

I had the opportunity to attend the opening lecture for a two-month long exhibition at Washington University in St. Louis in honor of Eero Saarinen and the Arch.

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