Tag Archives: Eads Bridge

Visions of St. Lou’s Washington Avenue

Posted on June 21, 2011 by stltourguide

Nothing remains of Colonial St. Louis on Washington Avenue except a high limestone bluff into which one hundred and ten years after the founding of St. Louis, James Buchanan Eads ran a railroad tunnel. When you cross the Mississippi River … Continue reading →

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My Blog’s Header Photo*

Posted on February 28, 2010 by stltourguide

We view the present through the past. Whether or not we are conscious of it. And so we see Eero Saarinen’s gleaming, 20th century steel arch through an arched opening in James Eads’ lyrical 19th century span of stone and … Continue reading →

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