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Weekend View From The Eads Bridge

September 22, 2015 Downtown, Featured, Parks, Planning & Design 2 Comments

Over the weekend we walked down to see the progress at Luther Ely Smith Square, and the Arch. before heading back to our loft we went out on the pedestrian walkway of the Eads Bridge.

Laclede's Landing building that lost pare of a wall last month
Laclede’s Landing building that lost pare of a wall last month
Looking out where the Arch garage used to be
Looking out where the Arch garage used to be
With the Arch in the background
With the Arch in the background
Looking back toward downtown
Looking back toward downtown
The wall conceals the train tracks, part of the historic landscape design .
The wall/lookout (left) conceals the train tracks, part of the historic landscape design .
Work continues on the North end of Lenore K. Sullivan -- raising it was delayed by flooding.
Work continues on the North end of Lenore K. Sullivan — raising it was delayed by flooding.
The South end has already been raised about 4 feet.
The South end has already been raised about 4 feet.
Again, looking back toward downtown
Again, looking back toward downtown
Note sure what this was about on the Eads
Note sure what this was about on the Eads, presumably something to do with the restoration work going on below the top deck

Next nice day we have I’d encourage you to go for a walk on the Eads.  Over the next year the view below will change dramatically.

— Steve Patterson

 

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  1. KevinB says:
    September 22, 2015 at 10:50 am

    Lenor K. Sullivan’s improvements will be great for the riverfront, but I still can’t understand why in the world Washington Avenue needs to be removed. The old garage was an eyesore, but it certainly served a purpose — I believe it was SOM (?) who had a really transformational plan for the north archgrounds that included buried parking and a sexy, sexy bus terminus and drop-off point. This explorer’s garden — unless consistently activated (which NPS doesn’t seem to keen on) — is a head-scratcher.

     
    • KevinB says:
      September 22, 2015 at 12:16 pm

      Oh, and the Eads bridge is a great walk/experience. Used to get off the Metrolink a stop early when heading into work so I could take a morning stroll across the Eads and into the city.

       

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