St. Louis Arch Redevelopment Project Doubles in Cost, More Plans Unveiled

The fun parts of big civic architectural projects are getting to see the finalists’ renderings, then learning who won the commission and getting to take a look at what they have planned, and then actually getting to go inside the finished building or walk around the park or whatever the project happens to be. The painful part is where the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial has just found itself in: talking about how much it’s going to cost and what it’s going to take to construct it.