The skyline of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, is dominated by the stainless steel Gateway Arch, rising 192 m (630 ft) high. It was designed by Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen and completed in 1965, after his death.

      车沿着拱门开过，到了拱门脚下，才发现那带子一样轻盈，飘逸的拱，有着巨大而坚实的根基，据说那三面体的拱基，20个人也不能合抱。拱顶到地面，有630 feet （192米），相当于60层大楼那么高。

拱门由芬兰裔的美国人Eero Saarinen （爱罗·沙润宁）设计，他，出生于93年前的昨天（8/20/1910)。拱门始建于1964年2月29日，1965年10月28日竣工，而它的设计者沙润宁，却于1961年先逝，未能看到拱门的开工与落成。这美丽的旷世拱门，是他留给世人的一个惊奇与微笑呢。

这里引一段有关Arch的官方评价：
As his designs show, Eero Saarinen was a man of vision. He died of a brain tumor in 1961 at the age of 51, and is buried in Michigan. Though his life was tragically cut short, his vision lives on through the structures that he created. The Gateway Arch marked the beginning of his career just as the "Gateway to the West" marked the beginning of a new life for countless pioneers.

In both cases the desire was to move boldly toward the future. The Arch is ultimately a monument to all those with a vision; Thomas Jefferson, the American pioneers, and Eero Saarinen.