The Gateway Arch located in St. Louis, Missouri is a 630 foot monument designed by architect Eero Saarinen. Construction for the monument began in 1963 and was finished in 1965. It is the worlds tallest arch, and the tallest monument in the western hemisphere. I was born in St. Louis and while my parents moved away when I was very young, one of my only memories of the city was the Gateway Arch. My dad had to lift me up to see out of the windows. I would really enjoy to go back to St. Louis to go look out the arch again, but I have never been back to the city since my parents and I moved away when I was young. The “Gateway to the West” truly is a sight to behold and I hope to cross paths with it again one day.