Workmen close the gap as they insert a 10-ton keystone, completing the 
Gateway Arch construction.

The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot monument in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the tallest
man-made monument in the United States and world. Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States, it has become an internationally known 
symbol of St. Louis.

Construction began on February 12, 1963 at a cost of $13 million. The monument
opened to the public on June 10, 1967.

The arch under construction, June 17, 1964

Former Secretary-General Trygve Lie and Chief Architect W. Harrison
seal the cornerstone for the new UN headquarters in New York City

Construction of The United Nations Headquarters was completed on
October 9, 1952

The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the
Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of
Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey.

Groundbreaking for the Bridge was on October 21, 1927. Construction soon began
with an estimated cost of $75,000,000. It was dedicated on October 24, 1931, and
opened to traffic the following day.The bridge was the world’s longest suspension
bridge at the time. It was initially named the “Hudson River Bridge”.

Construction begins on a three-story sub-basement for the Pittock Block, 
that would eventually house the Northwestern Electric Company’s electric
sub-station and west side distribution plant. Portland newspaper publisher Henry Pittock’s home was originally on the site before construction began. 

Henry Lewis Pittock (March 1, 1835 – January 28, 1919)

The Rat Pack

RENO, Nevada (AP) — A Lake Tahoe resort once owned by Frank Sinatra and frequented by his Rat Pack buddies is about to undergo a major makeover.

The Cal Neva hotel-casino that straddles the California-Nevada line will close for
more than a year beginning Monday to allow for the multimillion-dollar project.

The 219-room, 10-story hotel and 6,000-square-foot casino will be upgraded in
an effort to revive the struggling property, said Robert Radovan, co-owner of
Criswell-Radovan. His Napa Valley, Calif.-based development company acquired
the Cal Neva in April.

"Our goal is to bring it back to its former glory and to make it what it was like in
Sinatra’s day," Radovan told The Associated Press. "It has such great soul and character, and it’s needed this redo for many decades."

The Cal Neva is one of Nevada’s first legal casinos. The present resort was built
in 1937, when a fire destroyed the original lodge that had opened in 1926.