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The Gateway Arch, completed in 1965, rises behind the Old St. Louis County Courthouse, the 1862 site of significant legal cases including the Dred Scott decision. Nearby, the former Creepy Crawl venue’s graffiti-covered bathroom recalls St. Louis’s late 1990s and 2000s underground music scene.

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The Gateway Arch, a stainless steel curve, stands behind the Old St. Louis County Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. The Arch commemorates westward expansion, and the Courthouse was the site of the Dred Scott case.
The Gateway Arch, a stainless steel catenary curve, stands behind the Old St. Louis County Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. Completed in 1965, the Gateway Arch was designed by Eero Saarinen to commemorate the westward expansion of the United States. The Old Courthouse, completed in 1862, is a National Historic Landmark that served as the site of the Dred Scott case and Virginia Minor's lawsuit for suffrage. Today, both structures are part of the Gateway Arch National Park.
The graffiti-covered bathroom of the former Creepy Crawl music venue in St. Louis, Missouri, which closed in 2009.
The bathroom of the former Creepy Crawl music venue in St. Louis, Missouri, is covered in graffiti and flyers from bands that performed there. The venue, which operated from the late 1990s until its closure in 2009, was a significant space for the local independent music scene. This space served as a canvas for the venue's patrons and performers, reflecting the vibrant and often ephemeral culture of underground music.

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