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Gateway Arch National Park Image Selection Poll Results and Thoughts

Posted on April 29, 2018, 11:26 pm, by QT Luong, under Esthetics.
In a previous post, I asked you for input in choosing the Gateway Arch National Park photograph to be included in the Treasured Lands exhibit. Back then, I did not comment on the images in order not to influence answers, so here are my thoughts, together with the poll results. Poll results Thank you to […]
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Gateway Arch National Park: Thoughts on a Name

Posted on April 1, 2018, 12:11 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Gateway Arch just became America’s 60th national park. Following my visit to photograph it, I elaborate on why it is an odd choice, try to understand why and how the name change happened, and voice my personal opinion about the new name. Why was Jefferson National Expansion Memorial renamed Gateway Arch National Park? In the […]
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Photographing Gateway Arch National Park

Posted on March 25, 2018, 12:57 am, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Thanks to my early visit to Gateway Arch National Park, it looks like as was the case for 58 and 59, I was the first to photograph the 60 national parks. This time it was only by a few days, as some of the people who had photographed the previous 59 national parks showed up […]
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Gateway Arch National Park: First Impressions

Posted on March 19, 2018, 6:50 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
On February 22, 2018, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial became Gateway Arch National Park, our 60th national park. Believing that the national park designation carries a special meaning, I greeted the news with perplexity. However, I traveled to St Louis, Missouri, that same week to try and extend my record of being the first to visit […]
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