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Riding the tramway to the top of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. The tram is a sort of custom-made elevator/tram. The Arch was the result of a design competition in which famous architect Eero Saarinen won. The landscape was designed by landscape architect Dan Kylie, who is revered in the field of landscape architecture. During the filming of this, the ride up took approximately 5 minutes. There were ~30 mph winds, so the arch was definitely swaying. The cost to ride the tram to the top was $ 10. Well worth it.

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@ernestosilva7177
@ernestosilva7177 10 лет назад
"yeah it's definitely swaying today with a 30mph wind". That's enough for me to know not to ever go up there, lol.
@slicksweet1
@slicksweet1 7 лет назад
ernesto silva lol
@texanmann
@texanmann 5 лет назад
No doubt!
@l2kxboost
@l2kxboost 3 года назад
Pus
@Bfyobrian12
@Bfyobrian12 10 лет назад
It was terrifying up there. I started getting dizzy from the thought of hanging directly over nothing at the top of the arch.
@nondescriptbeing5944
@nondescriptbeing5944 2 года назад
They must have people get panic attacks multiple times a day, I bet.
@driftingsoul7355
@driftingsoul7355 9 лет назад
I feel so nostalgic. Percy Jackson brought me here!
@nathan8262
@nathan8262 9 лет назад
YASSSSSSSSS!!!!! Smart water all the way!!!
@charlleedodson
@charlleedodson 7 лет назад
SEAWEED BRAIN!!!!!!!!
@catsoup7820
@catsoup7820 7 лет назад
Akhil Reddy he.he. same
@JamesHugoF
@JamesHugoF 7 лет назад
Akhil Reddy same but I've been there as well
@rileypeterson1796
@rileypeterson1796 6 лет назад
ayy same for me, i wanted to know what it really looked like
@grapiken7766
@grapiken7766 8 лет назад
This is fascinating. I've often wondered how people travelled to the top in this. It's an incredible feat of engineering. I think I would be too scared to make this journey though. The cars would make me feel claustrophobic.
@tucker8071
@tucker8071 8 лет назад
Yeah...I wondered too
@redredmon8833
@redredmon8833 5 лет назад
There's a great video on RU-vid showing the construction and its absolutely mind blowing
@rayburn8282
@rayburn8282 5 лет назад
You must be a huge pussy
@GobanShodan
@GobanShodan 4 года назад
@@rayburn8282 and you must be a huge asshole. Get over yourself, you're not that cool.
@nondescriptbeing5944
@nondescriptbeing5944 2 года назад
I've done it twice, it's not so bad.
@tomlinson1710
@tomlinson1710 3 года назад
“We started going up, inside the Arch. I’d never been in an elevator that went in a curve, and my stomach wasn’t too happy about it.” -Percy Jackson, Book One: The Lightning Thief
@ShadyJ911
@ShadyJ911 10 лет назад
Gotta love the timing of their warning and the doors slamming shut.
@michaelmcdowell6572
@michaelmcdowell6572 10 лет назад
I went in there. its only a 3-4 hour drive away from where i live.
@xadenwilliams3128
@xadenwilliams3128 9 лет назад
Michael McDowell same I lived in Cape Girardeau a while ago and went on the arch 4 times. I LOVE MISSOURI!
@lotusflower5611
@lotusflower5611 8 лет назад
Het I've got a great idea sad pathetic clueless moron.y don't u FUCK OFF😀
@T0mat0_S0up
@T0mat0_S0up 8 лет назад
+Joanna cheikho HAAAATTEERR
@rayburn8282
@rayburn8282 5 лет назад
Lol
@fanta12345
@fanta12345 10 лет назад
That staffer guy is probably *sick* of hearing that recorded announcement the whole ride.
@any123-og
@any123-og 4 года назад
fanta i think they might of gotten rid of it in 2010 when it was computerized when the logic was replaced
@l2kxboost
@l2kxboost 3 года назад
Sure he didn't have much of a career at the arch. More than likely, he is in prison.
@craigallenfravel-cafcompos3131
@craigallenfravel-cafcompos3131 3 года назад
This is what it’s like working as a Disney cast member.
@cehaddunebuggy3899
@cehaddunebuggy3899 9 лет назад
The view is better from the outside. Going up inside is creepy and claustrophobic.
@20PINKluvr
@20PINKluvr 10 лет назад
I remember seeing the huge line for that elevator when I was a little kid. Didn't know how they did it but when I saw this it made much more sense.
@remoney
@remoney 10 лет назад
Ditto
@MsMoonlitelady
@MsMoonlitelady 9 лет назад
I was born and raised in St. Louis. I have been to the top of the Arch 3 times. Everyone should take the trip at least once. It's very unusual.
@arkishianorman
@arkishianorman 5 лет назад
How long is the elevator ride to the top
@Froz3nRUST
@Froz3nRUST 5 лет назад
Arkishia Norman like 4 min
@negritorican
@negritorican 11 лет назад
Thanks for sharing this video.....just learned today that there is actually a elevator and observation deck on that thing. I thought it was just a regular arch....wow
@JavanHamiltonTV
@JavanHamiltonTV 11 лет назад
I saw it back in '95 and it's beautiful!
@tomaiken903
@tomaiken903 5 лет назад
1:32 Reflection looks like Micheal Myers ready to kill. 😝
@lilminecraftergaming426
@lilminecraftergaming426 5 лет назад
Well now I know what the book was describing when Percy was feeling sick
@justinj2144
@justinj2144 3 года назад
Im reading the Percy Jackson graphic novel right now that’s why I looked this up lol
@tomlinson1710
@tomlinson1710 3 года назад
@@justinj2144 me too
@MMYT1234
@MMYT1234 12 лет назад
Wonderful view !! I heard this elevator was built in 1968. Great technology !! I want to go to St.Louis to ride in the elevator from Japan.
@jusdoe1245
@jusdoe1245 10 лет назад
Thank you so much for this video! We're going to St. Louis next week and I didn't think I'd want to go up to the top, and this video convinced me that I'm right... it would scare the daylights out of me! So I'm thankful to see the inside because I imagined the elevators differently, and the views look pretty spectacular, but I think we'll go to the botancial gardens instead.
@LimeTaje
@LimeTaje 9 лет назад
Memories of Percy Jackson...
@charlleedodson
@charlleedodson 7 лет назад
childhood...percy was my childhood... so was harry potter...but percy...
@marianaacortes
@marianaacortes 3 года назад
Me too, i'm here because Annabeth, currently i reading the first book of the serie
@nrdesign1991
@nrdesign1991 Год назад
So nice to have this archived on RU-vid before the renovation so you can make a comparison
@waltz49
@waltz49 9 лет назад
I still have dreams about that elevator ride up but it has been so long since I did it, I forgot where those dreams came from. That ride is a real-life version of those dreams everyone has where the architecture is just weird or sizes of things are just a bit off but it all seems to work Really cool stuff. Thanks for reminding me.
@machineoblivion
@machineoblivion 15 лет назад
yeah, they adjust as they go from traveling vertically to horizontally. Certainly a custom solution for a custom situation. Thanks for the comments!
@robertoswalt319
@robertoswalt319 10 лет назад
That was interesting. Thanks for sharing.
@raymondgibbs8565
@raymondgibbs8565 3 года назад
**covid walks in and looks around** **heavy breathing ** 😂😂😂
@sophiagarcia3457
@sophiagarcia3457 6 лет назад
I’d rather take the stairs
@BlackPhoenix623
@BlackPhoenix623 6 лет назад
I’d rather take you
@cajayson8301
@cajayson8301 5 лет назад
Not me. I went up this last weekend. It's much quicker in the elevator and all you have to do is tolerate being squished in for four minutes & three minutes down
@rayburn8282
@rayburn8282 5 лет назад
@@cajayson8301 you're kidding me, it's quicker to use the elevator? Who the fuck would of thought that.
@ladron775
@ladron775 4 года назад
@@rayburn8282 you'll be alright
@nondescriptbeing5944
@nondescriptbeing5944 2 года назад
I wish they'd let people use them. It'd be a fun workout.
@eating100
@eating100 5 лет назад
Great building I visit this place in 2005.
@jacksmack77
@jacksmack77 5 лет назад
Great stuff. I remember being in the gateway arch at the very top looking out at St. Louis ... a long-long time ago...
@alldaylong
@alldaylong 3 года назад
This video alone makes me anxious af!
@omarmccray3282
@omarmccray3282 5 лет назад
I'm going this week so excited.
@ahkaishecheyhi
@ahkaishecheyhi 9 лет назад
Love the chick flipping off the people down the stairs at 2:48
@Stefanthenautilus
@Stefanthenautilus 5 лет назад
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. I wonder if shit went down after that since it's right at the end of the clip.
@tashalynn29
@tashalynn29 3 года назад
Lol
@gemstoneprincess2890
@gemstoneprincess2890 3 года назад
@@JoshuaWestbrook nah new York is
@PaulCashman
@PaulCashman 5 лет назад
I'm glad to see that it's been fully repaired since that TV series DEFIANCE. :)
@kellygillan7704
@kellygillan7704 7 лет назад
Percy Jackson brought me lol
@Bfyobrian12
@Bfyobrian12 10 лет назад
Lol it's just how I remember it. I always remembered it looking like a slightly large clothes dryer.
@imaginealoser2658
@imaginealoser2658 8 лет назад
I just looked this up to get a better picture of the scene in Percy Jackson. Tbh, must be pretty scary to JUMP OFF THAT THING!😬😁😬😁
@charlleedodson
@charlleedodson 7 лет назад
im reading thay scene right now! i think it was pretty stupid of percy to go up there because the Lord of the Sky is trying to kill him
@catsoup7820
@catsoup7820 7 лет назад
Ember Twenty one Yep! So did I! And dang! the elevator is smaller than I thought!
@nathan8262
@nathan8262 9 лет назад
My Great grandpa Estes helped put the window inside it. Sadly, he died in 2005 of lung cancer whenever I was one year old.
@kraykraycomedy6638
@kraykraycomedy6638 10 лет назад
Amazing engineering
@sydIRISH
@sydIRISH 6 лет назад
I've been in the St. Louis Arch 4 or 5 times...I love it there. It sways a few inches back and forth, if it didn't it'd crumble. It's a true engineering marvel. Also, if you're acrophobic or claustrophobic...it's probably NOT for you. It's 630 ft. up, and the ride to the top is in a tiny can that zig-zags. It never bothered me...I was 10 the first time I went up. The place has always fascinated me.
@LPJMagicmusic
@LPJMagicmusic 5 лет назад
It can actually sway up to 18 inches, ita crazy.
@AdamariMedia
@AdamariMedia 9 лет назад
I'm scared of heights but I'm gona go to St. Louis next week I may get on it with my friend
@BigElevatorDude707
@BigElevatorDude707 15 лет назад
It's very interesting of how these elevators are able to operate in that type of shaft. Very cool too! :D
@bernadettesaumierberger3933
@bernadettesaumierberger3933 4 года назад
It is not an elevator it is more like a cog railway and it goes on a track at an angle.
@EMMAWONDERLAND1
@EMMAWONDERLAND1 14 лет назад
I guess look like a private bathroom!!!! Very nice riding elevator-metro in the future. WOW look very bluey view so cool I like it.
@charlleedodson
@charlleedodson 7 лет назад
i saw the arch when i flew into the airport when i was about 9. unfortunantly, i didnt get to ride the elevator, but its on my bucket list!
@machineoblivion
@machineoblivion 15 лет назад
That was the 3rd time I had been up to the top. When I was in St. Louis, I probably spent the most time at the City Museum. That place is unbelievable. I'll post some vids of it when I get the chance.
@BrendanLikesApple46
@BrendanLikesApple46 11 лет назад
As a St. Louis resident, I have been up to the top at least 10 times. God, I love St. Louis. :)
@kdwaynec
@kdwaynec Год назад
This is like something out of Star Trek. The cars start off going sideways, then diagonally, then straight up.
@Lworld63
@Lworld63 11 лет назад
I remember visiting the City Museum and going up in the arch on a weekend trip to visit some friends. Really cool and I really want to go back some time. One of the last times it was reasonable to fly there from columbus for a weekend lol
@jedisok13
@jedisok13 7 лет назад
ha I just watched Vacation again. ive always wondered if Clark was telling the truth. looks like he was.
@oldiesmusic76
@oldiesmusic76 4 года назад
Before the Arch he crossed the mighty mississip.....
@bradwooldidge6979
@bradwooldidge6979 5 лет назад
Yep. I was there in 1973. I wish they would have filmed straight down. Perspective makes it look like the legs of the arch are curving very much in.
@bracebrooks967
@bracebrooks967 7 лет назад
Cool video thanks 4 posting, I've been to St. Louis b4, but never got to ride on that elevator in the Arch, I've been wondering what it looked like on the inside
@cajayson8301
@cajayson8301 5 лет назад
I went to St. Louis last weekend and went up this elevator. It's VERY condensed so anyone with claustrophobia should not ride it. The top though is AMAZING
@abbyburli
@abbyburli 5 лет назад
They re-did the entire arch area, it’s much more modern and comfortable now. The museum is also huge.
@machineoblivion
@machineoblivion 15 лет назад
Sweet. My Landscape Architecture studio was there on a trip to study some of the sites around St. Louis. We hit up MOBOT as well. I really like the place. :D
@clamentae
@clamentae 13 лет назад
i love the elevators, egg shaped
@larryvaughn5929
@larryvaughn5929 9 лет назад
I am going to st. LOUIS on Thursday
@amccaw8467
@amccaw8467 6 лет назад
Larry Vaughn do u remember writing this comment? It's 2017
@palmer491
@palmer491 12 лет назад
2:09 i took a picture right where you're standing :PP beautiful
@the96boii94
@the96boii94 9 лет назад
I haven't been to the arch when I was 4 years old Right now I live in California I moved in 2006 I lived there for 11 years when 1 years old I really want to move back I don't like California I started my life in St.Louis and this is where I belong.
@ChaosKnots
@ChaosKnots 8 лет назад
who else came her bc of percy
@annaf8250
@annaf8250 8 лет назад
Me lol
@charlleedodson
@charlleedodson 7 лет назад
Me!!!!!
@tahj314
@tahj314 11 лет назад
Lived in here all my life never been to the top haha
@nandkumarvispute4254
@nandkumarvispute4254 9 лет назад
Life time memory
@oliviapetrowski4553
@oliviapetrowski4553 8 лет назад
We have a field trip to St. Louis in a day!
@MaryStewart
@MaryStewart 13 лет назад
i'd love to go up the stairs! :D
@j_parker2163
@j_parker2163 6 лет назад
Sickkkkkkkkkkk!!!!
@LinnVaveon
@LinnVaveon 6 лет назад
Was there in 1981 !
@Booga04Minecraft
@Booga04Minecraft 6 лет назад
Am I the only one that came from Percy Jackson books...?
@GhostlyMC
@GhostlyMC 9 лет назад
Just got back from St Louis and i want up the Arch
@patrickrichmond9896
@patrickrichmond9896 6 лет назад
If you look at the doors on these trams, these are the first ones that came with the trams. These were replaced with full height glass doors.
@bernadettesaumierberger3933
@bernadettesaumierberger3933 4 года назад
Those doors were still there when I went about 5-6 years ago
@LaurenKim15
@LaurenKim15 11 лет назад
I just went there with my friends yesterday
@BigElevatorDude707
@BigElevatorDude707 15 лет назад
You're welcome! :D
@rsBrad
@rsBrad 7 лет назад
There can only be one. I'm coming for you
@neuba2380
@neuba2380 6 лет назад
I was actually there!
@jothierry4590
@jothierry4590 3 года назад
Interesting. Amazing that you can go up there. But no way. 😂
@Dominion-1
@Dominion-1 9 лет назад
So what's up with the little toilet seats they have in the elevator.
@tommiejang7164
@tommiejang7164 9 лет назад
I've been there and rode elevator many years ago. The reason for the seats is that when elevator goes up and down the arch, it zig-zags around the curvy arch. Because of the shape of the Arch elevator can't go straight up and down.
@Dominion-1
@Dominion-1 9 лет назад
Tommie Jang Thanks T.J.
@lauriebeabea
@lauriebeabea 4 года назад
It’s called a tram, not an elevator. I guess that has something to do with it
@snapthecrap3
@snapthecrap3 13 лет назад
i remember when i rode this thing at 4 years old.... its wierd how it goes like sideways then all that...
@WiltonWanderlust
@WiltonWanderlust 4 года назад
An elevator that goes up at an angle. How weird. I’ve been past it many times traveling with my family growing up, but we never stopped at it. Maybe someday.
@SodaPop3092
@SodaPop3092 Год назад
How would Percy Jackson and Echidna fight in that small elevator
@UnknownDestination
@UnknownDestination 12 лет назад
I am sorry you got stuck with someone who did not want to be there. For the record he is not an elevator attendant, those of us who worked at the top had to ride up in car 1. I worked there in 2008 for a few months and miss it to this day
@LisaSmith-tb8bb
@LisaSmith-tb8bb 6 лет назад
It looks a little slow, how long is this ride that roller coaster moves to slow
@cletusclearwater1758
@cletusclearwater1758 3 года назад
That tour guide was not feeling it at all lol
@Shinzon23
@Shinzon23 5 лет назад
..that's a hell of a overwatch position... *pulls out barrett* Time to hunt me a police chopper or two!
@j_parker2163
@j_parker2163 6 лет назад
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!!!
@NYUCanadian
@NYUCanadian 7 лет назад
I must be misremembering, as I remember coming down the Arch in the little bubble, but going up was like an ordinary elevator that shifted slowly--like the elevators in the pyramid hotel, Luxor, in Las Vegas
@bernadettesaumierberger3933
@bernadettesaumierberger3933 4 года назад
It is not an elevator it is more like a cog railway and it goes on a track at an angle.
@STL-Railfan
@STL-Railfan 12 лет назад
What's up with the audio "tour?" I was just there this past Thanksgiving weekend and nothing on the ride up or down.
@Tr0nzoid
@Tr0nzoid 9 лет назад
It's interesting how everyone feels the need to describe the worker in the elevator as "the black worker in the elevator" when he is the only staff member in there.
@amaitilasso
@amaitilasso 6 лет назад
Maybe, if you find adjectives interesting. I mean he is in an elevator. He is a worker and he is black. If you find that interesting I bet you would get real hot if they said "he lives in a red brick house" or "he drives a blue honda accord." Oh wait, maybe you are trying to make some kind of "all white people are racist" comment. I get it. "Ensure social justice! Ban adjectives!" I swear, if The Greatest Generation had known how this country was going to turn out they would have drowned their children after winning WWII.
@LPJMagicmusic
@LPJMagicmusic 5 лет назад
@@amaitilasso Fuckin AMEN, that or made it a law to always be able to woop your children back to man hood.
@whataboutrob442
@whataboutrob442 2 года назад
This was all they could come up with....😆
@andreaaldrich4046
@andreaaldrich4046 6 лет назад
Since I was little I've been too afraid to go in this. Even driving by it really makes me feel uncomfortable. Can't say why but it freaks me out.
@samuriguy909
@samuriguy909 12 лет назад
see the hyatt hotel to the left on 2:21? I stayed there for a couple days in st louis a few days ago
@LDF1218
@LDF1218 9 лет назад
It makes me think of Defiance.
@customlioness7372
@customlioness7372 8 лет назад
Me 2!!
@overlordteampootis1315
@overlordteampootis1315 7 лет назад
Sierra Venus Defiance is in st. louis... thats why im watching this too
@LizzyJaxx
@LizzyJaxx 11 лет назад
nice
@rodneyperry642
@rodneyperry642 4 года назад
everybody should be able enjoy this as well like me who is in a wheelchair
@minns5515
@minns5515 4 года назад
It should be my Wife in a wheelchair
@nondescriptbeing5944
@nondescriptbeing5944 2 года назад
I don't know if it's practical considering the observation deck floor is very arched, so a wheelchair could easily go rolling.
@davidkidd2961
@davidkidd2961 3 года назад
Anyone else sometimes get the fear the floor will crumble beneath you or is it just me?
@YAZZYUTUBE
@YAZZYUTUBE Год назад
The guy who works for the arch seemed very uncomfortable in that capsule. I couldn't work there because I would never get inside that claustrophobic capsule.
@freshprinceboy3
@freshprinceboy3 11 лет назад
yahoo news made me look this up. sweeeeet
@prayashdahal5
@prayashdahal5 2 года назад
1:32 that's Jim and Pam on the windows
@albear972
@albear972 5 лет назад
0:15 The middle seat looks like a toilet with the lid open. 😉
@philipssecurityates4931
@philipssecurityates4931 5 лет назад
😃 That's guess true, what I am guess looks like a private spa bath is!!!
@michaelclark2097
@michaelclark2097 7 лет назад
rode it once as a child. NEVER AGAIN.
@michaelyoung7171
@michaelyoung7171 8 лет назад
In the early of my 7th grade year in Sept 2012 I went to the arch on my field trip all kids were screaming and one crying going all the way up. when we got up to the observation deck they all the panic except me.
@arkishianorman
@arkishianorman 6 лет назад
Are there stairs because I have a fear of elevators and be in a small closed spaces like that
@LPJMagicmusic
@LPJMagicmusic 5 лет назад
1076 steps and 630 ft to the sky. But worker accessible only.
@arkishianorman
@arkishianorman 5 лет назад
@@LPJMagicmusic lol guess I will have to go up the elevator
@LPJMagicmusic
@LPJMagicmusic 5 лет назад
@@arkishianorman you'll be alright ;)
@bradmizzou
@bradmizzou 2 года назад
It's all fun and games until someone farts up there
@sherrydieselphelan5434
@sherrydieselphelan5434 8 лет назад
Been there done that
@OfficialAndrewLee
@OfficialAndrewLee 8 лет назад
been there
@curtisboyce5405
@curtisboyce5405 6 лет назад
I just went up top today
@mel_mordecai
@mel_mordecai 7 лет назад
Oh, so they've fixed the hole in it!
@SecondSon2nd1
@SecondSon2nd1 Год назад
That one dude wanted to get the heck away from those mother fathering people.
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