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===Awards and recognitions=== In 1966, the arch was given a Special Award for Excellence from the [[American Institute of Steel Construction]] for being "an outstanding achievement in technology and aesthetics."<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9OVPAAAAMAAJ |journal=Architectural Awards of Excellence |publisher=American Institute of Steel Construction |volume=8 |title=Special Award For Excellence: The Gateway Arch, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial St. Louis, Missouri |year=1966 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBImAAAAMAAJ |title=Gateway Arch |journal=Constructor |publisher=Associated General Contractors of America |year=1967 |volume=49 |page=182 }}</ref> On February 9, 1967, the arch received the [[American Society of Civil Engineers#Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) awards|Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award]] of 1967 from the [[American Society of Civil Engineers]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ywldAAAAIBAJ&pg=3296,2256152 |title=Gateway Arch Wins Award |date=February 10, 1967 |newspaper=[[St. Joseph Gazette]] |agency=Associated Press |page=4B |access-date=January 11, 2011 }}</ref> The arch was once among ''[[Travel + Leisure]]''{{'}}s unofficial rankings for the most-visited attraction in the world, after [[Lenin's Mausoleum|Lenin's Tomb]], [[Walt Disney World Resort|Disney World]], [[Disneyland]], and the [[Eiffel Tower]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sHRQAAAAIBAJ&pg=5983,740187 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713104323/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sHRQAAAAIBAJ&pg=5983,740187 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |title=St. Louis Gateway Arch 5th in Appeal to Tourists |date=August 3, 1973 |newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |page=23 |access-date=January 11, 2011 }}</ref> On February 22, 1990,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://business.highbeam.com/435553/article-1G1-137868505/history-arch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011010616/http://business.highbeam.com/435553/article-1G1-137868505/history-arch |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |title=A History of the Arch |date=October 28, 1990 |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |access-date=January 26, 2011 }}</ref> the arch received the [[American Institute of Architects]]' (AIA) Twenty-Five Year Award<ref name="LangmeadGarnaut"/> for its "enduring significance that has withstood the test of time." It was declared "a symbolic bridge between East and West, past and future, engineering and art" that "embodies the boundless optimism of a growing nation."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0EB04C94E287F9B1/0D7C12F5A8A2A86A |title=St. Louis' Pride And Joy |date=February 25, 1990 |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |page=2B |access-date=January 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707225008/http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date%3AD&p_product=AWNB&p_text_direct-0=document_id%3D%28%200EB04C94E287F9B1%20%29&p_docid=0EB04C94E287F9B1&p_theme=aggdocs&p_queryname=0EB04C94E287F9B1&f_openurl=yes&p |archive-date=July 7, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2007, the arch was ranked fourteenth on the AIA's "[[America's Favorite Architecture]]" list.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-poparch07-sort2.html |title=Americans' Favorite Buildings |last=Frangos |first=Alex |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 7, 2007 |access-date=May 13, 2011 }}</ref>
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