Living St. Louis
Commerce on the River
Special | 7m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Petty Marine Flying Service opened on the St Louis riverfront in 1946. City-Arch-River.
As part of our Water Matter series, producer Jim Kirchherr takes a look back at one of the more unusual ideas for doing business on the levee: turning the Mississippi River into an airport runway. And a look at how the City-Arch-River project shows the riverfront is still a work in progress.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Living St. Louis is a local public television program presented by Nine PBS
Support for Living St. Louis is provided by the Betsy & Thomas Patterson Foundation.
Living St. Louis
Commerce on the River
Special | 7m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
As part of our Water Matter series, producer Jim Kirchherr takes a look back at one of the more unusual ideas for doing business on the levee: turning the Mississippi River into an airport runway. And a look at how the City-Arch-River project shows the riverfront is still a work in progress.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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