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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.

06/29/2014 | Rating NR

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Living St. Louis is a local public television program presented by Nine PBS

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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.

06/29/2014 | Rating NR

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