{"id":81113,"date":"2014-12-24T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=81113"},"modified":"2014-12-22T11:29:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T16:29:26","slug":"open-ye-gates-swing-wide-ye-portals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/24\/open-ye-gates-swing-wide-ye-portals-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Ye Gates! Swing Wide Ye Portals!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We\u2019re out until January 5, but we\u2019re re-posting some of our favorite pieces from 2014 while we\u2019re away. We hope you enjoy\u2014and have a happy New Year!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p><em>St. Louis\u2019s unforgettable 1904 World\u2019s Fair.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_66733\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1904worldsfair39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66733\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-66744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1904worldsfair39.jpg\" alt=\"1904worldsfair39\" width=\"600\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1904worldsfair39.jpg 871w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1904worldsfair39-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-66733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Temple of Mirth, 1904 World\u2019s Fair.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>I hand the attendant a fifty-cent piece and watch him drop it into the automatic turnstile, itself a marvel. Behind me, the murmur of moneychangers, the swish of gored skirts tapering to white shirtwaists. Beyond that, the din of St. Louis. My sack suit rustles as I stride ahead. I\u2019m crossing the threshold of an impossible city: a manicured wonderland of symmetrical lagoons winding through sculpted gardens studded with allegorical statues. In the distance loom the massive palaces of learning, their Beaux-Arts fa\u00e7ades harkening back to Ancient Rome and heralding a future brighter than the hundred thousand incandescent lights that line them against the night. The words of Exposition President David R. Francis ring in my ears<\/i>\u2014Open ye gates! Swing wide ye portals! Enter herein ye sons of man, and behold the achievements of your race! Learn the lesson here taught and gather from it inspiration for still greater accomplishments!\u2014<i>and I step into the Fair.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis is a city of gates that do not normally swing wide. The urban private street, or \u201cprivate place,\u201d is believed to be a local invention, dating to the 1850s. Private places are owned by their residents, who typically build and maintain the road, median, sidewalks, curbs, street lighting, and\u2014most crucially\u2014gates. Some gates were utilitarian, imposing, and plain; others were small castles, complete with clock towers, fountains, statues, gaslights, and gatehouse apartments that caretakers (and, later, college students) lived in until the 1980s. Private places offered a refuge from the ever-booming city, a world apart. Some have been razed, their gates uprooted, the neighborhoods now troubled by crime; many still stand, pockets of wealth and privilege, with boards of trustees that oversee matters of law (historic preservation, landscaping) and etiquette (street parking, book clubs, Easter egg hunts).<\/p>\n<p>Nearly two years ago, when my wife and I were moving to town and looking for an apartment, we were taken aback: everywhere, gates, gates, gates. Gates that lock and unlock according to byzantine schedules publicized only to residents (thus thwarting commuters and anyone else who might try to cut through the neighborhood). Gates that open by remote control. Rolling metal gates with yellow hazard signs. Gates built for carriages that now barely fit a car. Even in less-rarified neighborhoods\u2014with weeds in the lawns and unwashed economy sedans on the street\u2014at the end of the block might stand a pitiful sawhorse made of white PVC pipe. A symbol that speaks to the natives. <i>Private Street: Not Thru. Private Street: No Public Parking. No thru traffic. Private neighborhood. No smoking beyond this gate. Private. No trespassing. Keep Out. <br \/><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/14\/open-ye-gates-swing-wide-ye-portals\/\">Read More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re out until January 5, but we\u2019re re-posting some of our favorite pieces from 2014 while we\u2019re away. We hope you enjoy\u2014and have a happy New Year! * St. Louis\u2019s unforgettable 1904 World\u2019s Fair. I hand the attendant a fifty-cent piece and watch him drop it into the automatic turnstile, itself a marvel. 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