Editing Gateway Arch (section)

===Lighting===
[[File:Gateway Arch Illuminated in Pink.jpg|thumb |left |The arch illuminated in pink in honor of [[Breast Cancer Awareness Month]]]]
[[File:Gateway Arch illuminated at night.jpg|thumb|right |upright |The arch's lighting system]]
The first proposal to illuminate the arch at night was announced on May 18, 1966, but the plan never came to fruition.<ref name="Arch timeline" /> In July 1998, funding for an arch lighting system was approved by St. Louis's Gateway Foundation,<ref name="Nevada Daily Mail"/> which agreed to take responsibility for the cost of the equipment, its installation, and its upkeep.<ref name="Duffy2">{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0EDCA514CED5FA3F/0DF73E411D70C6CA |title=Monument Soon Will Light Up The Night Sky; Arch Illumination Project Gets Green Light |last=Duffy |first=Robert W. |date=August 9, 2001 |work=[[St Louis Post-Dispatch]] |page=A1 |access-date=February 1, 2011 |issn=1930-9600 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200108210212/https://www.webcitation.org/61hcFhrRb?url=http://iw.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb%3Fp_action=doc&p_theme=aggdocs&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=AWNB&p_docid=0EDCA514CED5FA3F&p_text_direct-0=document_id%3D(%200EDCA514CED5FA3F%20)&s_lang=en-US&p_nbid=G53N4EBEMTMxNjAzOTY5OC4yODI4N |archive-date=January 8, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 1999, [[MSNBC]] arranged a temporary lighting system for the arch so the monument could be used as the background for a visit by [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref name="Nevada Daily Mail">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OEArAAAAIBAJ&pg=1570,2526284 |title=St. Louis Gateway Arch will be illuminated at night |page=5A |work=[[The Nevada Daily Mail]] |agency=Associated Press |date=August 9, 2011 |access-date=January 29, 2011 }}</ref> Since November 2001, the arch has been bathed in white light between 10&nbsp;p.m. and 1&nbsp;a.m. via a system of floodlights.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0EFF9946A5830D61/0D7C12F5A8A2A86A |title=Visitors Take A Shine To Illuminated Arch |date=November 23, 2001 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |page=A1 |access-date=February 1, 2011 |issn=1930-9600 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707222431/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%200EFF9946A5830D61%20%29&p_docid=0EFF9946A5830D61&p_theme=aggdocs&p_queryname=0EFF9946A5830D61&f_openurl=yes&p |archive-date=July 7, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Designed by Randy Burkett, it comprises 44 lighting fixtures situated in four pits just below ground level.<ref name="Nevada Daily Mail"/><ref name="Duffy2"/>

On October 5, 2004, the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]], at the pressing of both of Missouri's US Senators, [[Jim Talent]] and [[Kit Bond]], approved a bill permitting the illumination in pink of the arch in honor of [[National Breast Cancer Awareness Month|breast cancer awareness month]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:s2895cps.txt.pdf |title=Bill S. 2895 |publisher=[[United States Government Printing Office]] |access-date=February 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107231205/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:s2895cps.txt.pdf |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Both [[Estée Lauder Companies|Estee Lauder]] and [[The May Department Stores Company|May Department Store Co.]] had championed the cause.<ref name="Jonsson"/> One employee said that the arch would be a "beacon&nbsp; ... for the importance of prevention and finding a cure."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/1059BDE80376C512/0DF73E411D70C6CA |title=Pink may light Arch in breast cancer fight |date=October 6, 2004 |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |page=B1 |access-date=January 24, 2011 |issn=1930-9600 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200108205644/https://www.webcitation.org/61hcN7eKt?url=http://iw.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb%3Fp_action=doc&p_theme=aggdocs&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=AWNB&p_docid=1059BDE80376C512&p_text_direct-0=document_id%3D(%201059BDE80376C512%20)&p_nbid=D59G54TKMTMxNjAzOTgwMy4xMDIzMzE6MTo3OnJhLT |archive-date=January 8, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> While the National Park Service took issue with the plan due to the precedent it would set for prospective uses of the arch, it yielded due to a realization that it and Congress were "on the same team" and because the illumination was legally obligatory; on October 25, the plan was carried out.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/national/24arch.html |title=St. Louis Arch to Glow Pink for Anti-Cancer Cause |date=October 24, 2004 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |access-date=January 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200108193100/https://www.webcitation.org/5w0oEBemX?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/national/24arch.html%3F_r=1 |archive-date=January 8, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The previous time the arch was illuminated for promotional purposes was on September 12, 1995,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0EB0832E8A6B5A1B/0D7C12F5A8A2A86A |title='Oz On Ice' Promotion Will Light Up the Arch |last=Berger |first=Jerry |date=September 7, 1995 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |page=1G |access-date=February 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707222949/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%200EB0832E8A6B5A1B%20%29&p_docid=0EB0832E8A6B5A1B&p_theme=aggdocs&p_queryname=0EB0832E8A6B5A1B&f_openurl=yes&p |archive-date=July 7, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> under the management of local companies [[FleishmanHillard|Fleishman-Hillard]] and Technical Productions when a rainbow spectrum was shone on the arch to publicize the debut of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]]' ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1987 musical)#1990s productions|Wizard of Oz on Ice]]'' at the [[Scottrade Center|Kiel Center]].<ref name="Jonsson">{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/105FAFC7B050569C/0D7C12F5A8A2A86A |title=Reflections of Hope |last=Jonsson |first=Greg |date=October 26, 2004 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |page=A1 |access-date=February 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707223106/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%20105FAFC7B050569C%20%29&p_docid=105FAFC7B050569C&p_theme=aggdocs&p_queryname=105FAFC7B050569C&f_openurl=yes&p |archive-date=July 7, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Lighting Dimensions |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GeZUAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Apparently_it%22 |page=20 |volume=20 |year=1996 |journal=Lighting Dimensions Associates }}</ref>