"Busch Stadium for years stood as one of the finest examples of modern civic architecture in St. Louis, a companion piece to the Arch. This photograph immortalizes the grace and materiality of the exposed structure as well as the circular motif formed into the delicate concrete eave. Few were aware that the stadium plan in itself was a pure circle and that the design architect, Edward Durrell Stone, repeated that form as a detail, thereby demonstrating that modern architecture could be interpreted in ways as rich and varied as what people generally associate with more historic styles so prevalent in this city."

   - Louis R. Saur,
 Fellow - American Institute of Architects (AIA)

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