Granite City, Illinois

Everything Granite City is known for

1 song mention this city 1 artist from here

Music in Granite City

Songs About Granite City

The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
Sufjan Stevens
39%
"Trail of Tears and Horseshoe Lake. Hallelu-"

Artists From Granite City

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Aubory Bugg
country Pop: 37

Rivers & Roads in Song near Granite City

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Granite City.

Mississippi River 135 songs U.S. Route 66 11 songs Interstate 44 3 songs Missouri River 7 songs

Musical Heritage

Chuck Berry's Duck-Walk Statue RoadyGoat

2011

In the Delmar Loop at 6555 Delmar Boulevard stands an eight-foot bronze of Chuck Berry, guitar slung high, frozen mid duck-walk. Sculpted by Harry Weber and dedicated on July 29, 2011, it sits across the street from Blueberry Hill, the club where Berry — a St. Louis native — played a standing monthly gig for years, well into his eighties. Berry was the first artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and lyrics from his anthems are set into the granite plaza around the statue. He died in 2017 at age 90; a memorial gathering filled the Loop. (Note: the statue went up in 2011, while Berry was still alive and still playing the club a few doors down.)

9.0 mi away

History of Granite City

The Gateway Arch RoadyGoat

1963

The Gateway Arch rises 630 feet over the Mississippi riverfront in St. Louis, the centerpiece of Gateway Arch National Park. It is exactly as wide as it is tall, 630 feet each way, clad in stainless steel and shaped as a weighted catenary, the curve a hanging chain makes when flipped upside down. Designed by architect Eero Saarinen, it is the tallest monument in the United States and the tallest stainless steel monument in the world. Construction ran from February 1963 to October 28, 1965, when the final keystone section was set, at a cost of about thirteen million dollars. A tram system inside each leg carries visitors to an observation deck at the top. It commemorates the westward expansion of the nation and Thomas Jefferson's role in it.

5.6 mi away

Gateway Arch

1963

The 630-foot stainless steel catenary arch on the St. Louis riverfront, designed by Eero Saarinen, commemorates the city's role as the gateway to the West.

5.6 mi away

Old Courthouse - Dred Scott Case

1846

The St. Louis courthouse where Dred Scott first filed suit for his freedom in 1846, a case that reached the Supreme Court and helped trigger the Civil War.

5.6 mi away

Cahokia Mounds

600

UNESCO World Heritage Site preserving the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico, which at its peak around 1100 AD had a population rivaling contemporary London.

5.7 mi away

Scott Joplin House State Historic Site

1900

The St. Louis apartment where Scott Joplin composed several of his ragtime masterpieces, including The Entertainer, during the height of the ragtime era.

5.4 mi away

Anheuser-Busch Brewery

1852

The historic St. Louis brewery campus where Adolphus Busch pioneered pasteurized beer, refrigerated railcars, and built America's largest brewing company.

7.8 mi away

Forest Park - 1904 World's Fair Site

1904

Forest Park hosted the 1904 World's Fair, which introduced ice cream cones, hot dogs, and iced tea to mainstream America and drew nearly 20 million visitors.

8.6 mi away

Things to Do in Granite City

historical 5.6 mi away
Gateway Arch

630 feet of gleaming stainless steel. The tallest man-made monument in the US.
quirky 5.5 mi away
City Museum

A surreal playground for adults built from salvaged city infrastructure. Caves slides and a school bus hanging off the roof.
food 10.7 mi away
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard

St. Louis frozen custard so thick they serve it upside down since 1929.
quirky 9.0 mi away
World's Largest Catsup Bottle

A 170-foot water tower shaped like a Brooks ketchup bottle in Collinsville IL.

Everything Near Granite City

86 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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