- known ▁works , ▁" The ▁Way ", ▁was ▁completed ▁by ▁Alexander ▁Liber man ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁Con struct ed ▁from ▁eigh teen ▁salv aged ▁steel ▁oil ▁t anks , ▁the ▁sculpt ure ▁is ▁ ▁tall , ▁ ▁wide , ▁and ▁ ▁deep , ▁and ▁we igh s ▁. ▁It ▁is ▁painted ▁cad m ium ▁red . ▁The ▁park ▁website ▁describes ▁the ▁sculpt ure ▁as ▁a ▁modern ist ▁work , ▁" me ant ▁to ▁represent ▁the ▁a we - in sp iring ▁impact ▁of ▁classical ▁Greek ▁tem ples ▁and ▁m amm oth ▁Goth ic - style ▁c athed r als " ▁and ▁mode led ▁on ▁post ▁and ▁l int el ▁architecture . ▁ ▁" The ▁Way " ▁was ▁composed ▁on - site ▁in ▁a ▁clear ing ▁later ▁named ▁" W ay ▁Field ". ▁The ▁work ▁was ▁fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁National ▁End ow ment ▁for ▁the ▁Arts ▁and ▁a ▁don ation ▁by ▁Al vin ▁J . ▁S item an . ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁it ▁was ▁restored ▁by ▁two ▁workers ▁using ▁a ▁hyd ra ul ic ▁lift ▁and ▁ ▁of ▁paint . ▁ ▁The ▁St . ▁Louis ▁Post - Dispatch ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁" icon ic ", ▁while ▁another ▁St . ▁Louis ▁newspaper , ▁the ▁River front ▁Times , ▁described ▁the ▁sculpt ure ▁as ▁having ▁become ▁" a ▁symbol ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁park ▁and ▁the ▁city ". ▁ ▁Other ▁works ▁by ▁notable ▁artists ▁▁ ▁" Face ▁of ▁the ▁Earth ▁# 3 " ▁( V ito