Posts Tagged ‘Crook Point Bridge’
Stick by our “stuck bridge”. Enough! – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer As usual, city authorities, including Mayor Elorza, are trying to find new ways of screwing up Providence by throwing non-existent money at it. In this case, they want to take a perfectly good old 1908 bridge, stuck engagingly in the up position for half a century,…
Read MoreVision for Providence Bridge area raises questions on city’s capability to maintain, fund, assure public safety
In a press conference on the site of the Crook Point Bridge, the city of Providence Planing and Development Department and the Mayor of Providence, Jorge Elorza, presented the winning design for a new vision of the Crook Point Bridge. The design was chosen by a committee from one of five semi-finalists, having been culled…
Read MoreSave the Crook Point Bridge
I say it’s art! Save the Crook Point Bridge By David Brussat, Architecture Here and There Call me a stick in the mud, but climbing the 111-year-old Crook Point Bascule Bridge stuck in the up position since 1976 is not on my bucket list. However, since the last train chugged across the Seekonk River, pimpled…
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