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New York's Golden Age of Bridges (Hardcover)
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New York's Golden Age of Bridges (Hardcover)
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Bridges to me are a connection, not just joining two landmasses,
but an emotional state, one that acts as an invisible thread
binding the past and future.
--Antonio Masi
In New York's Golden Age of Bridges, artist Antonio Masi teams up
with writer and New York City historian Joan Marans Dim to offer a
multidimensional exploration of New York City's nine major bridges,
their artistic and cultural underpinnings, and their impact
worldwide.
The tale of New York City's bridges begins in 1883, when the
Brooklyn Bridge rose majestically over the East River, signaling
the start of America's "Golden Age" of bridge building. The
Williamsburg followed in 1903, the Queensboro (renamed the Ed Koch
Queensboro Bridge) and the Manhattan in 1909, the George Washington
in 1931, the Triborough (renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) in
1936, the Bronx-Whitestone in 1939, the Throgs Neck in 1961, and
the Verrazano-Narrows in 1964. Each of these classic bridges has
its own story, and the book's paintings show the majesty and
artistry, while theessays fill in the fascinating details of its
social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental history.
America's great bridges, built almost entirely by immigrant
engineers, architects, and laborers, have come to symbolize not
only labor and ingenuity but also bravery and sacrifice. The
building of each bridge took a human toll. The Brooklyn Bridge's
designer and chief engineer, John A. Roebling, himself died in the
service of bridge
building. But beyond those stories is another narrative--one that
encompasses the dreams and ambitions of a city, and eventually a
nation.
At this moment in Asia and Europe many modern large-scale,
long-span suspension bridges are being built. They are the progeny
of New York City's Golden Age bridges. This book comes along at the
perfect moment to place these great public projects into their
historical and artistic contexts, to inform and delight artists,
engineers, historians, architects, and city planners. In addition
to the historical and artistic perspectives, New York's Golden Age
of Bridges explores the inestimable connections that bridges
foster, and reveals the extraordinary impact of the nine Golden Age
bridges on thecity, the nation, and the world.
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