The Queensboro BridgeArcadia Publishing, 2008 - 127 Seiten Opened in 1909, the Queensboro Bridge is the longest bridge spanning the East River. The bridge had an immediate and profound effect on the development of Queens from a largely rural area into a bedroom and working community. With its graceful symmetry, the bridge has long been a source of inspiration for artists, songwriters, and authors. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel made it an icon for the 1960s with the song Ã"The 59th Street Bridge Song (FeelinÃ' Groovy),Ã" and more recently it was featured in the movie Spiderman. Through historic photographs, The Queensboro Bridge documents the creation of this cultural icon and its contributions to the history of New York. |
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Queensboro Bridge Greater Astoria Historical Society,Roosevelt Island Historical Society Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2008 |
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60th Street anchor tower Astoria Avenue elevated train Blackwell's Island bridge opened bridge photographer Bridge Plaza bridge's built Chamber of Commerce City Municipal Archives Commerce collection Committee of Forty Company construction Corona Courtesy of GAHS Courtesy of Judith Courtesy of Queens Courtesy of Stephen East River engineering entrance Eugene de Salignac eyebars feet GAHS collection Guastavino tiles Gustav Lindenthal Henry Hornbostel Judith Berdy collection lanes LINE RAPID TRANSIT LINE TROLLEY LINE Long Island City Manhattan anchor Manhattan and Queens Manhattan approach Nickel Steel Northern Boulevard outer roadway photograph by Eugene pier Queens Borough Queens Chamber Queens Plaza Queensboro Bridge QUEENSBORO BRIDGE CELEBRATION Queensboro Plaza rail Railroad RAPID TRANSIT LINE Ravenswood RIHS Second Avenue elevated Steinway Stephen Leone collection subway TH ST tracks traffic transportation TROLLEY LINE TROLLEY truss tunnel upper roadway vehicular Vernon Boulevard Vincent Seyfried walkway Welfare Island workers York City Municipal York Transit Museum
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Seite 7 - Over the great bridge, with the sunlight through the girders making a constant flicker upon the moving cars, with the city rising up across the river in white heaps and sugar lumps all built with a wish out of non-olfactory money. The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.
Seite 7 - ... tombs and medieval chateaux in their size and height. Tom loitered under the shadows, a tiny figure by comparison, wearing a loose sweater. He looked up. He saw that the bridge had the sweep of the sea, the grace and strength of a great work of art, the independence and pride of a beautiful woman, the leaping power of a leopard.
Seite 108 - The many years of Nickel Steel development have contributed to an extensive fund of information concerning the superior properties and many uses of these Alloys. You are invited to consult our staff of engineers and thus draw upon these helpful data.
Seite 10 - In a bridge it is not possible to separate the architectural from the engineering features." Of the two bridges, the Queensboro is more directly Lindenthal's design. He collaborated with architect Henry Hornbostel to design a cantilever span which could match the fantasies of Walt Disney. Despite its enormous size, its lines are gentle and graceful, and its fairytale spires make it an elegant...