yin_yang
Active Member
an epic bridge.
an epic bridge.
neither of those will ever be as "epic" (extravagant, thrilling, memorable, etc.) as tokyo's bridges or san francisco. but i guess you can't have it all in any city.
re: the Viaduct's illumination. It appears we may be cheapening the project and only illuminating the luminous suicide veil. Kinda sucks, considering the arches are arguably way more important to show off at night. That ironwork makes the Viaduct pretty epic IMO.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...iaduct-as-originally-planned/article22741244/
It's quite clear that we're not going to ever get anything like Golden Gate or Brooklyn Bridge. And that silly suspension bridge idea over the rail corridor that I used to see brought up? I can't see that ever happening. We're more like what ehlow says about Chicago. Cool, but smaller bridges. But arguably better than Chi since we're at least not flat as all hell. And we have some great concrete arch bridges (even one hidden under tons of earth in Trinity Bellwoods).
Does the Burlington Skyway count? lol.
there are certainly some bridges that could be epic. The 401 bridge over Hoggs Hollow is one, they say it is the widest bridge in the world already. You barely even notice you are on a bridge when driving on it, especially if you are in the express.
I'm not familiar with Toyko, but with SF & NYC the famous bridges are built between large landmasses (Long Island to Manhattan or the SF peninsula to Oakland & the northern landmass (not sure what it's called)).
Chicago has cool, but smaller and less iconic bridges over a river.
So where would you build an "epic" bridge in Toronto, besides the current bridges over the ravines? The only thing I can think of is to the islands, but even in that case, it likely would be a smaller pedestrian only bridge.
that's what kills me most, that there really is no place to build a big bridge to.
I'm not familiar with Toyko, but with SF & NYC the famous bridges are built between large landmasses (Long Island to Manhattan or the SF peninsula to Oakland & the northern landmass (not sure what it's called)).