Comments on: 10th Street Bridge http://deepblade.net/journal/2006/08/10th-street-bridge.html Cutting through the effects of the US empire Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:58:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jeff http://deepblade.net/journal/2006/08/10th-street-bridge.html#comment-659 Jeff Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:37:25 +0000 http://deepblade.net/journal/2006/08/10th-street-bridge.html#comment-659 Wow, do those photos bring back memories. I don't get to St. Cloud much these days but the new bridge never had the same small-town feel that the old one had. I have to admit that when I was a high schooler driving across the old bridge on a Friday night crossing the Mississippi was a bit nerve wracking. But you are right that something short of this megalopulous would have been a better way to go. The people voted twice for a smaller bridge but their votes were overturned by the Mayor and braintrust in the city. I remember the old dam too. It had that nineteenth century feel to it that is lost now. The loss of the WPA stone walls would be especially sad. There were no walls like that on the West side of the city. But on the East side the walls and gardens set a tone as you drove around. When that's gone what's left? Wow, do those photos bring back memories. I don’t get to St. Cloud much these days but the new bridge never had the same small-town feel that the old one had. I have to admit that when I was a high schooler driving across the old bridge on a Friday night crossing the Mississippi was a bit nerve wracking. But you are right that something short of this megalopulous would have been a better way to go. The people voted twice for a smaller bridge but their votes were overturned by the Mayor and braintrust in the city.

I remember the old dam too. It had that nineteenth century feel to it that is lost now.

The loss of the WPA stone walls would be especially sad. There were no walls like that on the West side of the city. But on the East side the walls and gardens set a tone as you drove around. When that’s gone what’s left?

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