Bridgewalkers: A New Series

bridgeThere’s something addictive about walking over the Williamsburg Bridge. There must be, as every day, so many of your fellow neighborhoodies walk the 1.4-mile walk, a hundred feet in the air. The industrial latticework of red fading into Pepto Bismol may not be one of architecture’s greatest aesthetic accomplishments, but its quirkiness makes for a fitting and functional connection between Williamsburg’s laid-back land of artists and the bustling downtown resources of lower Manhattan. It’s also grounding and refreshingly tactical, an optimal place for clearing/organizing your mind.


We’re taking the opportunity to interview people on the bridge to find out what exactly makes the trek over the water so appealing. So if I throw myself in front of your bike one day, please consider stopping to answer some questions, or at least try not to run me over. Check out the first installment just below this post, and let us know when and why you walk the bridge.

 

Posted by Stacey on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 in Environment, Latest News. Comment, or trackback. RSS 2.0.

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