The beautifully engineered Fulton Road bridge [1]was scheduled to be demolished today...like so many other beautiful and neglected structures [2] it was "condemned" for being built too well. It is fitting that it will not come down without a fight [3]. Built too well...an epitaph that could be applied to so many abandonned and condemned properties in Cleveland. But politicians and contractors need to make money [4], so everyone (main stream media especially) shyed away from this story--a story that includes human and environmental elements--families that filed a lawsuit to try and prevent the taking of their property and the destruction of an historic WPA-era stone wall and graceful elm trees [5]. Can anyone name a recent civic structure [6] built to compare to the solid grace and beauty of the Fulton Rd. bridge? See Hunter Morrison's thoughts on bridges [7].
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