It must be a slow day. Forgive me. This may well be the dumbest post ever posted. Even by me (and that takes something). Ignore it if you wish (I know I would). However... This one is so crazy, a "problem" that cannot be connected. Here we go... Chicago's downtown and skyline have everything imaginable for total greatness except for one thing: a major bridge, beautifully suspended. Our waters are either too wide to cross (Lake Michigan) or too narrow for grandeur (Chgo River). The result: not one fabulous view of a major bridge coming into our downtown area (no Brooklyn Bridge into lower Manhattan or Queensboro into Midtown, no Bay Bridge into SF; hell, not even Milw's I-784 looping up right south of downtown. Cincy, Philly, Pgh, Boston, DC, StL, NO, Miami, Mpls, SD, and others put us to shame. I don't have a solution. The best I could come up with is add another channel from river to lake near McC Pl, making the Loop and South Loop an island and bridge that gap with a magnifcent bridge as part of LSD. I know. It won't happen. And I'm just being childish here, but, DAMN, I'd sure like a major downtown bridge, the grandest of grand entrances to downtown.> |
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