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Dec. 09, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Nashville

Kentuckian Tony Minton reports in from Tennessee: Just returned from weekend in Nashville, TN. Whenever we go, I try to…
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Dec. 04, 2008 / Gordon Price

A Bridge to Somewhere

The comments to the post below on congestion almost immediately returned to the issue of the Burrard Bridge. Having just…
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Dec. 01, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Pakistan

From Wendy Waters: If you’re looking for a different take on the Passerelle concept, I thought these photos are probably…
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Nov. 23, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week – Charing Cross

Marc Lee, the Policy Alternatives guy, has just returned from London and brings back some fresh shots of a new…
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Nov. 01, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Poughkeepsie

A rehabilitated railway bridge over the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie will be, according to the promoters, the longest pedestrian bridge…
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Oct. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Linz

John Wilson sends in this entry for a bridge over the Danube River in Linz, Austria, by the firm of…
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Sep. 29, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Singapore

The Henderson Waves Bridge in Singapore: At 36 metres above Henderson Road, Henderson Waves is the highest pedestrian bridge in…
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Sep. 17, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelles in Calgary

No shortage of irony here: just as “Get Moving B.C.” is comparing us to Calgary to justify more bridges for cars,…
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Sep. 12, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Venice

Brice Maryman of Seattle sends in this passerelle in Venice by Calatrava – a bridge that not everyone in Venice…
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Aug. 29, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-London

Stephen Rees asks whether anyone has sent a pic of the Millennium Footbridge in London – the newest passerrelle with the highest profile…
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Aug. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelles – Even More Bridge Love

PT reader John sent in some links to his favourites: Another view from this one of the Millennium Bridge in…
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Aug. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Bridge Love (continued)

Keep ’em coming, folks.  Here’s a favoured passerelle from PT reader Chris: The Esplanade Riel was built in Winnipeg a…
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Aug. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle – Personal Favourites

Here’s Rob Richings favourite passerelle – the Millennium Bridge in Newcastle, UK – mentioned in the Observer article. The bridge…
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Aug. 27, 2008 / Gordon Price

Loving the Bridge

More bridges, (passerelle division). Stephen Bayley of The Observer writes here about the love affair architects have with pedestrian bridges:…

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