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Feb. 29, 2012 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month: the Moses Bridge

This incredible “sunken” bridge located in the Netherlands is giving visitors a unique way to access a beautiful 17th Century…
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Jan. 16, 2012 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month – Rotterdam Temporary

From Pop-Up City: The International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) and Rotterdam-based architecture firm ZUS have launched the project I Make…
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Dec. 28, 2011 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month – The Arganzuela Bridge and the Madrid Rio

Lots of  links have come in to this front-page story in the New York Times on the Madrid Rio: More…
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Dec. 12, 2011 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month – a proposed ‘urban’ bridge for Montreal

Next American City examines the idea of the ‘urban bridge’ in this article on a proposal for Montreal by Maxim…
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Nov. 01, 2011 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month: Poughkeepsie

Given the interest in the Port-Mann-Bridge-as-park idea, here’s one place that actually did it.  From Treehugger: When it comes to dilapidated railways being…
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Aug. 26, 2011 / Gordon Price

Singapore’s Sky Park: Architecture as Fantasy

Tom Durning sends along some pics of Sky Park, a mixed-use complex in Marina Bay, Singapore designed by Moshe Safdie…
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Aug. 15, 2011 / Gordon Price

Potential Passerelle of the Month

Richard Campbell thinks a proposed project could allow for a needed passerelle across Boundary Road. There is a good opportunity to built…
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Jan. 07, 2011 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month – Gibbs Street, Portland

Haven’t had one of these for awhile: Construction of the Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge is set to begin this month …
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May. 20, 2010 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week: Taiwan

Ronald Chen reports in from Taiwan. I recently visited a brand new bike overpass that connects a botanical garden to…
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Apr. 21, 2010 / Gordon Price

Passerelles of the Month: WXY Architecture

Michael Alexander passes along links to the work of New York’s WXY Architecture + Urban Design. On home ground, they’re…
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Dec. 02, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month: Calgary’s Peace Bridge (cont.)

Good news from Calgary: City of Calgary officials have announced that construction of the “Peace Bridge,” a signature-design by world-renowned…
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Oct. 27, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month: Kurilpa Bridge

Brisbane’s latest passerelle just opened.  (They have five now; see them all in Price Tags 93.)  The $63 million(Aus) ped bridge connects…
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Sep. 02, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month: Ward’s Island

Keeping with the New York theme this week, here’s a submission by Angus Grieve-Smith of what is probably one of…
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Aug. 20, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month: Qingpu (Shanghai)

Andrew Curran sends a long a link to this new pedestrian bridge in the Qingpu district of Shanghai. … this…

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