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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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Aug. 21, 2008 / Gordon Price

Another City, Another Passerelle

This time it’s Singapore that’s building a low-level pedestrian bridge at Marina Bay: The design is by the Cox Group…
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Jun. 23, 2008 / Gordon Price

A Bridge Too Low?

Yet another starchiect – Zaha Hadid – doing yet another pedestrian bridge (or passerelle, as the French call them), this…
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May. 10, 2008 / Gordon Price

A Passerelle for False Creek

Bravo to The Sun for stoking a discussion on the future of Burrard Bridge – Bridging the Repair Bill Gap. …
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May. 05, 2008 / Gordon Price

The First Dollar

On July 4th, 2004, the people of Redding, CA, celebrated the opening of a footbridge – a spectacular piece of engineering…
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Apr. 01, 2008 / Gordon Price

New Stuff 2 – the Olympic Village Passerelle

It’s just one element along the finished seawall next to what will be the Athlete’s Village for the 2010 Olympics…

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