The Bridge herself from a shot I took in May of this year up at the Marin Headlands north of the City. This area is part of the Presidio National REcreation Area. It was formally Camp Baker, a 19th and early 20th Century army outpost with bunkers up on the hills to ward off attack by sea. No hostilities ever occurred.
The Golden Gate Bridge always makes my heart skip a beat when I have driven over it. It was supposed to be impossible to build but it was. From 1933 to 1937, in the teeth of the Great Depression, one of the man-made wonders of the world rose from this great meeting of ocean, mountains and one of the most beautiful cities in North America.
It is a melancholy place as well, given the fog and such. Over 1,300 people have taken there lives here since it has been opened. Still, for most visitors, this is a grand spectacle that's hard to find anywhere else.
Some of the other photos were taken on my way back from The City, north along Interstate Five.
wonderful my daughter lives not far from the bridge-
ReplyDeleteSee, I love this place. Big things. Things we were never supposed to have built.
ReplyDeleteThings from the Colosseum to Hoover Dam. I love the Golden Gate Bridge. It tells me that we might have hope, after all....
How great a place to call home!!
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ReplyDeleteI couldn't have said it better, Astra! Such against-all-odds structures can give us all hope.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see these pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge and northern California, they reminded me of my own trip around those parts a few years ago. The Bridge is indeed an amazing feat of engineering, but more than that it was also a symbol of triumph over economic adversity following the Wall Street Crash in 1929. As an infrastructural project (like the building of Highway 1) it's construction helped to mitigate the effects of the Great Depression in California.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these images Doug, the museum looks fascinating and the murals are great too.
Exactly AA! Like the video below covered, many thought the idea of a suspension bridge across the vast entry to the Pacific from the SF Bay was a pipe-dream. They were wrong, and major dams and bridges went up all over America despite similar skepticism.
ReplyDeleteA lot of roads and smaller bridges were built in part with state and federal programs designed to create infastructures, and relieve unemployment. The bridge is a great symbol of a peaceful project, and, as you know, its one of the great landmarks of the nation.
Thanks for your comments.
Spectacular Doug!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting to say the least.
ReplyDeleteAmazing picture again if I may say. You can see the city from where you took the picture.
ReplyDeleteIt's really a scenic little bridge, Jack. Very new for this area at least.
ReplyDeleteThe Tower over at the De Young really is a great showplace. You can see most of Golden Gate Park from the observation deck, as well as downtown and the Golden Gate Bridge. A one-of-a-kind view!
ReplyDeleteThis was taken from the Marin Headlands, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. I was lucky to get such a clear day to stop up there. It really is worth the walk.
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