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Great East River Bridge 1883-1983 W/ dust jacket
Great East River Bridge 1883-1983
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
180 pages Name stamped on top edge, name stamped on title page, slightly warped.
Copyright 1983
CONTENTS
Preface Williard C. Butcher Chairman of the Board The Chase Manhattan Bank 7
Foreword Michael Botwinick Director, 1974-1982 The Brooklyn Museum, Linda S. Ferber Acting Director, 1983 The Brooklyn Museum8
1869-1883-1983Deborah Nevins Architectural Historian10
ChronologyBarbara Head Millstein Associate Curator Sculpture Garden The Brooklyn Museum123
The BuildersDavid McCullough Biographer and Historian127
Crossing the River: The AlternativesBarbara Head Millstein140
Urban Design: The Bridge and Prospect ParkAlbert Fein Professor of History and Urban Studies, serving as Chairman of the Department of Urban Studies, Brooklyn Center of Long Island University 148
The Bridge as IconLewis Kachur Art Historian153
The Next Hundred YearsSteven S. Ross Writer, Teacher, and Consultant on the effects of technology on society172
Selected Filmography Charles Reichenthal Program and Public Relations Director, Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association178
Selected Bibliography180
PREFACE
It is no surprise that the Brooklyn Bridge ranks high on everyone's list of wonders of the modern world. It is an immense, complex, and awesome structure. It is functional and beautiful. It has stood for one hundred years and links two boroughs of a great city-and the past with the present.
But the Brooklyn Bridge is also a symbol of the American spirit. The spirit that moved the project was the same that opened the West and built a great Industrial Revolution. This spirit was based on a firm belief in American technology, industry, and democracy.
Chase is proud to be a part of this centennial observance of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, because we believe that that spirit remains the key to our nation's future.
The hundred years since the Bridge's opening have seen an extraordinary growth in our country. As the original engineers could build a bridge to last one hundred years-to carry traffic of a kind and amount unthinkable in 1883-so can we, with the same kind of perseverance and dedication, prepare for a sound and prosperous nation one hundred years into the future.
The message of the Bridge is that it can be done, and Chase is delighted to bring that message to all the people of America on behalf of the people of New York.
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