Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sir Norman Foster's bridge was locally christened (and nationally known) as the "Wibbly-Wobbly Bridge" due to the oscillations, he (or his engineers) screwed up on the construction (well.. he's a designer and architect) The bridge was closed for quite a time until they got the problems sorted out. That said, he made a wonderful job of the Reichstag in Berlin. Douglas Peter Dzwig wrote: > pswango@att.net wrote: > >> Peter Dzwig wrote: >> >> "London's controversial Millenium Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral from >> an unusual >> angle >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album164/MilleniumBridge200505"; >> >> Nice shot, Peter. Why is the bridge controversial? Looks terrific to >> me. Too modern? >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > The bridge, the first wholly new bridge to be put up in this part of > London for about a hundred and something years, is a purely foot bridge. > Designed using all the latest technology and the very best engineering > practice(?), I think by Foster it opened for the Millenium. When the > crowds swarmed over it it started to oscillate in a most unpleasant way > and had to be closed for (if I remember right) 18 months. > > The Press of course kicked up a fuss, hence "controversial". > > It is now open, very safe apparently and a great link between Bankside > and the Tate Modern, where the photos were taken, and the City of London > around St.Paul's. > > Peter Dzwig > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >