The Innerbelt Bridge is Having Twins
ODOT announced that they'll be replacing the I-90/Innerbelt Bridge with two 5-lane bridges, built one after another. They won't be the "signature bridge" that many have hoped for, but an ODOT spokesperson said "What this committee will do is look at things like lighting and paint color and railings and figure out what works with the landscape of Cleveland...."
Great! We get to pick the shade of lipstick to put on our pig.
Labels: bridge aesthetics, Cleveland OH, constrution, Innerbelt Bridge, signature bridge
Ohio Architects, Engineers and Builders magazine
Within the space of ten minutes yesterday, two completely different people told me about the
Ohio Architects, Engineers and Builders magazine. I'd never heard of it before then, but received an email announcing someone's pleasure at stumbling across it. I then walked out to the reading room in Special Collections and someone else started telling me about it again. No relation between them, either.
Although I haven't looked into it myself yet,
OAEB reportedly published at least in the period 1905 to 1917. It announced new building projects around the metropolitan region and showed photos of many properties, which in particular was what got my informants excited. The publication started out without "Engineers" in the title, but apparently added it later. From what little I saw, it looks to be more about building than anything else, but since builders are socially below architects, perhaps adding architects to the title (and engineers) elevated the status of the publication. Maybe someone else can give a better assessment of it. I understand that it's found at Cleveland Public Library.
Labels: Cleveland Architects Engineers and Builders, Cleveland history, Cleveland Magazine, Cleveland OH, constrution, journal
