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are secure enough
to make the comfort level
of
immeasurable
The Whoosh Whoosh
of cars crossing
directly above
the basketball court
provides a cosmic
sound effect
to their game
The Whoosh Whoosh
of full length
tractor trailers
crossing directly above
adds exclamation marks
to their game
connecting Long Island
to continental land
of the United States
are too numerous
to mention
But only one of them
was constructed
within a similar timeframe
to a suspension bridge
on the western coastline
of the United States
The Whitestone Bridge
(1937)
and the
(1938)
initiated construction
in consecutive years
The former is also known as
"the Bronx/Whitestone Bridge"
The latter is also known as
You can either use
your imagination
or click on
that hyperlink
to see
what became of
The Tacoma-Narrows Bridge
The only fatality of
that collapsed bridge
was a dog named
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One of these two suspension bridges was designed by
ReplyDeletean architect born in Switzerland and the other one
was designed by a full-blooded American.
Can you guess which was which?
I will answer that question with an exclamatory hyperlink:
ReplyDeleteVIVE Othmar Amman
you Swiss-American genius
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othmar_Ammann
If it weren't for you I never would have dreamt about
the Whitestone Bridge on three consecutive Saturdays
Nor would I ever have become
the Barefoot Handball Champion of Whitestone Park
-Oliverio