Sunday, May 27, 2012

Golden Gate Bridge American icon turns 75 Rise of the Planet Apes Sequel Gets Contagion Writer Scott Z. Burns celebrates 75th ... with help Gov. Jerry Brown a model for thinking big engineers San Francisco to celebrate milestone Man who may be last worker dies party means traffic crowds Events Calendar Anniversary Ferry workers promise end oneday strike Rosie Riveter honored at Richmond park Party! Fog You Say Occupy Plans May First Nationwide Strike The Age Inspired Riff anniversary Take knowledge challenge Builder short fete SF Bay is pictureperfect America's Cup venue Video Almanac

The Color, Romance, and Impact of the Golden Gate at 75 Everything you've always wanted to know about the Golden Gate Bridge but never had an eminent scholar around to ask.Library of Congress. The Golden Gate Bridge -- one of the world's most celebrated and ... Events Calendar: Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Music of the Golden Gate Bridge Era Celebrate the 1937 opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. A tenor and three sopranos will present 1930s and '40s songs that forever defined that era. $10 suggested donation. When: May... Golden Gate Bridge party means traffic, crowds There will be plenty of stuff to do around the Golden Gate Bridge Sunday in connection with its 75th birthday party. And if you have no interest in participating in any of them, here are two key words to remember if you... SF Bay is picture-perfect America's Cup venue There we were, bobbing up and down in the choppy waters of San Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate Bridge looming above while 20-knot winds buffeted our inflatable rib boat. Rushing toward us was Oracle Racing's AC45... Golden Gate celebrates 75th ... with help SAN FRANCISCO -- The Golden Gate Bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937. It was the world's longest suspension span and had been built across a strait that critics said was too treacherous to be bridged. Celebrating the other Golden Gate Bridge Late one night in February 1968, Larry Richardson was on the journey of his life. He was on an Army bus near San Francisco, carrying him to a plane that would send him to Vietnam and the combat zone of the Mekong Delta.... 75 Years Ago, A Deadly Day On The Golden Gate Constructing the iconic bridge was a coveted job in Depression-era San Francisco. The work was dangerous, but the men were careful and years passed without a single fatality. Just months before it opened, however, the bridge finally claimed its due — all in a few horrifying seconds. The Golden Gate Bridge historic timeline * 1916: James H. Wilkins, a former structural engineer and then editor for the San Francisco Call Bulletin, proposes a design for spanning Golden Gate Strait. 75 years later, reporter's mom walks the Golden Gate again It's been 75 years since Pat May's mom first crossed the Golden Gate. And that's a heck of a lot of water under the bridge. This weekend, Fredrika May -- aka Fredi, aka G-ma to her broods' broods -- crossed it once again, three of her G-kids in tow, this time to celebrate its birthday, its beauty, and the memories spawned by that yawning span. Golden Gate Bridge marks 75 years since opening against steep odds SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Golden Gate Bridge was a larger than life engineering project undertaken against dangerous odds and it opened 75 years ago on Sunday against vehement protest, at the cost of 11 lives. One of the most astonishing and admired man-made wonders of the world, gracing millions of postcards, featured in countless films, the bridge was not at first welcomed with open arms ...
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