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December 31, 2009
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moderation: 100 Years Later, Still No Respect for a Bridge…. It was Mayor George B. McClellan Jr.’s last public act: an afternoon ride across a bridge so new, it was not quite finished. He led “a little cavalcade of automobiles and carriages” as steam whistles sounded on both sides of the river, The New York Times reported. “Hundreds of Brooklynites stood for hours in the cold,” The Times said, “waiting to greet the mayor and those who accompanied him.” At midnight, Mr. McClellan’s term was over. He left City Hall, 100 years ago on Friday. That makes Thursday the 100th anniversary of the official opening of the Manhattan Bridge. But is anyone talking re-enactment? Not the NYC Bridge Centennial Commission, created to take note of six 100-year anniversaries between 2008 and 2010. (via NYT)

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100 Years Later, Still No Respect for a Bridge….

It was Mayor George B. McClellan Jr.’s last public act: an afternoon ride across a bridge so new, it was not quite finished. He led “a little cavalcade of automobiles and carriages” as steam whistles sounded on both sides of the river, The New York Times reported.

“Hundreds of Brooklynites stood for hours in the cold,” The Times said, “waiting to greet the mayor and those who accompanied him.”

At midnight, Mr. McClellan’s term was over. He left City Hall, 100 years ago on Friday.

That makes Thursday the 100th anniversary of the official opening of the Manhattan Bridge. But is anyone talking re-enactment? Not the NYC Bridge Centennial Commission, created to take note of six 100-year anniversaries between 2008 and 2010. (via NYT)