What I learned from theses different articles about the Brooklyn Bridge was how it was linked to Progressivism. There were different articles not even from the New York area. In my opinion the Brooklyn Bridge was a ideal example of the progressivism era, because it was a social movement the citizen in Brooklyn and Manhattan had to get to the other side of the east river but the ferry boats were not most affiant. The building of the bridge was dangerous. Covered by a newspaper in Louisiana about one of the bridges cabled snapped, and it flying around killed some people, working conditions were not ideal. The thought and what the bridge would bring to NYC was in the theme of Progressivism. When I was looking at the different articles and what they wanted the bridge to be for was very similar to the High line. The bridge would be for pedestrians and horses and carriages to safely transport them, similar to the High Line they builders wanted to get the people off the busy street. Mr. CC Martin said about the narrowing at the top of the two towers was "gives a relief to the gloomy heaviness." The builders of the bridge wanted to be pretty and nice and strong on its own like the progressive era and what it stood for and citizens social movement.
List of articles used:
Connecticut Herald, November 17, 1829, Bridge across the East River
Albany Evening Journal, September 27,1870, A Marvelous Accident in the Caisson of the East River Bridge
Times-Picayune, June 20, 1878, One of the Bridge's Cables Snaps
Annapolis Gazette, May 13, 1873, The Great East River Bridge
St. Albans Daily Messenger, August 29, 1876, Stringing the Cables
St. Albans Daily Messenger, April 3, 1883, The Brooklyn Bridge Informally Opened
Trenton Evening Times, May 26, 1883, A Vivid and Well Connected Account of Thursday's Great Celebration
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, May 31, 1883, Frightful Panic on the Great Thoroughfare
Gnarly! Love this.
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