The Brooklyn Bridge

Gotta love New York! I grew up in NJ, just 45 minutes from "the City". To try to capture everything the city has to offer in just on "top ten" would be ridiculous. So tonight I thought we would get the process started. Since 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, has stood faithful providing a way to cross the Hudson from Manhattan to Brooklyn or the other way around.

Wikipedia says:

Construction began in January 3, 1870. The Brooklyn Bridge was completed thirteen years later and was opened for use on May 24, 1883. On that first day, a total of 1,800 vehicles and 150,300 people crossed. The bridge's main span over the East River is 1,595 feet 6 inches (486.3 meters). The bridge cost $15.1 million to build and approximately 27 people died during its construction. A week after the opening, on May 30, a rumor that the Bridge was going to break down caused a stampede which crushed and then killed twelve people.At the time it opened, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world — 50% longer than any previously built — and it has become a treasured landmark. Additionally, for several years the towers were the tallest structures in the Western Hemisphere. Since the 1980s, it has been floodlit at night to highlight its architectural features. The bridge is built from limestone, granite, and Rosendale natural cement. The architecture style is Gothic, with characteristic pointed arches above the passageways through the stone towers.

So, here in all of its splendour for your enjoyment... Top Ten Pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge.

View of Manhattan from Brooklyn Park
by Homemade
(make sure you see this one full size!)
Megalith
by Darny

Dark City - from the Brooklyn Bridge

by Arnold Pouteau's

Manhattan Skyline

by karneyli

NEW YORK...NEW YORK
by Julio Salinas
span
by dustin3000

Fish Under the Bridge

by bee.rad

NYC Skyline
by Robin "Evil Bob" A
Dontown Manhattan
by jewast

city under the bridge
by beegee74

"Doesn't Remind Me"

I walk the streets of Japan till I get lost
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
With a graveyard tan carrying a cross
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like studying faces in a parking lot
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like driving backwards in the fog
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything

The things that I've loved the things that I've lost
The things I've held sacred that I've dropped
I won't lie no more you can bet
I don't want to learn what I'll need to forget

I like gypsy moths and radio talk
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like gospel music and canned applause
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like colorful clothing in the sun
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like hammering nails and speaking in tongues
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything

The things that I've loved the things that I've lost
The things I've held sacred that I've dropped
I won't lie no more you can bet
I don't want to learn what I'll need

Bend and shape me
I love the way you are
Slow and sweetly
Like never before
Calm and sleeping
We won't stir up the past
So discretely
We won't look back

The things that I've loved the things that I've lost
The things I've held sacred that I've dropped
I won't lie no more you can bet
I don't want to learn what I'll need

I like throwing my voice and breaking guitars
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like playing in the sand what's mine is ours
If it doesn't remind me of anything

-Audioslave-

As always, thanks to everyone,
Goodnight and of course, Enjoi!