Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge
By Kevin Starr
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The Golden Gate Bridge links the urbanity of San Francisco with the wild
headlands of Marin County, as if to suggest the paradox of California
and America itself-the place that Fitzgerald saw as the last spot
commensurate with the human capacity for wonder. The bridge, completed
in 1937, also announced to the world America's engineering prowess and
full assumption of its destined continental dominance. The Golden Gate
is a counterpart to the Statue of Liberty, pronouncing…
headlands of Marin County, as if to suggest the paradox of California
and America itself-the place that Fitzgerald saw as the last spot
commensurate with the human capacity for wonder. The bridge, completed
in 1937, also announced to the world America's engineering prowess and
full assumption of its destined continental dominance. The Golden Gate
is a counterpart to the Statue of Liberty, pronouncing…
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Art, Architecture & PhotographyHistoryNonfictionArchitectureUnited States HistoryHistory & Criticism - ArchitectureGeographic Locations - ArchitectureBuilding Types - ArchitectureIndividual Architects & BuildingsUnited States History - Western, Plains & Rocky Mountain RegionModerne/1930s ArchitectureU.S.A. - Western U.S. ArchitectureBridge ArchitectureU.S. - Individual Buildings & DesignsCalifornia - Major Cities - History



