One of the benefits of working for engineers is that I get to see all their trade magazines. I picked up this month’s copy of Aspire, the concrete bridge magazine and was surprised by the loveliness of the image on the cover.
Art piece? Concept Drawing? Nope and nope – it’s the Canyon Park Freeway Station in Bothell.
There is hope for us yet, Seattle! Large cement structures can be beautiful and (relatively) inexpensive! Attention SDOT & Sound Transit – can we get something like this for the Pike/Pine overpasses over I5? That’d be great.
PS Even more beautiful – Maple Avenue Bridge in Redmond, Oregon.
less ugly… maybe, Beautiful… not quite
The image on the cover of Aspire was just of the columns on the bridge, which are my favorite feature. The bridge as a whole – ok. The column design – lovely (sigh, Art Deco).
I will stand behind my opinion that the Maple Avenue Bridge is beautiful. Then again, I’m fond of simple soaring lines.