The Cherry Street Bridge, opened in 1931 and officially known as Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge. But less well-known is that it was designed by Joseph Strauss, designer…
With apologies to They Might Be Giants, I’ve been spoiled by Morocco. Again. In Istanbul, I was hoping for, and indeed expecting, a city teetering on the edge of two worlds. Straddling Europe and Asia, on the edge of the Middle East (Turkey’s neighbor to the east is Iraq), I expected crazy.