Monuments – Golden Gate Bridge at night
To me, the Golden Gate Bridge is most striking at night. The shadows spell out the Deco age with its promise of a modern industrial future, Fritz Lang‘s Metropolis buzzing off in the distance as its inhabitants flit around in their busy lives. But the future never arrived, and instead it sits incongruously atop the smooth boring vehicles that pass beneath. Where are the personal jet packs, the computer guided trams that we were all promised? Ah well, the orange is pretty.
Friday, February 25th, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Monuments – Golden Gate Bridge at night
To me, the Golden Gate Bridge is most striking at night. The shadows spell out the Deco age with its promise of a modern industrial future, Fritz Lang‘s Metropolis buzzing off in the distance as its inhabitants flit around in their busy lives. But the future never arrived, and instead it sits incongruously atop the smooth boring vehicles that pass beneath. Where are the personal jet packs, the computer guided trams that we were all promised? Ah well, the orange is pretty.
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