The Brooklyn Bridge is unambiguously New York City. Everyone knows it. It’s even currently featured in a prominent auto insurance television commercial. A film poster or scene from a movie is simply not needed here. While my next trip to the Brooklyn Bridge will not be spurned on by a scene from a film, it will be due to tracking history.
A few years ago, The New York City Department of Transportation uncovered a nuclear fallout shelter near the main entrance ramp of the bridge on the Manhattan side (Fallout Shelter Discovered in the Brooklyn Bridge) . I’ve seen fallout shelters signs in old public schools, but I have never physically been inside of one. Even if I can’t enter the shelter, sitting there for a few moments and thinking of an era when a nuclear attack was a constant and real threat may help me to understand the Cold War era a little bit better.
Tracing a historical trail is not in the cards today. The current high in the Big City is 24 degrees. Again, I am left to reminisce about warmer days. And, this time, the beauty, mystery, and intrigue that the Brooklyn Bridge offers.
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| Looking uptown to the Midtown Skyline. Largest building is the Empire State Building. Further north and to the right of the Empire State Building is the Chrysler Building. |
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| Looking south towards the Financial District. |
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