Architect and engineer . Goodhue, the largemodernistic FordBuilding and thenoble arches of theCabrillo Bridge. Allof these are identi-fying and charac-teristic features ofthe stand distinc-tive, a tower difFer-ent from othertowers, a buildingdifferent from otherbuildings, a bridgedifferent fro motherbridges. The FordBuilding is new: thetower and bridgewere features of thePanama CaliforniaInternational Expo-sition of 1915. It isthe bridge whichhere concerns us. P^ ^^^^^ ^ f c ?<i. CLOSE-UP OF CABRILLO PARK. SAN DIEGO level it rises onehundred thirty R
Architect and engineer . Goodhue, the largemodernistic FordBuilding and thenoble arches of theCabrillo Bridge. Allof these are identi-fying and charac-teristic features ofthe stand distinc-tive, a tower difFer-ent from othertowers, a buildingdifferent from otherbuildings, a bridgedifferent fro motherbridges. The FordBuilding is new: thetower and bridgewere features of thePanama CaliforniaInternational Expo-sition of 1915. It isthe bridge whichhere concerns us. P^ ^^^^^ ^ f c ?<i. CLOSE-UP OF CABRILLO PARK. SAN DIEGO level it rises onehundred thirty Roman archesof twenty-eight footintrados radius spanbetween the wide-faced lofty piers andthe massive endabutments. A twen-ty-four foot road-way, two seven footten inch sidewalks,together with theirhandrails, give anextreme overallbreadth of structureof forty-one feeteight inches. Thegreat two - shaftedpiers are forty - onefeet four inches inbreadth from outerface to outer face,and are twelve feetwide. The pier ^ 33 ?. CABRILLO BRIDGE. BALBOA PARK, SAN DIEGO THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER -^ 34 ^ AUGUST, NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE shafts are twelve feet by thirteen feet eightinches. This bridge is a monument to architec-tural skill and study. True, the Roman archis an old form with which much experiencehas been had. How easy it would havebeen, however, for an inexperienced design-er to have gotten his piers too wide or toonarrow, his crown thickness too slight ortoo great. It is the satisfying nicety andTightness of the proportions that weregiven to the masses here that makes Cab-rillo Bridge the fine accomplishment that itis. No glib progress can improve it. Itis right with the architectural rightness ofa living tree or of a mountain peak as Na-ture fashioned them. And it is notable also for the com-plete absence of decoration. The sixinch handrail coping, offsetting two inchesfrom the face of arch and pier, accentuatesthe separation of bridge from sky. Thetiny light standards upon the h
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