Industrial Sublime: How New York City’s Bridges and Rivers Became a Muse of Modernism
How a city of contrasts inspired a generation of artists
When the Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883, a cathedral thirteen years in the making permanently changed the riverscape of New York City. In a short period of time, three other major bridges would join it — the Williamsburg Bridge was begun in 1896, the Manhattan Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge in 1901…
