The Golden Gate Bridge Wants You To Stay Longer, Learn Something
San Francisco's majestic orange gateway, the Golden Gate Bridge, has served as highlight in panoramic film shots, and famously, a protest site for a green-friendly Hollywood actor. It's come to represent the City by the Bay like no other landmark, hence the throngs of tourists and locals that flock to it for photo opportunities, or to see its fantastic details up close.
To augment its beauty, the San Francisco Chronicle reported this week that The National Science Foundation "awarded the bridge district $3 million...to install outdoor exhibits explaining "its engineering and history." For visitors, this offers the chance to soak up some educational details while ogling its impressive construction. During most of our visits to the Bridge, we've seen people cruise by for a quick picture and maybe a moment of reflection, then quickly depart. The installations will, hopefully, remedy this hurried tourist mindset. Reports the Chronicle:
According to bridge and foundation officials, the exhibits will offer something for both sightseers making quick stops as well as students on school field trips and others who want to stay longer. It will be planned in conjunction with the National Park Service and designed to fit into the natural setting of the area, bridge officials said.
The exhibits are projected to open by May 2012, marking the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th anniversary, and are part of a larger plan to "include new restrooms and, eventually, a building housing a museum," the article continues. A dash of history and a convenient restroom stop could be some of the best news bridge visitors have heard in a long time.
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· Golden Gate Bridge adding interactive exhibits [San Francisco Chronicle]
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