Unbuilding the Grace and Pearman Bridges
For Sparky and myself, curiosity drives passion which in turn fuels our life's engine. Our passion was capturing the story of both unbuilding the Grace (1929 - 2007) and Pearman (1966 - 2007) Bridges and discovering the unbuilders. It takes a lot of passion to track a project from July 2005 until April 2007 - rain, shine, hurricanes or moving to Singapore. We discovered the joy of discovery learning. Ken Canty opened the front door for us - then Steve Testa, Ponch Billingsley and Mickey Rogers opened many side doors. Below are the highlights of what we discovered, who we met and what we learned.
And a reminder from T.S. Eliot (East Coker from the Four Quartets)
Home is where one starts from. As we grow older The world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicated Of dead and living. Not the intense moment Isolated, with no before and after, But a lifetime burning in every moment And not the lifetime of one man only But of old stones that cannot be deciphered.
The last of the Stonehenge Monuments
Its just two days before Thanksgiving and I have much to be thankful for.
The Cashman / Testa team has provided an inside look at much of the
unbuilding process and one era is drawing to a close - that of the
disappearing Stonehenge Monuments. Here is a view at the base
of the Pearman - Grace Ramp.
Michael is working here today - and his is his view
The East Bay Stonehenge
and a closer look
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C. Frank Starmer