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New vision over Storrow Drive

THE ARTHUR FIEDLER footbridge is named for a beloved conductor and links two of Boston's most vital public spaces. And yet the bridge brings no joy at all. Crossing from the Charles River Esplanade over Storrow Drive toward the western corner of the Public Garden involves disorienting changes of direction on both ends of the narrow bridge. As bicyclists bump into runners, and as runners bump into walkers, it's hard to remember that the Public Garden and Fiedler's former haunt, the Hatch Shell, are only a few hundred yards apart.

Now Mayor Menino is asking the right question: Is this the best we can do? In a recent speech before the Municipal Research Bureau, Menino floated a grand idea - ...

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