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New vision over Storrow Drive
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The Boston Globe
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March 19, 2008
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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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