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Article: On Curacao, Queen Emma is a real swinger
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 24, 1988
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao On the Caribbean isle of Curacao, Her Highness
is a real swinger. Crowned Queen Emma in 1888, this centenarian
never sleeps, serving her subjects by land and by sea day and night.
She's a pretty gal, under her arches of white lights spanning
two waterfronts. Busy, too, swinging open to harbor traffic some 30
times a day. When she's closed, pedestrians scramble across her
floating walkway to get from either side to the other of Curacao's
capital, Willemstad.
Queen Emma is a pontoon bridge, a beloved attraction in Curacao.
At night, she twinkles on Santa Anna Bay like strings of stars. By
day, her sleek lines are a flurry of color - Curacaoans' dress is as
bright as ...