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The Vancouver area was once a group of separate villages accessible to each other mainly by water. Vancouver’s bridges changed that: they are the links that keep the various parts of the Lower Mainland together. They may not be world-famous, but we like them and many, especially those who use them daily, identify with them. These photographs by Leonard Frank and Otto Landauer document local bridge construction – they all emphasize bridges as ‘structure’. Now, in 2010, they also show the effort that went into making it possible for cars to navigate Greater Vancouver’s cities and towns – what you see here is money and effort dedicated to aiding automobile circulation. Traffic, which until 1960 had been directed at local trips, such as shopping within Kerrisdale, became a regional experience, as it remains today. The exhibition texts discuss the histories of our bridges as well as offering a sampling of literature taking ‘the bridge’ as its subject. The exhibition is circulated by the Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia. Thanks to Mick Henry for sharing his archive of bridge memorabilia with the SFU Gallery.
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