Up in the Air, On Top of the Calatrava Bridge

• Mayor Tom's Pierced Taint, if you know where to look you can actually see five other bridges in that photo.

• NewsDog, Oak Cliff has their share of corrupt land schemers. Weren't you following the Bishop Davis Land Use Deal of the Century? And JimS already told us the beautiful visionary people are certified bikos.

• Tsk tsk, NewsDog. Your class envy is showing.

• JUMP!

• jrp, What makes you think people of your ilk, ie oak cliffers, would possibly be allowed to use this bridge. This will be for the exclusive use of the beautiful visionary people who support bad physics and corrupt land scheming.

• Wonder why there's no view of downtown. Oh that's right, its blocked by a prison/courthouse. I hope the inmates/lawyers enjoy the view :)

• Forgive me if Im wrong, but can clearly see 3 other bridges crossing this river from this photo alone, so what was the need for this albatross that cost more than the city can afford?

• Huh. And here I thought this was a view into Tim Rogers' mindscape as he tries ever harder today to recruit more D Magazine turnover, forced to parenthetically announce his own alluring use of sarcasm until the overdue font is finally available.

• I like Wick. He does pomposity and sarcasm like no one else. Even Schutze pales in comparison.

• I commissioned these photos so that everyone can see the great potential of our new park - there will be solar powered water taxis running hourly from new condo towers in west dallas to the ghost bar large misters will soon be circulating mint flavored aroma on a new party bridge the rapids you see below will be transformed into the worlds greatest sewage course imagine the excitement when the levees are covered with gold and the magical bridges to nowhere are completed

• Dallas City Hall has a Facebook page!? What the heck?

• Is it too late to add an observation deck?

• PF, I am so totally working on that.

• Mr. Wilonsky - You any closer to getting that sarcasm font up and running?

• whatever, dude, as i said, i look forward to this bridge helping my commute...that's all i wasn't for the bridge's construction and said as much in this space, but i accept it for what it is: political folly that people like Wick will point to and say: "see that there? that shows how progressive and world class Dallas is" again, whatever i just hope it shortens the commute for me and all my hipster doofus friends over in the Cliff

• Can't we have a single post without Oak Cliff coming up? Look at ME Look at ME!

• talk about kettle and pot, wick calls grumpy demo myopic and then calls this metropolis world class still, i live in oak cliff and hope this bridge opens up traffic somewhat for those of us that will actually use it

• @Spectator: Keep in mind that most of your real-estate profits would have to go towards paying your flood insurance premiums.

• Suspense is building, indeed.

• Wow... the Trinity looks so small from way up there.

• Grumpy Demo, Your myopia is befitting of your namesake. Need I remind you that this magnificent addition to Dallas' profile is the direct result of civic-minded largesse? Cast about, and you'll find scant is the city which wouldn't welcome such homegrown visionaries as those to whom Dallas lays claim. See also: the fine folks who doubtless hold you in your employ, and who shape the future even as you grumble about the present. Three cheers to them! I, for one, am all ears vis-a-vis the plans you would deign grace our growing world-class metropolis. But alas, thus far, same have not been forthcoming. --W

• Wow, look at all those levees that need to be fixed! Too bad we spent all this money on a vanity project like this bridge.

• Think what all that property will be worth some day. Why, if I were a real-estate speculator . . .

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