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maddezmom

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26. Well this is cool but very local

Tue May 21, 2013, 07:46 AM

May 2013

This is where I take my dog once or twice a week. They built a connector bridge!

http://www.chron.com/woodlands/extra/article/George-Mitchell-Nature-Preserve-Pedestrian-Bridge-4199339.php

http://www.springcreekgreenway.org/

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Can you even remember the last time we built anything cool ? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 OP

Clearly you don't appreciate the subtle beauty of a newly built Waffle House. nt onehandle May 2013 #1

...or Wal-Mart. davidn3600 May 2013 #2

Wal-Mart: The ruthlessness of Capitalism and the aesthetics of Communism. :) Bosso 63 May 2013 #36

+1. Though I actually appreciate some of the aesthetics of communism better than walmart's. HiPointDem May 2013 #56

Wow! Bosso 63 Jun 2013 #60

+1 Buzz Clik May 2013 #10

We would have if the jobs bill had passed madokie May 2013 #3

If anyone has ever been to Letchworth State Park in New York... Earth_First May 2013 #4

I appreciate the simplicity of their work so much. Here's an example from Petit Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #34

CCC Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #38

personally i just built four ponds with a hundred yards of streams joining them loli phabay May 2013 #5

That sounds cool. Post some pictures! randome May 2013 #9

i like it, long term i plan to add more, hopefully another four or five ponds loli phabay May 2013 #13

Sort of depends on the parsing of 'we' and 'cool' HereSince1628 May 2013 #6

Pretty cool? That's amazingly beautiful. Go Milwaukee ! nt Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #24

One of the main reasons I quit architecture tridim May 2013 #7

To me, we've turned into a culture of greed and selfishness. Big business and repukes, abeted Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #16

Have you seen "Build It Bigger" on the Science Channel? Tracer May 2013 #8

Yes. Something worthwhile, for the good of all. I know this is probably a private venture Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #11

The Big Dig? pipoman May 2013 #12

I was going to say that, too. Atman May 2013 #14

I agree ! Preserve the beauty and history of the above ground ! nt Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #22

Incredible that anyone even conceived of such a project Atman May 2013 #30

Absolutely transformed Boston. Mopar151 May 2013 #31

Oedo underground loop line in Tokyo. godai May 2013 #41

The brand new World Trade Center in NYC is cool graham4anything May 2013 #15

I often wondered why it took so long but never read up on the subject Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #21

In Minneapolis, on a smallish scale - Morning Dew May 2013 #17

very cool ! I guess people in MN are more open to spending on Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #39

My first driving lesson took me over the steel grate deck of the old Lowry Bridge. Bosso 63 May 2013 #40

Our hillclimb series runs in VT Parks Mopar151 May 2013 #18

1985 Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #19

It's all on the War Channel. woo me with science May 2013 #20

Yup. Drones and Missiles and Fighter Jets. They are SO beautiful ! nt Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #27

*sigh* No, we haven't. HappyMe May 2013 #23

Well this is cool but very local maddezmom May 2013 #26

Okay, that is cool. HappyMe May 2013 #29

The best part is I can walk to it on the regular walking path and then do the hike maddezmom May 2013 #32

That sounds pleasant, especially the part about the shade. HappyMe May 2013 #33

We do have a lot of public parks in my area maddezmom May 2013 #37

I guess it all depends on where you look. kentauros May 2013 #25

We no longer think of the common good marions ghost May 2013 #28

goes hand in hand with the general attitude that pervades the right - no help, no care Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #42

Yes - a fabulous bridge over the Colorado- the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge malaise May 2013 #35

Ummmm....it's not IN Colorado, A HERETIC I AM May 2013 #45

My bad malaise May 2013 #50

Honest mistake! A HERETIC I AM May 2013 #51

I'm very well thank you malaise May 2013 #52

Curiosity is pretty incredible. morningfog May 2013 #43

NASA continues to build stuff that's far more than simply "cool", kentauros May 2013 #47

Dallas High Five Demo_Chris May 2013 #44

The California Conservation Corps nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #46

Yes. opiate69 May 2013 #48

The big dig in boston was a pretty impressive project. hughee99 May 2013 #49

thanks ! great, close, season so far ! nt Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #53

CCC & WPA construction = gorgeous. But I think space program HiPointDem May 2013 #54

From The Ashes RedCappedBandit May 2013 #55

New Bay Bridge? Jesus Malverde May 2013 #57

Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin May 2013 #58

It's been up since 2007 or so but it is cool to me, Portland Arial Tram Bluenorthwest May 2013 #59