Paint Drawings of Sacramento Landmarks I
June 17, 2009 at 1:06 pm Leave a comment
The Tower Bridge
The Tower Bridge connects Sacramento to West Sacramento and Yolo County. Back when it opened in 1935 that was a pretty big deal. Now most folks just use Hwy 80.
There are lots of good things about the Tower Bridge:
* It’s a vertical lift drawbridge so if you happen to be driving a big boat down the Sacramento River you can totally get through town.
* The Tower Bridge lended it’s name to the Tower Theatre in 1938 which in turn gave its name to Tower Records. Remember Tower Records? Yeah, me neither. But if I did, I’d know that R5 Records sits where Tower Records used to be and their owners look oddly similar.
* The view from the Tower Bridge straight down Capitol mall to the Capitol building is pretty solid.
Oh and rememebr the time we, the people of Sacramento, got to vote to change the color of the bridge from respectable orange to whatever yellowy color it is now? We got duped on that one. The computer generated image made it look so glorious in gold. It’s still nice enough I guess.
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