A Pigeon Named JessDec 1, 2022
Doohickie 
The people in the neighborhood wanted a bridge over the creek. The city had no funding for #PedestrianInfrastructure for something like that. But they did get an #art grant, so they hired an artist to create an art installation that would span the creek that people could walk on. I frequently walk my dogs along this creek and yes, over the bridge sometimes.
https://www.dezeen.com/2021/08/06/drift-pedestrian-bridge-fort-worth-texas-volkan-alkanoglu/
Volkan Alkanoglu designs cedar bridge to resemble a driftwood branch

A sculptural timber bridge across a creek in Fort Worth, Texas, was created by Portland designer Volkan Alkanoglu to be installed in just a few hours.

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Nov 30, 2022 at 6:46amWeb
Show threadDoohickie Nov 30, 2022
Huh. This is, by far, my most popular Toot.
Show threadDoohickie Nov 30, 2022
The piece is called Drift and is intended to evoke a piece of driftwood. When it was brand new it had a very nice finish which has quickly faded (as intended... to make it look like driftwood). Some people have complained about that, but I like it personally. The planks are cedar and the bridge has an aromatic smell to it.
Show threadDoohickie Nov 30, 2022
From the artist's website: https://alkanoglu.com/Drift
Drift — Volkan Alkanoglu

Drift Drift, a AIA Indiana Merit Award winning project, is a timber-and-steel pedestrian bridge and has been installed in Fort Worth, TX in Summer...

Show threadMatildaNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie Oh wow. The interior is amazing as well.
Show threadBadwolf303Nov 30, 2022
@Doohickie beautiful! Please everyone click on the link. It’s worth seeing.
Show threadChristine BeetonNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie The bridge even has a bench! This is amazing in so many ways!
Show threadSylNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie I love that so much!
Show threadDoohickie Nov 30, 2022
@sylphrin Me too! It is a nice enhancement to the walking track along the creek.
Show threadsvegressNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie A salutory lesson on what happens when funds are not put aside for #Pedestrianinfrastructure is from Canberra. Five people lost their lives in one downpour https://the-riotact.com/it-was-bedlam-former-police-officer-recalls-the-night-seven-people-died-in-the-woden-flood/433556
"It was bedlam": former police officer recalls the night seven people died in the Woden flood | Riotact

Fifty years on from a one-in-100-year flood at Woden in which seven people drowned, former police officer Blen McInnes still…

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Show threadComrade elronxenuNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie Very smart.
Show threadGrandalf 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘙Nov 30, 2022
@Doohickie Brilliant solution to a social problem. Well done them 👏👏👏
Show threadLily MulhollandNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie I love this!
Show threadMax SannaNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie That's really nice - managed to work with the budgets they had and ended up with something beautiful.
Show threadSue McQuayNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie Good Thinking! #OutOfTheBox
Show threadDr JNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie That is so cool. It's beautiful!
Show threadSharonBergAuthor 🇨🇦Nov 30, 2022
@Doohickie This is fantastic. It actually employs an artist and that bridge is a whole lot more interesting than anything the city would have built! Yeah, a creative approach to finding a solution to the problem.
Show threadalternative_be✅🖖🏻Nov 30, 2022
@Doohickie What a wonderful idea.
Show threadKayhrynTinkNov 30, 2022

@Doohickie

Ah such *practicality* blended with BEE-A-YOU-TI

How Lucky are U to enjoy this masterpiece!
😍 👍

Show threadMarisa PontiNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie this is magnificent!
Show threadStoneface VimesNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie that's wonderful. And so creative.
Show threadOdin HalvorsonNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie This is an awesome example of how we could be designing our cities to be more aesthetic. I also love the gumption of the locals. :D
Show threadLaura J BurnsNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie Creative thinking in so many ways!
Show threadNick HofstedeNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie we should replace all grants by art grants .. the world would be so much nicer ..
Show threadJason SelfNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie That looks quite nice.
Show threadALNov 30, 2022

@Doohickie you got love big organization with all their rules. Its all about what you call something. 🤣

it not #PedestrianInfrastructure its an #artInstallation

I like how it was folks in Portland, OR that were able to help out the folks of Texas when their government couldn't figure out how to connect two parks divided by a creek.
Thanks for the link to the whole story.

Show threadHHNov 30, 2022

@Doohickie

Fantastic, I love it, I'd be walking over it every day!

Show threadDoohickie Nov 30, 2022
@hartsfleurs I do appreciate it; it's a nice piece of infrastructure. Another view, on a rainy night
Show threadHHNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie
Thank you for the new view, it looks so good and what a great way to have a functional piece of art.
Show threadJoJoBNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie I love this.
Show threadStewNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie so good
Show threadPCNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie #HumanistEngineering !!
Show threadDealiahNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie That's creative thinking!
Show threadDocBolusNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie art and practical solutions are not mutually exclusive. Especially when you employ a little creative thinking.
Show threadFacts Nov 30, 2022
@Doohickie fucking win!
Show threadJason, Human, Average Nov 30, 2022
@Doohickie
That's awesome. Civil engineering artists are a subset of artists who don't get enough work, if you ask me.
@pettter
Show threadBenny BonesNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie excellent
Show threadWatchYourRepsSCNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie Brilliant!
Show threadSalathielNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie Ultra-based. Make tékhnē art again!
Show threadGusNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie wow I love this- the idea, the solution, the result
Show threadpositivevibedadNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie that looks awesome!! And GDANG, the politics involved in all of this 😱 haha
Show threadpositivevibedadNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie this is the most beautiful bridge I’ve ever seen.
Show threadAthena Andreadis, PhDNov 30, 2022

@Doohickie

This is wonderful in every dimension: the inventiveness of the solution, the beauty and functionality of the result (especially in a public space). Learning that it's cedar, which means it gains in patina and retains the lovely scent, are lagniappes.There's hope for our species & civilization yet.

Show thread1 3₂+7Nov 30, 2022
@Doohickie Great story and beautiful bridge! Love this kind of creative thinking 😻
Show threadDavid Mitchell Nov 30, 2022

@Doohickie

Imagine if infrastructure was designed to be interesting and beautiful…

The great wonders of the world and its cultural treasures come from societies thinking this way.

Show threadbuwelNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie hey Doohickie :)
Could you give me a more detailed location of the bridge than Fort Worth?
(I'm an openstreetmap nerd and am REALLY curious if the bridge is on the map and how it is tagged 😄)
Show threadDoohickie Nov 30, 2022

@buwel You can see the footings for the bridge in this satellite view: https://goo.gl/maps/CPoZMmRXvnCgUcrH9

And a Google streetview: https://goo.gl/maps/f8x8ADHqeMpaCwxs5

Bevor Sie zu Google Maps weitergehen

Show threadbuwelNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie thanks 😊
Show threadbuwelDec 1, 2022
@Doohickie just FYI: The bridge is not yet in the OpenStreetMap database but I'll change that. The surrounding area is pretty nicely mapped and soon the bridge will show up :)
Show threadDoohickie Dec 1, 2022
@buwel This is cool... someone else is putting the picture into WikiCommons and now this. I'm going to see if I can put a Wiki entry in about it.
Show threadbarefootstacheNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie do you own the rights to the photo?
Show threadDoohickie Nov 30, 2022
@barefootstache I took it, yeah.
Show threadK M HerkesNov 30, 2022

@Doohickie

What a brilliant/subversive use of existing systems to remediate an existing systemic problem!

This kind of action delights my soul.

Show threadChristine BeetonNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie And, just like that, everyone wins!
Show threadHebat Allah Ibrahim 📸Nov 30, 2022
@Doohickie Very creative 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Show threadApril in ExileNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPENov 30, 2022

@Doohickie
Bog standard everyday politics, the daily life of a councillor:

You want to do X. There is money available to do Y. Your job is to deliver something that works like an X and looks like a Y.

Show threadAmy MaxwellNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie Modern problems require modern solutions.
Show threadIsaac Gozzo Nov 30, 2022
@Doohickie very smart people in that city council. Awesome idea, I love it!! 
Show threadJosepha Maly MNNov 30, 2022
@Doohickie Brilliant & Beautiful.