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The clouds in the picture add to the effect, but this is striking. Much nicer than the old Glenn Jackson.

Moving it wouldn't have less regard for the river than what I've heard about so far. Basically, that's just paving it over.

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You make perfect sense; letting the glide path control either the height or alignment of this thing is pure madness.

So how'd it get this far? Why doesn't Vancouver's eminent domain apply?

So far, bridge proponents seem at the brink of putting a whole lot of slow moving and cumbersome institutional momentum behind a drab, unworkable, unproven, and very expensive white elephant.

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