San Francisco launches Golden Gate anniversary
10 Januari 2012
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The city on Monday launched a yearlong 75th anniversary celebration
of the opening of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge with a string of
parties, guided tours and festivals to be held along the waterfront
graced by the burnt-orange span since 1937.
"The Golden Gate
Bridge stands today as a testament of innovation and imagination, a
bridge built by the people during the Great Depression," said Janet
Reilly, president of the bridge district board.
She and dozens of
other civic leaders, national parks officials, bridge authorities and
supporters spoke before a backdrop of the bridge set against a crisp,
blue winter sky.
Authorities, however, won't be inviting the
public to walk en mass along the storied bridge that marks the opening
to San Francisco Bay.
Officials tried that in 1987 for the 50th
anniversary. They closed down the bridge to traffic to replicate the
opening-day festivities of 1937, when sprinters, roller skaters and tap
dancers crossed what was then the world's longest suspension bridge.
An
estimated 250,000 people ambled across the 1.7-mile (2.74-kilometer)
bridge from either end on May 27, 1987, more than double the anticipated
crowd. When they converged in the middle of the span, the human
gridlock forced its majestic arch to flatten, creating mild panic and a
few injuries before authorities could clear the crowd.
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