{"id":6818,"date":"2017-02-09T21:56:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T04:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6818"},"modified":"2020-07-13T20:39:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T20:39:54","slug":"forest-city-proves-bridges-can-be-placed-anywhere-for-any-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6818","title":{"rendered":"Forest City Proves Bridges Can Be Placed Anywhere for Any Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Random-Bridge-768x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8048\" width=\"192\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Random-Bridge-768x576-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Random-Bridge-768x576-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Two weeks ago, Forest City set down a pedestrian bridge near <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/frontporchstapleton.com\/article\/pedestrian-bridge-prairie-meadows-lifted-place\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prairie Meadow Dr. and 51st Ave.<\/a> The bridge, in sync with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/central-park%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cbridge-to-nowhere%E2%80%9D-receives-national-recognition\/\" target=\"_blank\">other bridges<\/a> Forest City has placed, seems to serve no purpose at all. \u201cWhat the hell is a bridge doing there?\u201d asked Stapleton resident Chris Royal. \u201cThere is nothing there. What are they trying to connect? I have to believe that is pretty expensive and a big waste of money.\u201d Laura Grossman also sees the bridge as a waste of resources. \u201cThey have been working on the 26th Ave. Park forever,\u201d said Grossman. \u201cWhy put any resources into putting down a bridge that doesn\u2019t do anyone any good? How about a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/forest-city-mca-accepting-bids-for-eastbridge-pedestrian-tunnel\/\" target=\"_blank\">pedestrian bridge<\/a> from the Eastbridge neighborhood to the town center instead of those dangerous crossings?\u201d For its part, Forest City seems to be impressed with its work. \u201cWhat we did is really kind of amazing,\u201d said Forest City spokesperson Janelle Ayers. \u201cWe took a bridge and placed it basically in the middle of nowhere, for no apparent reason. Now, we have to figure out how we need to design around the bridge. A lot of people do it the other way. Create the surrounding environment and then decide if and how to put a bridge in.\u201d Ayers didn\u2019t offer any information on why the bridge was being placed there. \u201cMaybe just because we can,\u201d said Ayers smugly. \u201cLook, this is a big thing, building a bridge. This is just another addition to the many <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/dev2016\/posts\/flooding-delays-filming-of-bridges-of-stapleton-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\">wonderful bridges<\/a> in Stapleton.\u201d Forest City says the bridge will be open to the public by late April, but they are not sure why anyone would need to ever walk on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-142","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8049,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6818\/revisions\/8049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}