From the 8/8/05 PD:

 

 

Bridge abutment now site of stylish offices

Monday, August 08, 2005

Douglas Trattner

Special to The Plain Dealer

 

When the Detroit Avenue Bridge was built in 1910 to span the Rocky River, it featured the longest unreinforced concrete arch in the world. It was declared one of the most beautiful concrete bridges in America.

 

Following construction of a new bridge in 1980, the old masonry one was demolished. Most of it, anyway.

 

Using the remaining structural arches in the abutment as its foundation, The Bridge Building is literally built on top of, and within, remnants of the old bridge. While the four stories above the old relic offer impressive views, it is the offices of Precision Dialogue, which are built into the arches themselves, that are the most unusual.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business/1123407282212320.xml&coll=2

 

OK, someone's gotta a post of pic of the bridge building. I often show it to out-of-towners, and the love it. I think some of the visitors to this forum would appreciate it. I'll see if I have a picture of it around here somewhere.

 

KJP

Here's a link with some not-so-great pics - I just LOVE it when people put "Glamour Shots" halos around pics  :roll:

 

Nevertheless - it's a really cool building and use of the bridge structure.

 

http://www.lamigrubb.com/projects/bridge.html

 

 

I think it makes the building look "dreamy".

This is one of my favorite office buildings outside Cleveland proper.  But why is the Plain Dealer only now writing an article on it?  The building's been around for, what, 15 years? :)

They've been doing a series on interesting office space/buildings for the last year or so.

Criminy, I drive over that bridge all the time, and I've seen that building sitting there, but I never realized it was sitting on the old bridge ... that's pretty darn cool!