Rainy Evening on The Bridge

One weekend afternoon I met with my other group members on the bridge to explore the space. It happened to be rainy and fairly miserable during the time we were all able to meet, and having to lug around bags and hold up umbrellas proved challenging. Since the space is outside and open to the sky (that is, there are no real coverings to speak of), it was not possible to set down my bag and really look through the space. Also, since it had been raining all day, the grass on both sides of the bridge was sopping wet, and I didn't want to end up with soaking wet shoes so I stayed on the sidewalk. There was absolutely no one else spending any more time than absolutely necessary on the bridge since the weather was so unfortunate. Instead, people walked by very quickly, and most traffic on the bridge was in fact in the form of cars and buses. Staying on the bridge for more than a few minutes just resulted in frustration, as there was nowhere to sit that wouldn't result in wet pants. One interesting thing I took note of as I looked around and took pictures, though, was the detail built into the construction of the bridge, as well as decorative accents. The sidewalk itself along both side of the bridge is divided into a cement half and a brick tile half, both of which create segmented areas that could easily be used as a framework for some type of installation. Even the lampposts had interesting medallions embedded in them, and there were Buzz figures painted onto the sidewalk all along the bridge. All of these little details were only visible to me when I took the time to stand on the bridge and spend time there, as opposed to just walking over it and treating it as a transition space from campus to Tech Square.