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Lost Art

How lost aesthetics and forgotten heritage led us astray.

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JD Breen
Jan 10, 2024
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Atlanta, GA

January 9, 2024

Ninety years ago last week, the Golden Gate Bridge began to go up. Sixty years later, my job was to help ensure it stayed standing.

Soon after the Loma Prieta earthquake struck San Francisco, I worked as a civil engineer on that iconic crossing.

The bridge held up in 1989, but would suffer significant damage if another 1906 quake…

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