From the gigantic shell mounds built by the earliest inhabitants of the San Francisco Bay area to the building of the 'bridge that couldn't be built' and the fifty years following its completion, Secrets of the Golden Gate Bridge is a humorous history lesson of one of the greatest wonders of the modern world. There is something magical about the Golden Gate Bridge, something that tugs at the impulsive spirit, giving birth to the hidden desire to do something weird. On May 27th, 1937, 18,000 people waited in the cool San Francisco morning for the bridge to officially open. By day's end,...
From the gigantic shell mounds built by the earliest inhabitants of the San Francisco Bay area to the building of the 'bridge that couldn't be built' ...