Cermak Road Bridge

«We build too many walls and not enough bridges.» ~ Sir Issac Newton
Chicago! The City of Broad Shoulders is home to many a landmark from the once world’s tallest building, Sears Tower, to the new Frank Gehry Bandshell! As a displaced native, I have been fortunate to have lived in a number of differing bridge cities, but I always return to my native homeland of Chicago to recharge my Soul, and with each returning visit I discover and uncover more of Chicago. It’s become such an ever-​changing city in the Post-​Industrial era of our society, but fortunately there are still many archeological and architectural remains to link the past to the present and this brings me to The Cermak Road Bridge.
To quote the landmark sign posted at the bridge,
«These four massive industrial buildings clustered around the City’s last-​remaining double-​leaf Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge form the finest intact, early 20^th-​Century riverfront precinct in Chicago. Originally housing wholesale grocers, window shade manufacturers and other enterprises, the buildings represent an almost vanished aspect of the City’s historic industrial character.»
You may recognize this Bridge as a character in numerous movies filmed around Chicago, or from many an Artist’s still photograph, as it is such an iconic landmark of the great City of Chicago. Luckily for me the South Loop, Pilsen, and Chinatown are my latest haunts when I come to visit, and this great bridge ties them all together beautifully. Come here to the Cermak Road Bridge and feel the quiet history of Chicago that is lesser known than most landmarks in a City that is so iconic that it is in its entirety a great historic landmark to be cherished and renowned throughout time.
I Heart Chicago!