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PRIČA SA MENHETNA A TALE FROM MANHATTAN
VIZIJA KOJA JE PROMENILA NJUJORK VISION THAT
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erni i ćutljivi mostovi svuda na svetu stoje kao večita ljudska želja da se sve poveže, izmiri i spoji, da ne bude deljenja, protivnosti niti ra- stanka, pisao je veliki Ivo Andrić, a ta njegova misao najbolje opisuje sve što je prethodilo nastanku Bruklinskog mosta. U to vreme, davne 1883. godine, izgrađen je uprkos verovanju da je moguće napraviti viseći most dugačak gotovo dva kilometra, zbog čega su ga, po izgradnji, smatrali osmim svetskim čudom. A nastao je kao portal iz- među dveju krajnosti, svake za sebe posebne i prelepe. Donjeg Menhetna i Bruklina. Iako sama pomisao na to da je za šetnju preko mosta potreban plan deluje smešno, kad je u pitanju Bruklinski most, to je toliko važno da postoje vodiči koji su raspoloženi da vam naplate prelazak peške preko Ist Rivera i turu po kvartu Dumbo, odakle možete da vidite ovu velelepnu građevinu podignutu u neogotičkom stilu. Dok krećete sa Menhetna ka Bruklinu, svaki Njujorčanin ili vodič prvo će vam reći da je u izgradnji mosta učestvovalo više od 600 rad- nika, a da ih je stradalo čak 30, što dovoljno govori o tome koliko je zahtevan Faithful and silent bridges stand all over the world as testimony to the eternal human desire for everything to be connected, reconciled and joined, for there not to be division, opposition, or separation, wrote the great Ivo An- drić, and that thought of his best describes all that preceded the emergence of the Brooklyn Bridge. At that time, way back in 1883, it was built despite the belief that it wa- sn’t possible to make a suspension bridge almost two kilometres long, due to which it was considered, once built, the eighth wonder of the world. And it was created as a gateway between the two extremes, each special and beauti- ful in its own way. Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. Although the very thought that walking across a bridge requires a plan seems ridiculous, when it comes to the Brooklyn Bridge it is so important that there are guides who are willing to charge you to cross the East River on foot and lead you on a tour of the Dumbo neighbourhood, from where you can see this magnificent structure built in the neo-Gothic style. What any New Yorker or guide will first tell you as you walk from Manhattan to Bro- oklyn is that the construction of the bridge included over 600 people, and that as many as 30 of them died, which speaks volumes about how
Most koji je prvi put u istoriji spojio Menhetn sa Bruklinom bio je i do danas ostao dokaz američke industrijske genijalnosti i smelosti 19. veka The bridge that connected Manhattan with Brooklyn for the first time in history was, and remains to this day, proof of American industrial ingenuity and the daring of the 19 th century. CHANGED NEW YORK Tekst / Words: Anja Stanišić Bokić Fotografije / Photography: iStock, ImageSource, Brooklyn Museum
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