Gimme the Bridge: New Halsted Street span strikes the right chord
By Lee BeyGimme the Bridge: New Halsted Street span strikes the right chord
By Lee BeyIn addition to the new railing seen in the above photo, the completed bridge features two traffic lanes in each direction and marked bike lanes, according to the city’s Department of Transportation.
One last thing: The old Halsted and Division bridges have prominent roles in Thief, director Michael Mann’s filmed-in-Chicago 1981 masterpiece starring James Caan. Caan’s character muscles his long-nosed circa 1980 Eldorado over the bridges at least twice in the movie. And the departed Halsted Bridge looms outside the curved office window of a plating company—the building is still there—in which Frank, played by Caan, warns a goof who gives him lip rather than cash. See it at the 1:20 mark in the trailer below:
And, read more about Thief and other ’70s films shot in Chicago in Alison Cuddy’s round-up today.