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2004 db.

Harbour*

Puerto Madera in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bridge by architect Santiago Calatrava

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel ,Tamron AF 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 XR
1s f/22.0 at 55.0mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time29-Mar-2004 23:07:54
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Daniel Bollag16-Mar-2007 12:28
Thanks, Melbob, for your kind words! They are especially meaningful, bearing in mind that you—with your background— must be considered an expert in harbours... ;-) — db.
Canon DSLR Challenge16-Mar-2007 02:15
Beautiful shot Daniel, love the old and the new, great post. ~ Regards Melbob
Daniel Bollag14-Mar-2007 19:05
Cindy: Thanks a lot for your comment! And, yes, this is a wooden old sailing boat on the right hand side of the image. It might be there—I can’t remember—as a permanent attraction (just for display? as a restaurant? I really don’t know). The whole Puerto Madera project is designed less as a real harbour than as a entertainment and pleasure district with lots of restaurants etc.

jnconradie: I had searched Google as well before answering your first comment. And I could not come up with any indication of a bridge by Calatrava in London (though I do agree with you about the similarities). Doing a search by name, though, you find a lot of images of buildings by him on the net.

Best regards,
db.
jnconradie14-Mar-2007 17:30
Hi db,

I searched high and low for a picture of the structure I referred to. These two are perhaps not too clear, but the best I found thus far:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48759603@N00/294478310/

and

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drebben/14937014/

I think you will see the resemblances which made me think back to the bridge I saw in London. I have no idea though who designed the Canary Wharf bridge.

Best regards jnconradie
Canon DSLR Challenge14-Mar-2007 13:45
Instantly recognizable as a Calatrava - the small city of Redding California is fortunate to have one too - the Sundial Bridge :) which shares similarities with this one. Is that an old wooden sailing ship on the right? Interesting element in the modern scene. Cindy
Daniel Bollag14-Mar-2007 12:27
I am not aware—if that means anything—of any bridge by Santiago Calatrava leading to London’s Canary Wharf district. But there are many bridges, several train-stations and even an airport-terminal designed by him on the European Continent (mainly in Spain where Calatrava comes from, and in Switzerland where he studied and where his head-office is located). The bridge pictured here can be turned horizontally to allow for the passage of ships. — Thanks, jnconradie, for your friendly comment on my picture! — db.
jnconradie13-Mar-2007 19:08
Fantastic structure... and reminds me a lot of a bridge I often walk over when I visit London's Canary Wharf area. But I cannot recall its name. Who knows, it might even have been signed by the same person. Beautifully composed and excellent colours. Regards jnconradie