A bridge too far from anywhere. Classic T-Shirt
Designed and sold by ROBERT NIEDERRITER
$25.99
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Classic T-ShirtEveryday tee, crew neck, generous fit
$25.99
Product features
- The standard, traditional t-shirt for everyday wear
- Classic, generous, boxy fit
- Heavyweight fabric, solid colors are 100% preshrunk cotton
- Male model shown is 6'2" / 188 cm tall and wearing size Large
- Primary female model shown is 5'3" / 160 cm tall and wearing size Small
- Secondary Female model shown is 5'9" / 175 cm tall and wearing size Medium
- Washing instructions: Hand or machine wash cold. Do not dry clean, bleach, tumble dry or iron on the print
- The third party printer of this product is evaluated according to International Labor Organization standards
- The printer of this product sources blanks from manufacturers committed to improving cotton farming practices with the Better Cotton Initiative
- Since every item is made just for you by your local third-party fulfiller, there may be slight variances in the product received
A bridge too far from anywhere.
This is a photo I took of an old abandoned walking bridge, on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. This is known as the Sidaway Bridge.
The Sidaway bridge was built to span the Kingsbury Run valley and connect Kinsman and Jackowo, two ethnically European neighborhoods on Cleveland’s east side. The original bridge, built in 1909, was replaced by a suspension bridge in 1930 when railroads required more clearance.
Around the same time, Kingsbury Run became infamous as the site where four dismembered bodies of the “Cleveland Torso Killer” were discovered. The “Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run” was never found.
The area only gained more disrepute. In 1966, racial tension boiled over with riots in the Hough neighborhood. By this time, the population in Kinsman had become predominantly African American. Schoolchildren from Kinsman used the Sidaway Bridge to cross over to an elementary school in Jackowo. During the riots, someone ripped up planks and set the bridge on fire in a symbolic and physical attempt to keep black children out of white schools.
The city decided to close the bridge, rather than repair it. Cleveland’s failure to reopen the bridge was later cited as evidence in the case that led to the forced desegregation of the city’s schools. Over 50 years after its partial destruction, the Sidaway Bridge still stands as the only suspension bridge in the city’s history, and an unintended reminder of segregation in the Cleveland.
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