For sale: Historic bridge in Jackson Park
Samuelson
Parts of the Darrow Memorial Bridge predate the World Columbian Exposition of 1893  said  Tim Samuelson  a cultural historian with the city of Chicagoâs Department of Cultural Affairs . The original bridge was designed and constructed in 1880 by architects Daniel Hudson Burnham and John Wellborn Root. Then Frederick Law Olmsted retained the structure for his design for the Fair.
âStanding on that bridge and looking north is the most beautiful  exquisite view of the city â  Samuelson  said.
The bridge was renamed for famous Chicago attorney Clarence Darrow  who died in 1938   Samuelson  said. When  he  was alive  Darrow could see the bridge from his home on East 60th Street. And he was known to stand on the bridge and practice reciting his closing arguments.
Local lore has it that Darrow  who was an agnostic  said if there was an afterlife  he would return to the bridge every year on the anniversary of his death   Samuelson  said.
Parts of the Darrow Memorial Bridge predate the World Columbian Exposition of 1893  said   [TGT]  . The original bridge was designed and constructed in 1880 by architects Daniel Hudson Burnham and John Wellborn Root. Then Frederick Law Olmsted retained the structure for his design for the Fair.
âStanding on that bridge and looking north is the most beautiful  exquisite view of the city â   [TGT] said.
The bridge was renamed for famous Chicago attorney Clarence Darrow  who died in 1938    [TGT] said. When   [TGT]   was alive  Darrow could see the bridge from his home on East 60th Street. And he was known to stand on the bridge and practice reciting his closing arguments.
Local lore has it that Darrow  who was an agnostic  said if there was an afterlife  he would return to the bridge every year on the anniversary of his death    [TGT] said.