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=v= I love the Brooklyn Bridge. It's got a nice wooden boardwalk to bike on, gothic architecture, a bunch of nifty cables to look at, and a view of two cities. Plus, when I need some extra spending cash, I can sell it to tourists.

Today, though, it's another Brooklyn-to-Manhattan bridge that's in the spotlight. Today, the Williamsburg Bridge turns 100. The New York Times has marked the occasion by giving Op-Ed space to the great David Macaulay, who of course provides a nice cut-out model of the bridge. Hours of fun!

All is not sweetness and light, though. Biker and blogger Lisa Whiteman broke some bones and teeth on one of the bridge's notorious expansion joints. Y'know, many of us have swallowed the liberal media myth that nonagenarians and centenarians are harmless, but this is no little old bridge from Pasadena. I mean, it's got hu-u-uge, sharp ... Look at the bones!