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todaysdocument: Happy 130th to the Brooklyn Bridge! When it opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world.   Designed and built by German-born John A. Roebling and his son, Washington A. Roebling, the bridge connected New York and Brooklyn. The remarkable design used Roebling’s patented system of steel wire cable construction. Its graceful limestone and granite towers, pictured here, took 5 years to build. Photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge Across the East River, 04/1974. From the EPA’s DOCUMERICA Series Plan of One Tower for the East River Bridge, 1867 Pedestrians on the upper deck promenade of Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, ca. 1910
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todaysdocument: Happy 130th to the Brooklyn Bridge! When it opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world.   Designed and built by German-born John A. Roebling and his son, Washington A. Roebling, the bridge connected New York and Brooklyn. The remarkable design used Roebling’s patented system of steel wire cable construction. Its graceful limestone and granite towers, pictured here, took 5 years to build. Photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge Across the East River, 04/1974. From the EPA’s DOCUMERICA Series Plan of One Tower for the East River Bridge, 1867 Pedestrians on the upper deck promenade of Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, ca. 1910
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todaysdocument: Happy 130th to the Brooklyn Bridge! When it opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world.   Designed and built by German-born John A. Roebling and his son, Washington A. Roebling, the bridge connected New York and Brooklyn. The remarkable design used Roebling’s patented system of steel wire cable construction. Its graceful limestone and granite towers, pictured here, took 5 years to build. Photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge Across the East River, 04/1974. From the EPA’s DOCUMERICA Series Plan of One Tower for the East River Bridge, 1867 Pedestrians on the upper deck promenade of Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, ca. 1910
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todaysdocument:

Happy 130th to the Brooklyn Bridge!

When it opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world.   Designed and built by German-born John A. Roebling and his son, Washington A. Roebling, the bridge connected New York and Brooklyn. The remarkable design used Roebling’s patented system of steel wire cable construction. Its graceful limestone and granite towers, pictured here, took 5 years to build.

Why aren’t more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?

monetizeyourcat:

dancepunksnotdead:

You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?

It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.

http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift

holy shit!

crueltyandgrandeur: smellslikedino: how ridiculous, putting a dollar value on a tree I don’t think so. Many people don’t view trees (in their natural, living state) as worth much. Also, many many people understand the value of money. This gives people a usual tool to look at nature and it’s worth in a different light, and hopefully start appreciating and preserving it, if only for it’s monetary value. it may seem ridiculous to you, but for many people it is an eye opener.
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crueltyandgrandeur:

smellslikedino:

how ridiculous, putting a dollar value on a tree

I don’t think so. Many people don’t view trees (in their natural, living state) as worth much. Also, many many people understand the value of money. This gives people a usual tool to look at nature and it’s worth in a different light, and hopefully start appreciating and preserving it, if only for it’s monetary value.

it may seem ridiculous to you, but for many people it is an eye opener.

(Source: astrodidact)

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