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arriving at Sandpoint. Time for dinner. The Pend Oreille River is to the right. and that is Cedar Street Bridge in front:
Spanning 400 feet across Sand Creek in downtown Sandpoint, the Cedar Street Bridge Public Market is heralded as the only marketplace on a bridge in the United States. It’s often been called Sandpoint’s answer to that other famous bridge market, the famed Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy.
It began life somewhat more humbly. Built prior to the 1930s as an auto and pedestrian bridge, the original Cedar Street Bridge was designed to carry traffic from the downtown core to the town’s train depot on the east bank of Sand Creek. The bridge’s location adjacent to the town’s core and on the doorstep of the depot put it in the middle of community life.
1981-83 – As city officials debate whether to tear down the derelict bridge, Scott Glickenhaus, a local entrepreneur and world traveler, sees an opportunity to create a unique public gathering place. His idea, inspired by the Ponte Vecchio, is to create a marketplace-on-a-bridge with a distinctive Northwest flair. After some dispute about the lease agreement for use of the derelict bridge, Glickenhaus begins construction of a new public market. Designed by award-winning architect Jonathan Stoumen, the bridge features a unique passive solar design. Multiple support pilings are driven into Sand Creek and, once the bridge platform is completed, the structure itself is built from massive tamarack timbers selectively harvested in Idaho and Montana, crafted off-site and lifted into place by large cranes.
for additional history: http://www.cedarstreetbridge.com/cedar- ... story.html
Coldwater Creek retail was involved with occupying it off and on in the 1980s-1990s.
Spanning 400 feet across Sand Creek in downtown Sandpoint, the Cedar Street Bridge Public Market is heralded as the only marketplace on a bridge in the United States. It’s often been called Sandpoint’s answer to that other famous bridge market, the famed Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy.
It began life somewhat more humbly. Built prior to the 1930s as an auto and pedestrian bridge, the original Cedar Street Bridge was designed to carry traffic from the downtown core to the town’s train depot on the east bank of Sand Creek. The bridge’s location adjacent to the town’s core and on the doorstep of the depot put it in the middle of community life.
1981-83 – As city officials debate whether to tear down the derelict bridge, Scott Glickenhaus, a local entrepreneur and world traveler, sees an opportunity to create a unique public gathering place. His idea, inspired by the Ponte Vecchio, is to create a marketplace-on-a-bridge with a distinctive Northwest flair. After some dispute about the lease agreement for use of the derelict bridge, Glickenhaus begins construction of a new public market. Designed by award-winning architect Jonathan Stoumen, the bridge features a unique passive solar design. Multiple support pilings are driven into Sand Creek and, once the bridge platform is completed, the structure itself is built from massive tamarack timbers selectively harvested in Idaho and Montana, crafted off-site and lifted into place by large cranes.
for additional history: http://www.cedarstreetbridge.com/cedar- ... story.html
Coldwater Creek retail was involved with occupying it off and on in the 1980s-1990s.