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St.
Anthony
Falls
Heritage Board
February 15, 1996
Dear Mark,
The Stone Arch Bridge will receive a Design for Transportation National Award on
February 29, 1996, to be presented by Federico Pena, Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Transportation and Scott Sanders, Deputy Chairman of Grants and
Partnership of the National Endowment of the Arts. The enclosed brochure
entitled The Urban Forum describes the awards program and the symposium
that precedes the ceremony. Representatives from the Minnesota Department of
Transportation and the St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board will be in
Washington
to receive the award
It is exciting to discover the
Stone
Arch
Bridge
on the front of the brochure. This is a second time it has appeared on the
cover of a nationally distributed publication The first was on the booklet Building
on the Past , Traveling to the Future, published last fall by the Federal
Highway Administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation to
celebrate successful ISTEA projects. We were not involved in the design of
either publication. But even as the
Stone
Arch
Bridge
was an icon of
Minneapolis
in the city's early years, so it seems to have become one once again Indeed, it
appears to have extended its reach to become a symbol for successful
partnerships and good design.
The award will be the third for the
Stone
Arch
Bridge
in the last two years. In 1995, the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation
Commission and the Minneapolis Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
gave an award for its successful adaptive reuse. In that same year, the
Minneapolis Committee on Urban Environment (CUE) honored the many partners
involved in restoration and reopening of the bridge for public use and enjoyment
The Design for Transportation Award will be a first in national competition,
although the picture of the opening parade crossing the Stone Arch Bridge on the
FHWA/National Trust booklet was significant recognition in itself. Back in 1978,
the bridge was also designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by
the American Society of Civil Engineers. All of these honors pay tribute both to
the bridge and to those who have preserved it, assuring its active and useful
life for years to come.
Sincerely yours,
Betsy Doe
Secretary, St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board
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