Ongoing Calgarians complaining about pedestrian bridges thread

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

If memory serves Calatrava has the initial version of the Peace bridge with a granite surface.

Well that man is a lunatic. Just straight crazy.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Nice, seems like a good solution. I'm sure some ####face will take a grinder to them at some point, but should be cheaper to repair. Only issue is the previous glass provided a good snow barrier in the winter, so they'll probably have to shovel more often.

Wouldn't the glass have just caused drifting snow, though? Whereas, the wind may just blow the snow right through the covered walkway with the steel cables instead. I'm really not sure which is better.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by D as in David

Wouldn't the glass have just caused drifting snow, though? Whereas, the wind may just blow the snow right through the covered walkway. I'm really not sure which is better.

We will see. In the past, there was snow on the ends but the middle stayed largely snow free unless it was really windy and snowy. This morning with the wire fencing up(construction fence), there is a lot more snow on the deck. I don't think this is a major issue.

[Wormius]

Couldn’t we just not replace the glass panels with anything? I think the aesthetic would be nicer with nothing than the cables. It’s not that much of a drop down to the river.

[jammies]

I would rather spend the million on automated gun turrets that gun down anyone smashing the panels while blaring death metal to alert passers-by to take cell phone video of the takedown.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Couldn’t we just not replace the glass panels with anything? I think the aesthetic would be nicer with nothing than the cables. It’s not that much of a drop down to the river.

Originally Posted by jammies

I would rather spend the million on automated gun turrets that gun down anyone smashing the panels while blaring death metal to alert passers-by to take cell phone video of the takedown.

I can’t tell which of these is more practical but I’m actually leaning towards the gun turrets.

[nik-]

It's really too bad that humans are such garbage that we have to do this.

[Wormius]

How about a compromise, set up the panels in such a way that smashing them causes the adjacent section of the walkway to give way.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by getbak

Based on the rendering, it's also going to cross the ocean when the work is done, so that should be nice.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1588201291263913984

It’s hilarious they had renderings done of some horizontal lines that everyone alive knows what cable railings look like. Good use of funds.

[TherapyforGlencross]

Originally Posted by Locke

Okay...I'll preface this by saying "Locke does not condone or endorse this idea!"

But, you know...just put his name on a list for all the drop-in centers and just let Winter take care of the rest.

"Oh...you're Daniel McBridgeVandal? Sorry, we cant let you in."

- But its going to be -30 tonight...

"Yes. Yes it is."

I’ll preface to say I think the perpetrator deserves jail time, most definitely.

And if I’m understanding this, you’re saying let the man freeze to death for his crime. Over vandalizing a bridge?

I suggest to step into a shelter and volunteer to fully understand the issue. At the end of the day, more homeless = more societal problems. You end up getting this result (crimes) when the increase in poverty occurs. It’s no wonder crime like this occurs when someone feels abandoned. Some people in these positions come from the darkest stages of upbringing/life… It’s societal breakdown in that space.. I’d be hesitant on with such a harsh suggestion of yours, if that’s indeed what you’re trying to get across.

[chemgear]

https://calgaryherald.com/news/crime...-bridge-lawyer

Homeless Calgarian Brian Douglas Jensen was “angry at the world” when he smashed dozens of panes of glass on the city’s iconic Peace Bridge, his lawyer told court Monday.

“He was angry at the world, he was angry at the city, he was angry at his lifestyle, he was just angry.”

Crown prosecutor Robert Marquette said Jensen first damaged the bridge last June 18, when he used a wooden pole, or dowel to smash a single pane, causing about $12,000 in damage.

Just over a month later, on July 24, Jensen returned to the same location and, armed with a hammer and rebar, smashed 70 additional panes of glass, Marquette told Keelaghan.

“My client doesn’t have a nickel to his name,” the lawyer said.

Marquette suggested Keelaghan hand Jensen, who has a lengthy prior record, the equivalent of a one-year jail term, noting he could not find similar pricey acts of vandalism which weren’t committed for things such as insurance fraud, political statements or revenge.

[zamler]

The prosecutor presented the judge with a restitution request from the city seeking $1,036,389.60 from the homeless man.

I'm no legal expert but this seems a little bit pointless.

[81MC]

Sweet. I’m pretty ####ing angry at all those things half the time I’m driving to work. I don’t even have a lengthy record, probably could get away with wrecking some ####.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

It’s hilarious they had renderings done of some horizontal lines that everyone alive knows what cable railings look like. Good use of funds.

Sorry, but for how much we paid for that bridge, we had better get some friggin' idea of what the finished product is going to look like before we go ahead and do it.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

Sorry, but for how much we paid for that bridge, we had better get some friggin' idea of what the finished product is going to look like before we go ahead and do it.

Pretty sure this wasn’t provided for free. A line of text would have sufficed. It will look exactly like what exists, just replacing the glass with simple steel horizontal cables, yes just like every simple horizontal steel cable guardrail you’ve surely seen all over the world in your life.

You need a rendering of horizontal lines? You can turn your head from the north end of the bridge and see this exact guardrail adjacent to the road.

I’m more worried about what it’s costing to move the bridge to the ocean.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Pretty sure this wasn’t provided for free. A line of text would have sufficed. It will look exactly like what exists, just replacing the glass with simple steel horizontal cables, yes just like every simple horizontal steel cable guardrail you’ve surely seen all over the world in your life.

You need a rendering of horizontal lines? You can turn your head from the north end of the bridge and see this exact guardrail adjacent to the road.

I’m more worried about what it’s costing to move the bridge to the ocean.

And continues off into the Horizon indefinitely...what is this? A pedestrian bridge to Spain?

[The Familia]

What a joke of a punishment for the homeless guy who smashed the peace bridge. Just because he is homeless and “angry at the world”, he can cause a million dollars worth of damage and only receive a few months in jail. See what happens if anyone of us did that…I get that he obviously can’t pay, but why not force him into mandatory rehab, and then serve 2000 hours of mandatory community service picking up trash throughout downtown? Don’t want to clean? Then back to jail you go. I think that’s more than fair punishment. I don’t know his story and frankly I don’t care, but we can’t keep letting people do this stuff and get away with it.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by The Familia

What a joke of a punishment for the homeless guy who smashed the peace bridge. Just because he is homeless and “angry at the world”, he can cause a million dollars worth of damage and only receive a few months in jail. See what happens if anyone of us did that…I get that he obviously can’t pay, but why not force him into mandatory rehab, and then serve 2000 hours of mandatory community service picking up trash throughout downtown? Don’t want to clean? Then back to jail you go. I think that’s more than fair punishment. I don’t know his story and frankly I don’t care, but we can’t keep letting people do this stuff and get away with it.

Some combination of a fine/comm service/jail, probably totalling less than 279 days? We'd probably get bail and end up serving some weekends.

[PepsiFree]

Pretty sure he received almost a year in jail with mandatory treatment and counselling as his probation conditions. That seems pretty equal to the same amount of time of community service and mandatory “rehab” (whatever he’s rehabbing for I guess).

[Erick Estrada]

Considering the cost of the repairs maybe the city would be better off hiring security guards for the bridge.