1.0ACC Art Books UShttps://www.accartbooks.com/usACC Art Books UShttps://www.accartbooks.com/usrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vZy5pi1qoN"><a href="https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/bridges-and-more/">Bridges and More</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/bridges-and-more/embed/#?secret=vZy5pi1qoN" width="600" height="338" title="“Bridges and More” — ACC Art Books US" data-secret="vZy5pi1qoN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.accartbooks.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.accartbooks.com/app/uploads/books/9781836360391-04-2-600x940.jpg600940An engaging and accessible history of City Bridge Foundation, the extraordinary charity behind London’s bridges and one of the capital’s oldest civic institutions.The Bridge House – a prologue ‘God and the Bridge’ – how it started Kings (and some Queens) – support, interference, and then disengagement The trust that wasn’t – at least not for a few centuriesThe City Corporation – the corporate trustee with a difference London Bridge from Southwark to Arizona – the disappearing icon More bridges – why, where and what? Funding – property, tolls and credit Southwark – an intriguing relationship Parliament and politicians – coping with controversy Tower Bridge – the new City Bridge icon The City’s river and its bridges – a complicated relationship ‘St. Paul’s Bridge’ – the bridge that never was The new St. Paul’s Bridge – for the millennium ‘Ancillary purposes’ – City Bridge Trust/Foundation Discovering more – a remarkable archive A current reading list Acknowledgements Illustrations