This picture shows a view of Venice’s bridge of Sighs (C-background) after it was renovated on December 1, 2011. The ‘Ponte dei Sospiri’ (bridge of sighs), leading from the Ducal Palace (L ...

Appreciate architecture at the Bridge of Sighs is ranked #9 out of 21 things to do in Venice. See pictures and our review of Appreciate architecture at the Bridge of Sighs.

Bridge of Sighs is an encyclopedic novel, striving to many things at once: It's a vision of dying small towns, a coming-of-age novel, a morality tale on the bittersweet effects of fame and ...

When the bridge closed, Matot’s whole life changed. He now wakes well before 4 a.m. to get ready to transport people by 5. He’s lucky if he makes it home before 8 p.m. on weeknights.

Sometimes, you'd be surprised what a bridge can do. In Redding, the city (with the help of private donors) built a $23 million pedestrian and bike bridge in a nondescript ravine.

Over the past few months I have been making my way through Richard Russo 's novel The Bridge of Sighs. While it could have used some editing in places, it is the sort of novel that a reader can ...

His newest novel is “Bridge of Sighs,” set in upstate New York, where the local tannery provides the economic lifeblood but turns the streams an iridescent, carcinogenic red.

Daily bridge lifts for maritime traffic block cars for up to 20 minutes. The I-5 runs the length of the western United States; this bit is often maligned as the only stop sign between Canada and ...

The Bridge of Sighs (which, as a warning is 642 pages and if you missed this blog last week it’s because I hadn’t finished the darn book yet) is, despite its length, a book I didn’t want to end.