A bridge over a troubled quarter: Bad Homburg

A crazy idea to solve a problem: in 1901, the newly elected mayor of Bad Homburg, near Frankfurt, realized that to attract residents who would drive the town's progress and modernization, he needed to build a new residential area for them. But where to put the road that would get them from there into town?


Music:

"On My Way Home"
by the 126ers
YouTube Audio Library

"Hot Swing"
by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com
Creative Commons Attribution licence


Some maps created using data from OpenStreetMap
https://openstreetmap.org


Chapters:
00:00 This is Bad Homburg
00:39 The problem
02:06 The solution
03:08 Permission and construction
04:21 Renovation and reconstruction
05:23 The legacy endures
06:05 How to get to Bad Homburg

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