Damn, this thread has been around for months and I just now find it. (Thanks for the PM, Aaron
)
This here is the latest rendering of the Bass Street Tower.
thanks to
http://absolutedsm.com/
Hopefully work will begin on it soon. Groundbreaking was supposed to be in April of '08 but hit some snags and redtape.
And regarding the new bridge, I hate to say it but, while the old I-74 twin suspention bridge
IS beautiful and a major landmark, the sooner they replace it the better. I hate crossing that bridge which I only do a few times a week. Since I live in Rock Island and work in Davenport, I usually use the Centennial Bridge or the Arsenal Bridge. Crossing I-74s incredibly narrow spans is always a treat. Traffic is either at a complete standstill due to construction or an accident, or when traffic
is flowing it's zipping along at 75 MPH or faster (which is followed by an accident which brings on another traffic jam). Pretty unnerving.
I'll look through my albums and dig up some more Moline photos.