New Yorkers celebrate Brooklyn Bridge's 120th birthday

Sunday, May 25, 2003

NEW YORK -- Gray skies and intermittent drizzle didn't stop New Yorkers from paying respects to the Brooklyn Bridge on its 120th birthday by doing what the stone-and-steel icon was built for: crossing from one side to the other.

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