I will return to work on Monday after a two-week long spring break during which I went on a number of largely successful photo shoots along the Harlem River.  I tried as best I could to take advantage of the time that I had off to capture some of the subjects that had remained on my to-do-list.  As is usually the case, variables such as poor weather, prevented me from checking all the subjects off my list but it was fun and successful break photographically, nonetheless. I also made time to do a bit of pleasure reading.  Cara A. Sutherland’s Bridges of New York City (2003) is a beautiful and richly informative book full of captivating black and white photographs of many of the city’s most significant spans.  As expected, most of the book is devoted to the iconic bridges of the East River – Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, (Ed Koch) Queensboro Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge – and the Hudson River’s George Washington Bridge.  To my surprise, however, she focuses on the history and significance of …