This dynamic culture of learning / E. Thomas Sullivan -- Introduction : university voices in the community / Patrick Nunnally -- The bridge : object, metaphor, process -- Fracture-critical : the I-35W bridge collapse as metaphor and omen / Thomas fisher -- The infamous gusset plates / Roberto Ballarini and Minmao liao -- Building the new bridge : process and politics in city-building / Patrick Nunnally -- The city : neighborhoods and transportation -- Neighborhoods confront a disaster aftermath / Judith A. Martin -- From here to there to nowhere : competing philosophies of planning / Roger Miller -- The river : after the collapse -- A fickle partner : Minneapolis and the Mississippi River / John O. Anfinson -- A bridge to somewhere / Mark Pedelty, Heather Dorsey, and Melissa Thompson -- Old man river / Deborah L. Swackhamer -- Conclusion : reimagining the Mississippi / Patrick Nunnally.