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Studs Terkel rebroadcasts a discussion on the Chicago School of Architecture and its future in memory of Carl Condit. Carl Condit, Richard Nickel, and Ben Weese share their opinions on the Auditorium Theatre, University of Illinois-Circle Campus, Chicago Civic Center, Monadnock Building, and historical continuity.
Curator John Zukowsky and architect Stanley Tigerman discuss their architecture exhibit and the controversy surrounding it.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
Discussing Chicago architect Daniel Burnham with Tom Hines, Bill Hasbrouck and Harry Weese.
Tribute to architectural photographer Richard Nickel, who passed away in 1972, with architectural historian and restoration expert John Vinci and Bill Newman.
The journalist, writer, and editor discusses her book, First Person America, which documents over 80 oral histories from the time of the Federal Writers' Project, which was part of the Works Progress Administration.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
Historian Charles Capen McLaughlin discusses landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and how Olmsted worked to create spaces where the working class could enjoy nature in industrialized areas. Studs plays "Whose Garden Was This" - Tom Paxton (1970) and "Tapestry" - Don McLean (1970).
Discussing the book "Architecture, Men, Women and Money in America, 1600-1860" (published by Random House) with the author, historian Roger Kennedy.