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Interchange – Architecture or Revolution: Part 3 of The State Made Visible

In his 1923 book, Towards a New Architecture, French architect Le Corbusier wrote, The machinery of Society, profoundly out of gear, oscillates between an amelioration, of historical importance, and a catastrophe. The primordial instinct of every human being is to assure himself of a shelter. The various classes of workers in society to-day no longer have dwellings adapted to their …

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Interchange – St. Louis: Patterns of Segregation and Alibis for Abandonment

Our show today is “Patterns of Segregation and Alibis for Abandonment,” Part 2 of our conversation with Walter Johnson about his book, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States published by Basic Books. The opening song is the main theme from the 1944 musical film “Meet Me in St. Louis” which stars …

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