We answer three listener questions: Where do kids live in the Bay Area? Why does Palo Alto have two downtowns? And what's with the 'weeping women' statues at the Palace of Fine Arts?
Curious City - These Four Design Ideas Turned ‘The Hancock Center’ Into An Iconic Skyscraper
Bruce Graham and Fazlur Khan changed the way architects and engineers thought about the structure of the modern skyscraper.
Curious City - These Four Design Ideas Turned ‘The Hancock Center’ Into An Iconic Skyscraper
Bruce Graham and Fazlur Khan changed the way architects and engineers thought about the structure of the modern skyscraper.
the memory palace - Episode 139: 1,347 Birds
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Music
First up is Requiem from Nico Muhly's score to How to Talk to Girls at Parties.
November by Colleen.
Edward Hong's arrangement of Sleep from the Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble.
The solo version of Broad Channel by Bing & Ruth
Won't Be a Thing to Become by Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld
Notes
- Here's Shane Dubay and Carl Fuldner's study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, including Fuldner's remarkable photographs.
Bay Curious - Yabba Dabba Don’t? A Trip Inside the (Now) Controversial Flintstone House
If you’ve ever driven northbound on Interstate 280 through Hillsborough, you’ve surely seen The Flintstone House from the highway. A cluster of orange and purple tubular domes, the home is reminiscent of the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon.
The house has always had it’s fans and detractors, but recent renovations have sparked controversy, and prompted the city of Hillsborough to sue the homeowner and declare the home a “public nuisance.”
The renovations include the addition of several large sculptures in the back yard: three 15-foot dinosaurs, a giraffe and a mammoth. There’s also the more benign infrastructure improvements, like a retaining wall, steps and a parking strip.
In this episode of Bay Curious, we revisit our 2017 story that includes a tour of the home (web version: What’s That Thing Off 280? The Flintstone House) and we get an update on the controversy.
Reported by Rachael Myrow.
Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Katie McMurran, Paul Lancour and Ryan Levi. Additional support from Julie Caine, Suzie Racho, Ethan Lindsey and David Weir.
Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
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Curious City - Your Guide To Chicago Music History’s Greatest Hits: Part II
Part I of our CliffsNotes guide to Chicago music history included jazz, folk, Latin, and gospel. Here, we present four more genres.
Curious City - Your Guide To Chicago Music History’s Greatest Hits: Part II
Part I of our CliffsNotes guide to Chicago music history included jazz, folk, Latin, and gospel. Here, we present four more genres.
Bay Curious - How Bill Graham’s Nazi Escape Might Explain His Fillmore Apples
The barrel of free red delicious apples have been a mainstay of the iconic San Francisco music venue.
ATXplained - What Ever Happened To Austin’s ‘Spamarama’?
The spiced ham product was the centerpiece of this longtime festival. For a time, the event was insanely popular — so what why did it go away?
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ATXplained - So, About The Origin Of ‘The Live Music Capital Of The World’… We Were Wrong. Here’s The Real Story.
OK, now we have the definitive story of Austin’s official nickname (we think).
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