The Leonard Lopate Show: The Worst Buildings in NYC

The Leonard Lopate Show

The Worst Buildings in NYC

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Christopher Gray: "Whitney Museum. Buildings should protect you, not threaten to step on you like a bug."

We’ve been asking listeners to submit pictures of some of the worst buildings in New York City. Now, Christopher Gray joins us to discuss what makes a building bad and to unveil his choices for The Worst Buildings in New York. But first, a cognitive neuroscientist describes how reading has influenced the evolution of the brain. Then, we’ll look at what will happen to the Ethiopian children orphaned by AIDS. Also, an operita that explores the life of its protagonist through the tango.

Guests:

Christopher Gray

The Science of the Reading Brain

Unlike vision and speech, reading has no direct genetic program passing it on to future generations. So where did this unlikely skill come from? And why do some people, like dyslexics, find it hard to read? Maryanne Wolf, a professor of child development, explores these complicated questions in Proust and ...

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AIDS in Africa

What will happen to all the African children orphaned by AIDS? Journalist Melissa Fay Greene examines this crisis through the story of an Ethiopian woman who found herself running an unofficial orphanage and the children who lived there. Her book is There Is No Me Without You.

There Is No ...

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The Gotham Chamber Opera

The Gotham Chamber Opera kicks off its new season with the rarely performed work, Astor Piazzolla’s “Maria de Buenos Aires.” The operita explores Maria’s life, motherhood, and violent death through singing, dancing, and poetry intoned over orchestral tangos. Leonard is joined by David Parsons, co-choreographer, and Neal Goren, conductor. ...

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The Worst Buildings in New York City

Christopher Gray, who writes the “Streetscapes” column for the New York Times, is looking for New York City’s worst buildings. We have been asking listeners to submit pictures of what they think are the worst buildings. He discusses what makes a building bad and unveils his choices for the worst ...

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Worst Buildings Winners - or Shall We Say Losers

Is there a building in New York that you thinks is really ugly, or has a fatal design flaw? Think that house or parking garage in your neighborhood is an eyesore? Then take a photo, and send it to us! Christopher Gray, who writes the “Streetscapes” column in the New York Times, is looking for the city’s worst buildings. Submit your photo of the worst building and then tune in on Tuesday, September 25 when he unveils his top (or should we say bottom) choices for the city's worst buildings.

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