Tower of Babel

Tracing the Lives of the World's Most Iconic Buildings

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 10, 2017

James Crawford discusses his book Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings From the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers, which reveals the history, archaeology and stories behind some of world’s most iconic buildings and the people who inhabited them, from the dawn of civilization to today. He explores structures from the deserts of Iraq and the plains of Mongolia, to the cities of Jerusalem, Istanbul, Paris, Rome, London and New York.

Event: James Crawford will be speaking and signing books at Rizzoli Bookstore (1133 Broadway
between 25th and 26th Street) on March 13th at 6:00 p.m.

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