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10 That Changed America Season 2
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10 That Changed America Season 1
A whirlwind tour of 10 engineering feats that made our civilization possible.
A whirlwind tour of 10 monuments that mark key moments in American history.
A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around.
Ten towns designed from the ground up by visionary architects, corporations, and citizens.
Discover the evolution of our nation鈥檚 city parks and learn the history of landscapes.
Ten architecturally adventuresome homes that elevated living to an art form.
Survey 10 works of American architecture that changed the way we live.
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Amtrak still operates trains over portions of the original Transcontinental Railroad.
The once futuristic Interstate Highway System is now in need of repair.
Geoffrey goes to the top of the Roebling Bridge to learn about its engineering feats.
Chicago's greatest engineering feat was saving itself from it's own sewage.
The railroad that shrank the time it took to cross the nation from six months to one week.
James Eads created the first steel bridge, ushering in a new steel age for building.
John Roebling first revealed his bridge building secrets in Cincinnati.
Specials
Seaside, Florida. Founded by R. Davis, A. Duany, and E. Plater-Zyberk in 1981.
Riverside, Illinois. Founded by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1869.
Greenbelt, Maryland. Founded by Clarence Stein in 1937.
Levittown, New York. Founded by Abraham, William, and Alfred Levitt in 1947.
Southwest Washington, D.C. Established in 1950's.
Pasadena, California. Built by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene in 1908.
New York, New York. James Corner, Piet Oudolf, and Diller Scofidio & Renfro in 2008.
Charlottesville, Virginia. Built by Thomas Jefferson in 1809.
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