Bridge to the Sky

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There are rules that dictate what you can build and how. Rules of physics and rules of men who sit on various bureaucratic boards and bodies. These rules dictated that if silk magnate John Noble Stearns wanted to build one of those ten story towers that were all the rage in 1888, on his 22...

Aired June 3, 2011

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    Chris R
    I do wish it hadn’t been cut off midstream though I agree the negative comments are not as useful as constructive criticism such as “please don’t cut these files short”
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