Songs About Buildings and Moods

Estudios Churubusco and the Fisher Building

Estudios Churubusco is Mexico's premiere film production studio and the birthplace of Mexico's Golden Era of Cinema and host of numerous American productions while Detroit's Fisher Building is architect Albert Kahn's masterpiece and a poignant symbol of Detroit's glorious past and hopeful future.

Estudios Churubusco and the Fisher Building

28m 29s

  • Frank Lloyd Wright’s Emil Bach House & Milwaukee's City Hall: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Frank Lloyd Wright’s Emil Bach House & Milwaukee's City Hall

    S1 E5 - 27m 50s

    The Emil Bach house by Frank Lloyd Wright is a gem on Chicago’s north side and a perfect example of his signature Prarie-style architecture. Milwaukee's City Hall has been a civic icon since it opened in 1895. Its striking Flemish Renaissance style is an homage to the German immigrants who helped build Milwaukee.

  • Milwaukee Art Museum and Morris-Jumel Mansion: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Milwaukee Art Museum and Morris-Jumel Mansion

    S1 E4 - 28m 23s

    Santiago Calatrava's new wing for the Milwaukee Art Museum caused an international sensation with its iconic sun screens that open and close, giving the building the look of a bird just about to take flight. The Morris-Jumel Mansion is Manhattan's oldest still-standing residence and has hosted everyone from George Washington to Lynn-Manuel Miranda who wrote part of Hamilton there.

  • First Church of Deliverance and Milwaukee's Central Library: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    First Church of Deliverance and Milwaukee's Central Library

    S1 E3 - 27m 8s

    The First Church of Deliverance, designed by Illinois' first licensed Black architect, has been instrumental in the dissemination of Gospel music and the Emil Bach house by Frank Lloyd Wright is a perfect example of his signature Prarie style architecture. Milwaukee's Central Library is a monumental structure that transported composer Brian Packham back to his library-filled youth.

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