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Pieranna Cavalchini, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Gardner Museum, talks about the new gallery space.

Ann Beha from Ann Beha Architects talks about Symphony Hall.

David Fixler talks about the City Hall's history beginning with the competition held in 1961, which Kallmann McKinnell & Wood won, and about the origins of Brutalism and its crude, unapologetic architectural language.

David Fixler contextualizes and responds to the usual criticisms the City Hall Plaza by describing it as a public parkspace plaza, a paved urban space intentionally conveying certain grandeur. He also points out the changes that Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles made to the original IM Pei design to better connect the space to the city.

New York artist Joyce Kozloff discusses the inspiration for the Galla Placidia & Tobkapi Pullman mosaics.

Architect Larry Chan discusses the design of the City Hall Plaza Arcade.

Christina Lanzl discusses the creation of Mayor Kevin Hagan White Park in Boston.

The Rivercenter Mall opened in 1988. The riverwalk extends into the new mall.

Ann McGlone, former Historical Preservationist for San Antonio, discusses the Rivercenter Mall, and how it acts as a screen to protect the old historic Victorian facade behind it.

Allan Houser's sculpture depicts a person with their head pointed toward the sky.

Randy Corell of Robert AM Stern Architects discusses the renovation of East Hampton Town Hall, which included relocating and repurposing historical buildings.

With a succession of three strong leaders - Kelly Croker and Murphy - Tammany Hall became the driving force behind New York City's politics and the backing force of its successful political leaders.

Historian James Kaplan discusses both Rockefeller Center as well as the founding of Tammany Hall.

Historian James Kaplan discusses Al Smith, an Irish immigrant, who grew up on the Lower East Side and became a powerful Tammany Hall politician in New York State.

Excerpt from "25 Years of MTA Arts for Transit: Meet the Artists" panel discussion (Nov. 16, 2010). Courtesy of MTA Arts for Transit.

Excerpt from "25 Years of MTA Arts for Transit: Meet the Artists" panel discussion (Nov. 16, 2010). Courtesy of MTA Arts for Transit.

Alice Aycock discusses her "twisted bridges" sculpture on the waterfront in Nashville. Ms. Aycock describes the sculpture's near-drowning when the river flooded in early 2010.

The seventh stop on the Great Crash of 1929: Tour of the Financial District is in front of 60 Broad Street, the former home of the now defunct Drexel Burnham Lambert. When this tour first started more than 20 years ago, Drexel Burnham Lambert was one of the most important firms on Wall Street, but several illegal trading convictions in the late 1980s led the firm to its collapse in 1990.

The Great Crash of 1929: Tour of the Financial District ends on Wall Street in front of the Trump Building, formerly the Bank of Manhattan building. Richard describes the turbulent ownership histories of many of the buildings on Wall Street and the difficulties associated with owning and leasing a skyscraper. James relates anecdotes about the Trump Building, where he personally worked for 15 years.

Historian and lawyer James Kaplan explains the Jewish-founded financial group Goldman Sachs's contributions to the US government. The US Secretary of the Treasury for President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush were both former Chairmen of Goldman Sachs.