Summary

11:51 ""Just Another Solution"" by Nancy Cain. Cain talks to a man from Venice Beach, California who has designed a tent that is towed by a bicycle. It's ""an RV for homeless people. It's better than giving them a check."" 13:30 Stanley Tigerman commentary. Chicago architect Stanley Tigerman voices his concerns about the role of architects in a world with so many problems. He worries about a culture that disregards AIDS, the homeless, the elderly, the underclass. He's concerned that all efforts of the late 1960s and the goal of an egalitarian society have been forgotten and that architects are amnesiacs only interested in money. 22:48 Grant Kester commentary by Eddie Becker. At Georgetown Park shopping mall, architecture critic Grant Kester talks about the way architecture works on a symbolic level to represent the unconscious mindset of a city. He uses the example of this new shopping mall, which is designed to resemble Victorian town streets, as a starting point for his analysis of the new Washington. ""Architecture represents cultural values. Early Washington, DC architecture focused on historical monuments. Then the focus shifted to the economy with mixed use of shopping malls etc. Most recently, new buil dings evoke the historical detail of the Victorian era."" 30:18 ""'Clean' Dan Grandusky"" by Jim Sternfield. A builder from Denver, Colorado voices his concerns about environmental change, likening the current situation to a global war. ""The significant problem with the urban landscape is our cars, our highways. World War III is being waged right now. We are the last generation who can save the planet."" 37:33 ""To a Theater Near You"" by Matt Gilson & Tony Medici. We witness the demolition of Chicago's grandiose Granada Theater while people reminisce about its glory days. An angry activist yells on the construction site about the fact that the site is being turned into a parking lot. The segment also deals with the preservation of the Uptown Theatre, which has so far been successful. 41:08 ""The New Oz Park"" by Dana Hill. Time lapse photography shows the construction of a new playground in Lincoln Park, a project which was completed entirely by the community. 44:12 ""Rev. Calvin O. Butts"" by Esti Marpet. In Harlem, Rev. Calvin Butts and his Abyssinian Baptist Church organize a campaign to whitewash cigarette and alcohol advertising on billboards. He feels that poor communities are disproportionately targeted by this type of advertising. 52:20 A prize-winning commercial for King Gee trousers. 53:52 More from Stanley Tigerman. ""Good architecture deals with excellence, integrity. Architecture is a moral, ethical pursuit. Once architects start doing it for money, it can't be good."" 55:25 ""Frankfurt Airport"" by Skip Blumberg. Two musicians perform under credits.