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Songs About Buildings and Moods

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• First Church of Deliverance and Milwaukee's Central Library

  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.

  Length:	00:28:23
  Usage rights:	1/26/2023 to 1/25/2026

• First Church of Deliverance And milwaukee's Central Library

  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.

  Length:	00:27:08
  Usage rights:	1/19/2023 to 1/18/2026

• Frank Lloyd Wright's Emil Bach House and Milwaukee's City Hall

  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. It's striking Flemish Renaissance style is an homage to the German immigrants who helped build Milwaukee.

  Length:	00:27:50
  Usage rights:	2/2/2023 to 2/1/2026

• Pabst Historic Brewery and Richard H. Driehaus Museum

  Built to resemble a complex of 18th century German castles, the historic Pabst brewery in Milwaukee was once the largest brewer in the country and the Richard H. Driehaus Museum was designed as a fireproof sanctuary to keep the world out, and a horde of treasure in.

  Length:	00:25:23
  Usage rights:	1/12/2023 to 1/11/2026

• Twa Flight Center and City Methodist Church

  Eero Saarinen's TWA Flight Center is one of the most significant examples of mid-century architecture in the world and a symbol of 1960's Jet Age optimism. At the other end of the American experience is the long-abandoned City Church in Gary, IN., mute testimony to the racist and xenophobic forces that caused its downfall.

  Length:	00:28:29
  Usage rights:	1/5/2023 to 1/4/2026

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