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Aspire Episode 50 : Dec. 02 2007

Catching up on some past episode issues; Baseball Parks, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the final book of Harry Potter.

ASPIRE EPISODE 50 Notes and Bibliography Information:

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Project Sisyphus "What Child is This?"

http://www.polymathpark.com/

http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/tb/ballpark/new_ballpark.jsp

Baseball Game

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Aspire Episode 49 : Nov. 25 2007

The Opera House. The history and some basic features. Plus some discussion about the shows Buffy, Angel and Firefly.

ASPIRE EPISODE 49 Notes and Bibliography Information:

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Brunswick Duo "Carmen Fantasie 1 & 2 by Borne"

Vienna, A Guide to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Manfred Wehdorn (2004 Springer Wein New York)

Budapest, A Critical Guide, Andras Toroks (1999 Corvina Books Limited, Hungary)

Seventy Wonders of the Modern World, Neil Parkyn (2002 Thames & Hudson)

A Night at the Opera, Sir DEnis Forman (1998 Modern Library Paper Back, New York)

The Architecture Hisotry of Venice, Deborah Howard (2002 Yale University Press New Haven)

A Guide to the Principal Buildings of Venice, Antonio Salvadori (1995 Canal & Stamperia Venezia Santa Croce)

London, Elain Harwood & Andrew Saint (1991 HMSO, London)

One Thousand Buildings of Paris, Kathy Borrus (2003 BlackDog & Leventhal New York)

http://en.wikipedia.org/

Vienna Opera House

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Aspire Episode 48 : Nov. 12, 2007

Some Interesting Art Galleries; The Guggenheim in New York City USA by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Dulwich Picture Gallery in Dulwich UK by Sir John Soane.

ASPIRE EPISODE 48 Notes and Bibliography Information:

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Tom Smith "Happy Undead Trees"

A History of Architecture, Spiro Kostof, (1995 Oxford University Press, NY)

Seventy Wonders of the Modern World, Neil Parkyn (2002 Thames & Hudson)

A History of Architecture 20th Ed., Sir Banister Fletcher (1996)

A Guide to the Architecture of London, Jones & Woodward 3rd Ed. (2000 Seven Dials Cassell & Co)

AIA New York Guide, Norval White & Elliot Willensky(2000 Three Rivers Press; 4th edition)

http://en.wikipedia.org/

http://www.guggenheim.org

http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/

Guggenheim, New York, NY

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Dulwich Picture Gallery, UK

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Inside the Guggenheim, New York, NY - Skylite and Gallery

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Aspire Episode 47 : Nov. 04, 2007

Celtic Building: Who the Celts were, why all the mystery and did they really practice “Green Building.”

ASPIRE EPISODE 47 Notes and Bibliography Information:

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Green Druid "Night Dance" and Brunswick Duo "Carmen Fantasie 1"

Atlas of the Celtic World, John Haywood (2001 Thames & Hudson, Ltd., London)

The Desk Encyclopedia of World History, Edmund Wright Ed. (2006 Oxford University Press New York NY)

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming (2005 Oxford University Press New York NY)

http://en.wikipedia.org/

http://www.usgbc.org

Aspire Episode 46 : Oct. 21, 2007

Halloween and Cemeteries. Part II In Our Halloween Series, Some History And Background.

ASPIRE EPISODE 46 Notes and Bibliography Information:

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Hyper Nonsense "Halloween Is Awesome"

Beyond the Grave, Troy Taylor (2000) http://www.prairieghosts.com

The City in History, Lewis Mumford (1989 A Harvest Book Harcourt Inc)

http://www.saveourcemeteries.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/

http://www.alsirat.com/silence/history.html

A Cemetery in Boston Ma USA

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Aspire Episode 45 : Oct. 16, 2007

M.C. Escher, the Artist and the closing of an American Art Glass Producer in West Virginia

ASPIRE EPISODE 45 Notes and Bibliography Information:

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Katy Wehr "Don't Leave Me Alone"

M.C. Escher, The Graphic Work, (2001 TASCHEN)

http://www.mcescher.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/

http://www.fentonartglass.com

Aspire Episode 44 : Oct. 7, 2007

The Haunted House Attraction: The history of the "Haunted House Attraction" as we know it today.

ASPIRE EPISODE 44 Notes and Bibliography Information:

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The CoffinShakers "Halloween"

http://www.hauntedhouseassociation.org

http://www.dafe.org

http://www.usjaycees.org/history

http://en.wikipedia.org/

Skull Kingdom and the Disney Haunted Castle at Walt Disney World. Orlando Fl USA.

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Aspire Episode 43 : Sept. 30, 2007

The Sears Catalog House, the “Cheaper by the Dozen” family and great women in engineering, some product reviews and more.

ASPIRE EPISODE 43 Notes and Bibliography Information:

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Johnny Nicholas "House Cleaning Blues "

Changing Our World, True Stories of Women Engineers, Sybil E Hatch (2006 ASCE)

A Field Guide to American Houses, Virginia & Lee McAlester (1984 Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. pg 475-781)

http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/index.htm

http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/manuscripts/fblg/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/

Aspire Episode 42 : Sept. 23, 2007

The Story of Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Professional Architect and Engineer in the late 18th and early 19th century. Not an easy career.

ASPIRE EPISODE 42 Notes and Bibliography Information:

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Lejeune "03 Constant Architect.mp3"

American Architecture, David Handlin (1985 Thames & Hudson New York, NY)

A Biographical Dictionary of American Civil Engineers, ASCE (1972 ASCE Historical Publications Vol I)

Time and Place in New Orleans, Richard Campanella, (2002 Pelican Publishing Co. Inc.)

A History of Architecture 20th Ed., Sir Banister Fletcher (1996)

Philadelphia Archutecture, John Andrew Gallery Editor (1984 MIT Press, Cambridge Mass.)

University of Virginia, Richard Guy Wilson, Sara A. Butler (1999 Princeton Architectural Press, NY)

Landmark Architecture Allegheny County, PA, James D. Van Trump (1967 Pittsburgh Historical and Landmark Foundation Pittsburgh PA)

http://en.wikipedia.org/ http://www.batrobearea.com http://www.hammerwood.mistral.co.uk/latrobe.htm

Aspire Episode 41 : Sept. 16, 2007

Some Automobile Related Buildings; The Chrysler Building in New York City, and The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.

ASPIRE EPISODE 41 Notes and Bibliography Information:

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Carrie Dahlby w/Possible Oscar "Roadtripper"

Seventy Wonders of the Modern World, Neil Parkyn (2002 Thames & Hudson)

Skyscrapers, Judith Dupre (1996 Black Dog & Leventhal New York NY)

AIA Guide to New York City 4th Ed., Norval White & Elliot Willensky (2000 Three Rivers Press, New York NY)

Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City, Neal Bascomb (2003 Random House New York NY)

http://www.greatbuilding.com, http://www.stgt.com, http://www.skyscraperpage.com

http://www.museum-mercedes-benz.com, http://www.unstudio.com/projects/name/M/1/139

http://www.motortrend.com, http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/merc_museum.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/

Aspire Episode 40 : Sept. 09, 2007

Stadiums: It is the start of the Football Season in the USA. This week we talk about Athletic Stadiums, some History and Technology.

ASPIRE EPISODE 40 Notes and Bibliography Information:

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Deirdre Flint "Cheerleader " and Christopher Wright "Football Theme"

http://www.worldstadiums.com

http://www.mellonarean.com

http://www.ballparks.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/

The building of the Pittsburgh Football Stadium, The Pittsburgh Baseball Stadium. Pittsburgh PA USA.

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Aspire Episode 39 : Sept. 03, 2007

More Wireless Technology News and Bowling, the History, Architecture and Engineering of the Game.

ASPIRE EPISODE 39 Notes and Bibliography Information:

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Danny Fong Extraordinaire "Good Ol A cappella - my quartet"

http://www.popularmechanics/com/technology/industry/4220889.html

http://www.entertainment.howstuffworks/pinsetter.htm

http://www.bowlingmuseum.com

http://www.bowling2u.com

http://www.tenpinbowling.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/

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