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What’s That Building?: The Leaning Tower Of Niles
What’s That Building?: The Leaning Tower Of Niles
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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Dec 7, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
For those who often drive past the Leaning Tower of Niles, it might have lost its novelty. But for one Chicagoan the off kilter, domed, belltower structure was a new sight thanks to detours caused by construction on the Kennedy Expressway. So why is there a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Illinois? We speak with Reset’s architecture sleuth Dennis Rodkin to find out.
If you liked this conversation, you can find more interviews with Dennis Rodkin in WBEZ’s “What’s That Building?” series at wbez.org/reset.
If you liked this conversation, you can find more interviews with Dennis Rodkin in WBEZ’s “What’s That Building?” series at wbez.org/reset.
Released:
Dec 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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