Our city store visits detroit, michigan to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For eight years now, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, ringing the literary scene and Historic Sites to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits at the span. Org beauty store tour. Org cities air at the Detroit Museum and we are about to walk into an exhibit called americas motor city. Detroit has been. The motor city capital of the world since at least 1915 when there were over 42 Companies Making cars and another 75 Companies Making parts. While other towns build cars, we built lots of cars. The detroit area enjoyed a wealth of strong manufacturing, a lot of it based in the building of carriage bodies but also in building iron stoves, building Railroad Cars, realworld wheels and the rails that go with them. Understood the manufacturing process but also how to deal with steel, iron, rubber. They had all the engineers, designers and toolmakers and the tools they needed to make an auto
Book signed, we want you to move over rivera and thank you for joining us. You are watching booktv, television for serious readers. You can watch any program you see here on line at booktv. Org. Welcome to madison on booktv. With the help of our Charter Communications partners. For the next 90 minutes we will explore this capital city surrounded by water and home to the university of wisconsin badgers. Coming up we will visit a world war i exit at the university of wisconsin madison, talk with local lawyers about the citys history and collective bargaining process that took place in 2011. [shouting] Governor Scott walker introduced the budget repair bill in which he tried to fill a gap in the budget and at the same time proposed an end to collective bargaining for Public Employees in the state of wisconsin. We start our feature with a look at madison, architect Frank Lloyd Wright as weakened travel to his studio outside the city to learn about his personal and professional life. Were s
Alan grew up in sacramento, california and received a bachelor of science degree in Civil Engineering from uc berkeley. He and his wife michelle have three children and live in a suburb of denver, colorado. Allen has worked on Engineering Projects all across the country. He also serves on boards related to the Herbert Hoover legacy. Alan also enjoys golf serving surfing and traveling however of these three activities hes only skilled at traveling. Before we meet alan. Id like to show you this clip of the Herbert Hoover president ial library and Museum Dedication from august 10th. 1962. Lets take a look. Comfortable really libraries its really records of supreme action. By the American Police there are devotion. Sacrifice to their ideal seven and all right, they said those who do not remember . That effect i have and then. So relive it again. The reasons are the repositories and second experience . And there ever we had not often riddled . And these records there are products many on fa
Q a feature youll find along the edge of your screen. Alan hoover, the third is a great grandson of Herbert Hoover alan grew up in sacramento, california and received a bachelor of science degree in Civil Engineering from uc berkeley. He and his wife michelle have three children and live in a suburb of denver, colorado. Allen has worked on Engineering Projects all across the country. He also serves on boards related to the Herbert Hoover legacy. Alan also enjoys golf serving surfing and traveling however of these three activities hes only skilled at traveling. Before we meet alan. Id like to show you this clip of the Herbert Hoover president ial library and Museum Dedication from august 10th. 1962. Lets take a look. Comfortable really libraries its really records of supreme action. By the American Police there are devotion. Sacrifice to their ideal seven and all right, they said those who do not remember . That effect i have and then. So relive it again. The reasons are the repositorie
Hoover the third called reimagining the future. The hoover president ial library and museum alan will discuss the history behind the building of the president ial library and how it has evolved over the years. And what lies ahead . We invite you to submit questions for allen throughout the presentation by using the events. Q a feature youll find along the edge of your screen. Alan hoover, the third is a great grandson of Herbert Hoover alan grew up in sacramento, california and received a bachelor of science degree in Civil Engineering from uc berkeley. He and his wife michelle have three children and live in a suburb of denver, colorado. Allen has worked on Engineering Projects all across the country. He also serves on boards related to the Herbert Hoover legacy. Alan also enjoys golf serving surfing and traveling however of these three activities hes only skilled at traveling. Before we meet alan. Id like to show you this clip of the Herbert Hoover president ial library and Museum De