Bradford Gilbert & the first American skyscraper

We here at Venture Architecture celebrate the round pegs in the square holes. Over the weekend I listened to this wonderful podcast from The Memory Palace by Nate DiMeo. It's a beautiful piece of storytelling and I think it typifies the indomitable inventiveness of the American spirit and it's something we aspire to in our office in every project we do. 

The Memory Palace produces weird and wonderful slices of American history in podcast form. Apparently this episode was commissioned by 99% Invisible, "a tiny radio show about design, architecture & the 99% invisible activity that shapes our world," from KALW in San Francisco.