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Building Out of the Recession
	Jonathan Glancey, architecture correspondent for The Guardian newspaper in Britain, examines the architecture of a downturn and asks whether it’s possible to literally "build" out of a recession.
FIRST HALF	In this documentary produced for the BBC World Service, Jonathan Glancey goes back to the Great Depression. He looks at the symbolism of buildings constructed during the New Deal and at their concrete contributions toward reviving the economy.

SECOND HALF	Architecture critic Jonathan Glancey continues to question whether it’s possible to build out a recession. He also asks whether developments need to be grandiose to boost the economy, and visits Chicago to see smaller-scale projects that are making a big impact.

THE CHANGING WORLD is the sister documentary series of PRI's The World. Each week, we offer American radio listeners two in-depth documentaries from the BBC World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our evolving world.

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