The Wrong Stuff - American Architecture

Series: 60 MINUTES.

Duration: 13

Creator: New York

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Introduces social critic Tom Wolfe who examines current styles of American architecture and finds it bland. , Tom Wolfe, the eminent and controversial social critic, examines Americans through their architecture and big city skyscrapers. Accompanied by correspondant Morley Safer, Wolfe singles out New York City skyscrapers for derision and decries the American flattop skyscraper as derivative of European architecture of the 1920's. Wolfe points to the growing homogenization of American cities by architects reminding us that architecture reflects a society.

Complete Record: Introduces social critic Tom Wolfe who examines current styles of American architecture and finds it bland. , Tom Wolfe, the eminent and controversial social critic, examines Americans through their architecture and big city skyscrapers. Accompanied by correspondant Morley Safer, Wolfe singles out New York City skyscrapers for derision and decries the American flattop skyscraper as derivative of European architecture of the 1920's. Wolfe points to the growing homogenization of American cities by architects reminding us that architecture reflects a society. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.