Finding Art in Airport Towers (#143)

If you can find a way to make concrete airport towers look cool, you can probably do anything! #nerdbirds Brendan and Rachel review “The Art of the Airport Tower,” a photographic book and Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit. They discuss favorite photos, and Brendan shares trivia on Disney’s purchase of a Southern California airport.

• The Art of the Airport Tower exhibit website
• Preview the book (with many of the photos discussed in the episode) on the Google Books site
• Disney’s Grand Central Air Terminal tour (former Glendale airport)