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strange isn't it?

From the point of view of physics, it will seem a little less strange.

Finding new ways to create new buildings with new technology has been the bread and butter of the leading edge architects since there have been leading edge architects.

And today my friend Nate De Mayo, hey Nate, hey rowin, has the story of one of those men.

A man whose time on the leading edge was brief but dramatic.

Nate is the creator of the Memory Palace, a history podcast that is all about being

brief and dramatic.

This is the story of Vision daredevil architect Bradford Gilbert.

Take it away?

Bradford Gilbert had spent his career close to the ground.

At 23 he took a job as the architect for the New York Lake Erie

and Western Railroad. It was 1878. As an older man he would redesign Grand Central

station, but his early 20s saw him designing less Grand Central Station.

But his early 20s saw him designing less Grand Stations

in less central locations, the places you waited

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