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    Design and Architecture

    Bridges and Walls: The Border Wall

    Can a wall also act as a bridge? The U.S.-Mexico border wall stretches along 700 miles. It divides two nations that are strategic allies and trading partners, and continues to divide Americans along partisan lines.

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    By Frances Anderton • Feb 6, 2018 • 28m Listen

    When Donald Trump ran for president, building a wall along our nation’s southern border was one of his biggest rallying cries.

    California Arts Council, a state agency.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

      Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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      Jenny Hamel

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      Ronald Rael

      Architecture professor at UC Berkeley, author of “Borderwall as Architecture”

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      Francisco Cantú

      Author of “The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From The Border”

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