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Design and Architecture
Design and Architecture

WeHo's Sunset Spectacular, Megaships and Global Shipping

Hosted by Frances Anderton May. 24, 2016
The City of West Hollywood wants to make the Sunset Strip the spectacle it was back in its heyday. So it's hosting a design competition for an innovative billboard. Also, DnA boards a mega-ship at the Port of Long Beach, the largest container ship to ever dock in the US, and learns about the impact of global transportation on our infrastructure and environment.

Photo: The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, a super-sized cargo ship at the Port of Long Beach. (Frances Anderton)

From this Episode:

WeHo's Sunset Spectacular

The city of West Hollywood wants a new billboard to a site it owns on the Sunset Strip. But it doesn’t want any old rectangle with a static image. Instead it wants a dynamic...

15 min

Megaships and Global Shipping

There are hidden costs of moving goods around the world. DnA boards the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, a super-sized cargo ship at the Port of Long Beach. It was the largest...

13 min

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Host:

Frances Anderton

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Avishay Artsy

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