Stephen Gee's guest appearances

Stephen Gee

Notebook on Cities and Culture

The Hidden History of Los Angeles

Freud Museum London: Psychoanalysis Podcasts

Brits In The Wood Podcast

D.J. Waldie

Chris Nichols

John Cage

David Kipen

Nathan Masters

Chris Guillebeau

Daniel Levin

Billy Morrison

Nick Drake

David Shields

Seth Godin

Pico Iyer

Saul Austerlitz

David Starkey

Kevin Kelly

OwlTail

It’s a big week for our guest today. After nearly ten years of research and dedication, his documentary – ‘Iconic Vision - John Parkinson, Architect of Los Angeles’ premiered on PBS and tells the story of a Brit who created over 400 of Los Angeles’ most iconic structures, including City Hall, The Coliseum, Union Station and Bullocks Wilshire. The son of an English mill worker, John Parkinson arrived in North America in 1883 with a toolbox and $5. When he died in 1935, he had inspired over $100,000,000 in construction projects in LA alone. Download to listen to Caroline and Claire chat to the very interesting Stephen Gee, the man behind the documentary and also author of ‘Iconic Vision: John Parkinson,’ ‘Los Angeles Central Library, A History of Its Art and Architecture’ and ‘Los Angeles City Hall: An American Icon.’ Find out more on these links:  https://twitter.com/sgeetv  http://johnparkinsonarchitect.com  https://www.angelcitypress.com/collections/authors-stephen-gee   To purchase Stephen’s books please click here: https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B00D36L90I?redirectedFromKindleDbs=true   Please follow Brits in the Wood online:  http://www.britsinthewood.com/listen  http://www.britsinthewood.blog  http://www.facebook.com/BritsintheWood  http://www.instagram.com/britsinthewood  http://www.twitter.com/britsinthewood

It’s a big week for our guest today. After nearly ten years of research and dedication, his documentary – ‘Iconic Vision - John Parkinson, Architect of Los Angeles’ premiered on PBS and tells the story of a Brit who created over 400 of Los Angeles’ most iconic structures, including City Hall, The Coliseum, Union Station and Bullocks Wilshire. The son of an English mill worker, John Parkinson arrived in North America in 1883 with a toolbox and $5. When he died in 1935, he had inspired over $100,000,000 in construction projects in LA alone. Download to listen to Caroline and Claire chat to the very interesting Stephen Gee, the man behind the documentary and also author of ‘Iconic Vision: John Parkinson,’ ‘Los Angeles Central Library, A History of Its Art and Architecture’ and ‘Los Angeles City Hall: An American Icon.’ Find out more on these links: <a href="https://twitter.com/sgeetv" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/sgeetv</a> <a href="http://johnparkinsonarchitect.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> http://johnparkinsonarchitect.com</a> <a href="https://www.angelcitypress.com/collections/authors-stephen-gee" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.angelcitypress.com/collections/authors-stephen-gee</a> To purchase Stephen’s books please click here: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B00D36L90I?redirectedFromKindleDbs=true" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B00D36L90I?redirectedFromKindleDbs=true</a> Please follow Brits in the Wood online: <a href="http://www.britsinthewood.com/listen" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.britsinthewood.com/listen</a> <a href="http://www.britsinthewood.blog/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.britsinthewood.blog</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BritsintheWood" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.facebook.com/BritsintheWood</a> <a href="http://www.instagram.com/britsinthewood" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.instagram.com/britsinthewood</a> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/britsinthewood" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.twitter.com/britsinthewood</a>

60: Stephen Gee - Iconic Vision

John Parkinson

John Parkinson is L.A.'s most important, but often forgotten, architect. 

John Parkinson is L.A.'s most important, but often forgotten, architect.

John Parkinson and an Interview with Stephen Gee HHLA35

Colin Marshall sits down above downtown Los Angeles in the U.S. Bank tower with Stephen Gee, senior producer at ITV Studios and author of Iconic Vision: John Parkinson, Architect of Los Angeles, the first book on the man who designed such landmark structures in the city as Union Station, the Memorial Coliseum, Bullock's Wilshire, and City Hall. They discuss how such a visionary could have gone unknown so long; Los Angeles' relationship to its public buildings; Parkinson's notion, during a time when Los Angeles set about defining itself, of putting up a built environment that would leave people inspired; the neatness, elegance, and organization that characterize a Parkinson building; the city's assumption that Parkinson would remain a household name for generations to come, and how World War II and the years after threw that off; Parkinson's move from England, and his own move from England in 1995; his struggle to find information related to the architect, and how everything new he learned made him want to learn more (as also happens with knowledge about the city of Los Angeles itself); how you engage better with Los Angeles after coming to understand its original intention; how to break down the false images of the city the rest of the world gets fed; Los Angeles as "the city of the future" in most or all eras of its existence; the modern repurposing of Parkinson buildings, into apartments and retail spaces and law schools; Iconic Vision's origin as, and possible future as, a television documentary; the new relevance of Parkinson buildings in an era when Angelenos have begun to regard and use the city differently; what he learned when he assembled of Parkinson's buildings, from Los Angeles and elsewhere, "in one place"; and what might architecturally excite the always forward-looking Parkinson in this always forward-looking city today. Download the interview from Notebook on Cities and Culture’s feed or on iTunes.

Colin Marshall sits down above downtown Los Angeles in the U.S. Bank tower with Stephen Gee, senior producer at ITV Studios and author of <a href="http://www.angelcitypress.com/park.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Iconic Vision: John Parkinson, Architect of Los Angeles</a>, the first book on the man who designed such landmark structures in the city as Union Station, the Memorial Coliseum, Bullock's Wilshire, and City Hall. They discuss how such a visionary could have gone unknown so long; Los Angeles' relationship to its public buildings; Parkinson's notion, during a time when Los Angeles set about defining itself, of putting up a built environment that would leave people inspired; the neatness, elegance, and organization that characterize a Parkinson building; the city's assumption that Parkinson would remain a household name for generations to come, and how World War II and the years after threw that off; Parkinson's move from England, and his own move from England in 1995; his struggle to find information related to the architect, and how everything new he learned made him want to learn more (as also happens with knowledge about the city of Los Angeles itself); how you engage better with Los Angeles after coming to understand its original intention; how to break down the false images of the city the rest of the world gets fed; Los Angeles as "the city of the future" in most or all eras of its existence; the modern repurposing of Parkinson buildings, into apartments and retail spaces and law schools; Iconic Vision's origin as, and possible future as, a television documentary; the new relevance of Parkinson buildings in an era when Angelenos have begun to regard and use the city differently; what he learned when he assembled of Parkinson's buildings, from Los Angeles and elsewhere, "in one place"; and what might architecturally excite the always forward-looking Parkinson in this always forward-looking city today. Download the interview from Notebook on Cities and Culture’s feed or on <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/notebook-on-cities-culture/id266539442" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>.

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