10 That Changed America

10 That Changed America is a series of television documentary films about the history of architecture and urban planning produced by US public service broadcaster PBS member station WTTW from 2013 to 2018. The series is presented by Geoffrey Baer and produced by Dan Protess.[1]

The series comprises seven separate films, each approximately 55 minutes in length. The initial episode on 10 Buildings That Changed America was broadcast in 2013. A three part season 1 comprising episodes on 10 Homes, 10 Towns and 10 Parks followed in 2016.

Season 2 with three further episodes covering 10 Streets, 10 Monuments and 10 Modern Marvels aired in July 2018.[1]

10 Buildings That Changed America

Buildings in presentation order with credited architect, location and year
	Building	Credited Architect	Location	Year
1	Virginia State Capitol	Thomas Jefferson	Richmond, Virginia	1788
2	Trinity Church	Henry Richardson	Boston, Massachusetts	1877
3	Wainwright Building	Louis Sullivan	St. Louis, Missouri	1891
4	Robie House	Frank Lloyd Wright	Chicago, Illinois	1910
5	Highland Park Ford Plant	Albert Kahn	Highland Park, Michigan	1910
6	Southdale Center	Victor Gruen	Edina, Minnesota	1956
7	Seagram Building	Mies van der Rohe	New York, New York	1958
8	Dulles International Airport	Eero Saarinen	Chantilly, Virginia	1962
9	Vanna Venturi House	Robert Venturi	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1964
10	Disney Concert Hall	Frank Gehry	Los Angeles, California	2003

10 Homes That Changed America

Homes in presentation order with credited architect, location and year
	Home	Credited Architects	Location	Year
1	Taos Pueblo		Taos, New Mexico	1400s
2	Monticello	Thomas Jefferson	Charlottesville, Virginia	1809
3	Lyndhurst	A J Davis	Tarrytown, New York	1842
4	The Tenement		New York, New York	mid 1800s
5	The Gamble House	Charles and Henry Greene	Pasadena, California	1908
6	Langston Terrace Dwellings	Hilyard Robinson	Washington, DC	1938
7	Fallingwater	Frank Lloyd Wright	Mill Run, Pennsylvania	1937
8	Eames House	Charles and Ray Eames	Pacific Palisades, California	1949
9	Marina City	Bertrand Goldberg	Chicago, Illinois	1962
10	Glidehouse	Michelle Kaufmann	Novato, California	2004

10 Towns That Changed America

Towns in presentation order with credited planners and year
	Town	Credited Planners	Year
1	St. Augustine, Florida	Laws of the Indies	1565
2	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	William Penn	1682
3	Salt Lake City, Utah	Joseph Smith	1847
4	Riverside, Illinois	Frederick Law Olmsted	1868
5	Pullman, Illinois	George Pullman and Solon S Beman	1880
6	Greenbelt, Maryland	Clarence S Stein	1935
7	Levittown, New York	Levitt and Sons	1947
8	Southwest Washington, DC	Louis Justement and Chloethiel Smith	1952
9	Seaside, Florida	Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co	1981
10	Pearl District, Portland, Oregon	Portland Planning Commission and Jane Jacobs	1997

10 Parks That Changed America

Parks in presentation order with location, credited planner and year
	Park	Location	Credited Planner	Year
1	Squares of Savannah	Savannah, Georgia		1733
2	Fairmount Park	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		1812
3	Mt. Auburn Cemetery	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn	1831
4	Central Park	New York, New York	Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux	1857
5	Chicago's Neighborhood Parks	Chicago, Illinois		1869
6	San Antonio River Walk	San Antonio, Texas	Robert Hugman	1929
7	Overton Park	Memphis, Tennessee	George Kessler	1906
8	Freeway Park	Seattle, Washington	Angela Danadjieva	1976
9	Gas Works Park	Seattle, Washington	Richard Haag	1975
10	The High Line	New York, New York	James Corner	2009

10 Streets That Changed America

The chosen streets, in rough chronological order of establishment, were New York City's Broadway, the Boston Post Road linking Boston, MA to New York, NY, St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, LA, the National Road linking Cumberland, MD to Vandalia, IL, Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway in New York City, Woodward Avenue in Detroit, MI, the Lincoln Highway from New York, NY to San Francisco, CA, Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa, OK, Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, CA, and the Kalamazoo Mall outdoor pedestrian shopping mall at Kalamazoo, MI.[2]

10 Monuments That Changed America

The chosen monuments were the Bunker Hill Monument at Boston, MA (1843), the Statue of Liberty (1886), Standing Soldiers monuments to Civil War dead (post 1865), the Robert Gould Shaw/54th Regiment Memorial at Boston, MA (1897), the Lincoln Memorial at Washington, DC (1922), Mount Rushmore (1941), the Gateway Arch at St. Louis, MO (1965), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Washington, DC (1982), the AIDS Memorial Quilt (1987), and the Oklahoma City National Memorial at Oklahoma City, OK (2000).[3]

10 Modern Marvels That Changed America

The civil engineering feats were the Erie Canal (1825), the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge across the Ohio River at Cincinnati, OH (1866), the Transcontinental Railroad (1869), the Eads Bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, MO (1874), the Reversal of the Chicago River (1900), the Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River connecting New York, NY to Jersey City, NJ (1927), the Hoover Dam (1936), the Colorado River Aqueduct (1935), the Interstate Highway System (1956), and New Orleans' Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (2005)

Critical response

The initial episode on 10 Buildings That Changed America received mixed reviews from architecture critics. It was recognised as achieving the goal to "explain complex battles over architectural ideas, in clear language, to a broad audience".[4] However, it was also criticised as lacking substance and failing to address "the historical, social and economic impact of these 10 buildings".[5] The Minneapolis Star Tribune highlighted the series 1 episode covering 10 Homes That Changed America for informativeness on "influential homes that transformed residential living".[6]

References

Rockett, Darcel (10 July 2018). "Marvels, monuments and streets: '10 That Changed America' is back for another season". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
Crawley, Melissa (3 July 2018). "Stay Tuned: TV Review: '10 That Changed America'". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
Waldek, Stefanie (4 July 2018). "10 Monuments and Memorials That Changed America Forever". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
Hawthorne, Christopher. "'10 Buildings That Changed America' is a rewarding tour", Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2013. Retrieved on 1 July 2018.
Kennicott, Philip. "Little of substance in PBS’s ‘10 Buildings That Changed America’", The Washington Post, Washington, 9 May 2013. Retrieved on 1 July 2018.
Palmer, Kim. "Worth watching", Star Tribune, Minneapolis, 2 Apr 2016. Retrieved on 2 July 2018.

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[Trib-1] Rockett, Darcel (10 July 2018). "Marvels, monuments and streets: '10 That Changed America' is back for another season". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[Dispatch-2] Crawley, Melissa (3 July 2018). "Stay Tuned: TV Review: '10 That Changed America'". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[ad-3] Waldek, Stefanie (4 July 2018). "10 Monuments and Memorials That Changed America Forever". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[4] Hawthorne, Christopher. "'10 Buildings That Changed America' is a rewarding tour", Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2013. Retrieved on 1 July 2018.

[5] Kennicott, Philip. "Little of substance in PBS’s ‘10 Buildings That Changed America’", The Washington Post, Washington, 9 May 2013. Retrieved on 1 July 2018.

[6] Palmer, Kim. "Worth watching", Star Tribune, Minneapolis, 2 Apr 2016. Retrieved on 2 July 2018.