Architect Frank Gehry, real estate developer Zhang Xin, poet Robert Polito, and student poets from across the U.S. consider the parallel emergence of architectural and poetic modernism, through Sandburg’s avant-garde ode to skyscrapers.

Originally released by PBS, 2017. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 07, 2019.

Introduction: "Skyscraper (3:52); --Sandburg's Chicago (2:07); -- "Elevators Slide on Their Cables ..." (2:13); -- Sandburg's Political Views (2:34); -- Beijing as the New Chicago (2:25); -- Human Cost of Construction (2:29); -- Beginning of the 20th Century (2:04); -- Aesthetic of Buildings (2:25); -- "One by One the Floors are Emptied ..." (4:05); -- Credits: Skyscraper (0:43); .