Sidewalk Radio
Hosted by Gene Kansas, Sidewalk Radio is a monthly, 20-minute, Special Feature radio show on Atlanta's WMLB AM 1690 The Voice of the Arts, that thematically focuses on art, architecture, design, development, city planning and preservation. If you like to hear smart, cool, colorful people talking about culture, character and community, you’ll probably dig it.
Sidewalk Radio airs the third Monday of each month at 8:30am and 6:30pm
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Latest Episodes
Growing Up: The Skyline and the City
This month Sidewalk Radio explores the history along with the impact and importance that the skyline plays in both our physical and cultural development. As usual, a great gang of guests help Gene understand the skyline from each and every aspect. Jim Ozier, with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, joins Gene in the studio to share his perspective about nature meets man in the big city. As Atlanta was growing up socially and economically, it was also growing vertically. Growing up as a native, Jim Auchmutey, an author of southern culture and a features writer with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 30 years, took great notice of these advancements and his curious nature lead him to explore Atlanta’s skyline with a kid’s imagination and a historian’s approach. Robert M. Craig, professor emeritus of architectural history at Georgia Tech, author of Atlanta Architecture: Art Deco to Modern Classic, 1929–1959, and coauthor, with Paul Goldberger, of John Portman: Art and Architecture, is one of the foremost authorities on Atlanta architecture. Chip Simone, acclaimed Atlanta photographer of city life, does not make a habit of shooting the skyline. He does however tell us about “Kodak Hill” and shares the in’s and out’s of capturing life in the shadows of Downtown…and Midtown…and Buckhead.
Sidewalk_Radio-Atlanta_Skyline.mp3
The Fabulous Fox
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
In 1929, William Fox was a movie mogul and The Fox Theatre was Atlanta’s crown jewel of movie palaces. Over the years it has hosted many award-winning performances. Comedies, tragedies, & dramas – in the form of movies, plays & dance – have all played on the big screen and the stage, creating more than a few memories along the way.
Food for Thought
Monday, November 21, 2011
For this, our Thanksgiving Special, Gene is joined by four very “thoughtful” guests who act as our Atlanta Restaurant Guides, coming together through conversation to explore our heritage, our history, the soul of Southern Food, and the importance of family and friendship.
Little Five Points
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
In this episode of Sidewalk Radio, our host Gene Kansas explores the art, music, mayhem and culture of this alternative enclave that includes Elvis shrines and disco nights (Star Bar), record stores (Criminal Records, Wax’n’Facts), raucous retail (Junkman’s Daughter), thrift havens (Stefan’s), booze (Euclid Avenue Yacht Club), books (A Cappella), bands (Variety Playhouse), co-op’s (Sevananda), coffee (Aurora), and pimento cheese burgers (The Vortex) to die for, all available within a few block radius, and in Atlanta that makes it one of the truest novelties of it all. As always, this episode of Sidewalk Radio is made possible by Perkins+Will
Atlanta’s International Airport
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
This month’s Sidewalk Radio takes a look at Atlanta’s largest but least talked about monument, the airport. This month, our host Gene Kansas welcomes in former Atlanta mayor Sam Massel, experimental branding expert Keith Curtis of Perkins+Will, author of the book Sunshine Skies David P. Henderson and celebrated chef of the airport’s first upscale restaurant One Flew South Duane Nutter.
Full Show Archive >>
Growing Up: The Skyline and the City
This month Sidewalk Radio explores the history along with the impact and importance that the skyline plays in both our physical and cultural development. As usual, a great gang of guests help Gene understand the skyline from each and every aspect. Jim Ozier, with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, joins Gene in the studio to share his perspective about nature meets man in the big city. As Atlanta was growing up socially and economically, it was also growing vertically. Growing up as a native, Jim Auchmutey, an author of southern culture and a features writer with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 30 years, took great notice of these advancements and his curious nature lead him to explore Atlanta’s skyline with a kid’s imagination and a historian’s approach. Robert M. Craig, professor emeritus of architectural history at Georgia Tech, author of Atlanta Architecture: Art Deco to Modern Classic, 1929–1959, and coauthor, with Paul Goldberger, of John Portman: Art and Architecture, is one of the foremost authorities on Atlanta architecture. Chip Simone, acclaimed Atlanta photographer of city life, does not make a habit of shooting the skyline. He does however tell us about “Kodak Hill” and shares the in’s and out’s of capturing life in the shadows of Downtown…and Midtown…and Buckhead.
Sidewalk_Radio-Atlanta_Skyline.mp3
The Fabulous Fox
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
In 1929, William Fox was a movie mogul and The Fox Theatre was Atlanta’s crown jewel of movie palaces. Over the years it has hosted many award-winning performances. Comedies, tragedies, & dramas – in the form of movies, plays & dance – have all played on the big screen and the stage, creating more than a few memories along the way.
Food for Thought
Monday, November 21, 2011
For this, our Thanksgiving Special, Gene is joined by four very “thoughtful” guests who act as our Atlanta Restaurant Guides, coming together through conversation to explore our heritage, our history, the soul of Southern Food, and the importance of family and friendship.
Little Five Points
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
In this episode of Sidewalk Radio, our host Gene Kansas explores the art, music, mayhem and culture of this alternative enclave that includes Elvis shrines and disco nights (Star Bar), record stores (Criminal Records, Wax’n’Facts), raucous retail (Junkman’s Daughter), thrift havens (Stefan’s), booze (Euclid Avenue Yacht Club), books (A Cappella), bands (Variety Playhouse), co-op’s (Sevananda), coffee (Aurora), and pimento cheese burgers (The Vortex) to die for, all available within a few block radius, and in Atlanta that makes it one of the truest novelties of it all. As always, this episode of Sidewalk Radio is made possible by Perkins+Will
Atlanta’s International Airport
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
This month’s Sidewalk Radio takes a look at Atlanta’s largest but least talked about monument, the airport. This month, our host Gene Kansas welcomes in former Atlanta mayor Sam Massel, experimental branding expert Keith Curtis of Perkins+Will, author of the book Sunshine Skies David P. Henderson and celebrated chef of the airport’s first upscale restaurant One Flew South Duane Nutter.
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