NYC's Skyline and Unmistakable Grid, How the Koch Brothers Manipulate American Elections | The Leonard Lopate Show

4 segments

Why Some New York Buildings Go Up, and Others Come Down 32 min

Bringing Order to Chaos, or How Manhattan Got its Grid 17 min

How Billionaire Libertarians Control the American Political System 32 min

Behind the Scenes with Conductor Gerard Schwarz and his All-Star Orchestra 16 min

David H. Koch attends the unveiling of the David H. Koch Plaza at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 9, 2014 in New York City.

Michael Kimmelman talks about the new buildings going up in New York, and what's leaving our city this year. Gerard Koeppel tells us about the 19th century urban planning that led to Manhattan's unmistakable grid. Jane Mayer reveals how billionaires like the Koch brothers have worked to fundamentally alter the American political system. Gerard Schwarz, music director and conductor, talks about Season 2 of his "All-Start Orchestra" television series.