Up to Speed
Season 12012
Tour guide, historian and flaneur "Speed" Levitch travels the nation visiting those monuments that rarely make it into travel guides, from the shoe gardens of San Francisco to the luckiest subway grate in New York City.
6 Episodes
Speed takes us on a tour of renowned objects in San Francisco β a city shaped by earthquakes that makes a point of attacking the status quo and appreciating the beauty in the unexpected.
August 9, 2012Speed spends a day steeped in the history of working class Chicago β a city of blue collar labor constantly fighting back against the status quo of their corporate overlords.
August 16, 2012Speed explores the idea of borders and boundaries in Lawrence, Kansas β a city straddling the line between opposing sides during the American Civil War.
August 23, 2012Speed sifts through the many flavors of Thomas Jefferson in Monticello and the University of Virginia β two historic landmarks representing the many sides of Americaβs most complicated founding father.
August 30, 2012Speed wanders through the chaos of New York City β a metropolitan hub teeming with simultaneous bouts of randomness and synchronicity.
September 5, 2012Speed goes on adventures with other tour guides across the country.
September 13, 2012