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Cathedral of Junk
Sprawling backyard folk-art maze of scavenged towers and arches, built by hand from tons of junk.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Cathedral of Junk in Austin turns on a single morning in twenty ten, when a neighbor's complaint set off a fight between its builder, Vince Hannemann, and the city over the backyard structure he had spent decades scavenging into towers and arches. You will hear about a mayor, a corps of volunteer strangers, and the tons of material a man will part with to keep something he built alone. Best heard standing beneath the dome he still calls unfinished.
This audio guide was created using AI.