Walt Disney Concert Hall

This guide to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles opens with an odd problem in spring 2003: a nearby resident's air conditioner struggling and a traffic cone found half-melted on the sidewalk below Frank Gehry's still-scaffolded stainless-steel building. It traces the glare investigation that followed, from measuring scorching sidewalk temperatures to sending workers up with sanders to dull the shine. You'll also hear about the sixteen-year road to opening, and Lillian Disney's fifty-million-dollar gift that got it started in 1987.