Empire State tenants, like architect Ronette Riley, say they are delighted to work in a masterpiece. But some glass buildings can be downright flamboyant, like Las Vegas' new Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. All of its windows shimmer with a thin plate of pure gold, and it's the world's only skyscraper that boasts an 11-acre aqua park with an artificial beach and lagoon. Reaching Out premiered on the Discovery Channel in February 2000. You can view a video clip from the program to the right, and watch for rebroadcasts to appear in our TV schedule .
Bridges are the superstars of engineering.
This film profiles some of the greatest bridges of the modern age and goes behind the scenes to meet the people who design, build and maintain them. The Brooklyn Bridge and the George Washington Bridge both broke length records and marked great strides in the quest to create more slender and elegant suspension bridges. This quest resulted in tragedy, however, when mild winds ripped apart Washington's Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940. Measuring two and a half miles, the bridge contains enough bundled wire to circle the Earth seven and a half times. The Golden Gate Bridge, built in 1937, is still the favorite of many aficionados, and today a staff of 180 people tend to the many needs of this masterpiece.