Buckminster Fuller Proposed Putting A Big Dome Over Manhattan

Today in 1895, the birthday of Buckminster Fuller, the “engineer, architect and futurist" who once proposed building a see-through dome over part of Manhattan to save energy and money. Plus: a community festival that’s actually in a bunch of communities. The 1960 Plan To Put A Dome Over Midtown Manhattan (Gothamist) This Was Buckminster Fuller’s Plan to Cover Manhattan With a Giant Dome (The Daily Beast) Stroud Brick Throwing and Rolling Pin Competition  It would be a bright idea to back our show on Patreon today