arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in was a big question. as soon as the coit tower was getting finished and someone put in the idea that it should be used for art, then, all of a sudden, he

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brown. i write and illustrate the arthur books.s of my kids: "tolon," "tucker" and "eliza." this is probably one of the hardest to find the name hidden. if you look very carefully on arthur's desk the pencil holder has eliza's name. the other names are hidden on the ends of these baby beds in the hospital. see if you can find their names. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org visit us on-line at... you can find arthur books and lots of other books, too at your local library. access.wgbh.org ♪ and everybody that you meet ♪ ♪ has an original point of view ♪ ♪ and i say hey! ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ if we could learn to work and play ♪ ♪ and get along with each other. ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day. ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day. ♪ hey! funding for arthur is provided by... ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] fun for everyone makes a family strong. chuck e. cheese's proudly supports pbs kids. and by contributions to your pbs station from... every week... that's me! martha speaks is proof positive.

. ♪ brown: when i draw baby kate, i do sort of a miniature version of arthur.ne at pbskidsgo.org. you can find arthur books and lots of other books, too at your local library. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ and everybody that you meet has an original point of view. ♪ ♪ and i say hey! ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ if we could learn to work and play ♪ ♪ and get along with each other ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day ♪ hey! captioning is provided by... ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] fun for everyone makes a family strong. chuck e. cheese's proudly supports pbs kids. and by a "ready to learn" television cooperative agreement from the u.s. department of education through the public broadcasting service. broadcasting service every week... that's me! martha speaks is proof positive... do we love llamas, people? ...there's nothing like a talking dog. hello! (voices wobbling) you guys are really irritating. does "irritating" mean "fun"? on your mark, go! martha speaks on pbs kids. wow! (barking) (honks) martha speaks is funded in par

brown. i get a lot of letters from you kids asking me what i do when i'm not writing and illustrating the arthurbed and then i go for a walk and after that i come home and make my favorite breakfast: oatmeal and bananas. and sometimes i doodle. it sort of reminds me of prunella. captioned by media access groupt visit us on-line at... you can find arthur books and lots of other books, too at your local library. wgbh ac.wgbh.org ♪ ...and everybody that you meet ♪ ♪ has an original point of view ♪ ♪ and i say hey! ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ if we could learn to work and play ♪ ♪ and get along with each other. ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day. ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day. ♪ hey! funding for arthur is provivided by... ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] fun for everyone makes a family strong. chuck e. cheese's proudly supports pbs kids. and by contributions to your pbs station from: every week... that's me! martha speaks is proof positive... do we love llamas, people? ...there's nothing like a talking dog. hello! (voices wobbling) you guys are really irritating. does "irritating" m