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Series · 2012–2012Ended

Up to Speed

8.0·1 season·6 episodes·24 min avg.

Tour guide, historian and flaneur "Speed" Levitch travels the nation visiting those monuments that rarely make it into travel guides, from the shoe gardens of San Francisco to the luckiest subway grate in New York City.

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San Francisco: A City Shaped by Earthquakes
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Aug 9, 2012

Speed takes us on a tour of renowned objects in San Francisco – a city shaped by earthquakes that makes a point of attacking the status quo and appreciating the beauty in the unexpected.

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Chicago: To Conjure a Lost Neighborhood
Chicago: To Conjure a Lost Neighborhood
Aug 16, 2012

Speed spends a day steeped in the history of working class Chicago – a city of blue collar labor constantly fighting back against the status quo of their corporate overlords.

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Kansas & Missouri: In the Middle of the Middle of the Midwest
Kansas & Missouri: In the Middle of the Middle of the Midwest
Aug 23, 2012

Speed explores the idea of borders and boundaries in Lawrence, Kansas – a city straddling the line between opposing sides during the American Civil War.

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Virginia: The Many Flavors of Thomas Jefferson
Virginia: The Many Flavors of Thomas Jefferson
Aug 30, 2012

Speed sifts through the many flavors of Thomas Jefferson in Monticello and the University of Virginia – two historic landmarks representing the many sides of America’s most complicated founding father.

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New York City: The Beauty of Randomness
New York City: The Beauty of Randomness
Sep 5, 2012

Speed wanders through the chaos of New York City – a metropolitan hub teeming with simultaneous bouts of randomness and synchronicity.

06
The Tour Guide Convention
The Tour Guide Convention
Sep 13, 2012

Speed goes on adventures with other tour guides across the country.

Cast

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Timothy "Speed" Levitch
Self

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