Why Isn’t the Golden Gate Bridge Golden?

Kevin Starr, author of Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America’s Greatest Bridge, shares why the Golden Gate Bridge is “international orange” and not a golden yellow. Kevin Starr is University Professor of History at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. From 1994 to 2004, he served as the state librarian for California. His writing has won a Guggenheim Fellowship and gold and silver medals from the Commonwealth Club of California. He lives in San Francisco. Complete video available for free at fora.tv

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