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MetroFocus  Canstruction 2012: Building Awareness and Breaking the Rules

Feb. 13 at 7:30 pm on WLIW, Feb. 14 at 8:30 pm on THIRTEEN, Feb. 19 at 10:30 pm on ... Details

 

Program: MetroFocus

Episode: Canstruction 2012: Building Awareness and Breaking the Rules

Every year for the past 20 years, teams of architects and engineers descend upon the Winter Garden at World Financial Center to do what they do best—build impressive structures. Using only unopened cans of food, some creative planning and lots of ingenuity, two dozen teams spend a single night turning more than 100,000 cans into pop art for charity.

Duration: (0:46)
Premiere Date: 02/13/2013
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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