Boundary Stones
Meet the D.C. Woman Who Lived In a Glass House Atop Anacostia's Big Chair
2/13/2023 | 2m 25s
In the summer of 1960, a D.C. woman lived in a glass apartment atop the Big Chair in Anacostia.
In the late 1950s, D.C.'s Curtis Brothers Furniture Store partnered with Bassett Furniture, which built the World's Largest Chair – a 19.5 foot tall, 4600 pound Duncan Phyfe -- and installed it outside their showroom in Anacostia. Then, they built a glass apartment atop the chair and convinced 19-year-old Lynn Arnold to live there in plain view, 24-7.
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Boundary Stones is a local public television program presented by WETA
Boundary Stones
Meet the D.C. Woman Who Lived In a Glass House Atop Anacostia's Big Chair
2/13/2023 | 2m 25s
In the late 1950s, D.C.'s Curtis Brothers Furniture Store partnered with Bassett Furniture, which built the World's Largest Chair – a 19.5 foot tall, 4600 pound Duncan Phyfe -- and installed it outside their showroom in Anacostia. Then, they built a glass apartment atop the chair and convinced 19-year-old Lynn Arnold to live there in plain view, 24-7.
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Boundary Stones is a local public television program presented by WETA