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Take Two

Can shipping containers be used as buildings?

By Take Two Staff
Published Apr 10, 2014
Competition for cargo: good or bad?
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Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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Can shipping containers be used as buildings?

The cost of housing in the city is making many people think small. And the micro movement loves to reuse and recycle. 

Enter the idea of a shipping container as a building. KUOW's Carolyn Adolph explores an idea that seems perfect, for a port city like Seattle.