99% Invisible and the Megachurch (featuring Gillian Jacobs)

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  This is 99% invisible.

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  I'm Roman Mars.

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  In the artsy neighborhood of Echo Park in Los Angeles,

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  right across the street from Echo Park Lake, you'll find a building that begs to be noticed.

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  It sits against the backdrop of coffee shops, tattoo parlors, and tattoo parlors slash coffee shops.

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  It's a colossal white structure that looks like an arena laced with archways.

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  Its defining feature is an enormous concrete dome perched overhead.

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  The building itself is a blend of classical and modern design elements and has been described as,

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  quote, half Roman Colosseum, half Parisian opera house.

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  I mean, some people have described it that way.

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  But if you ask me,

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  I think it looks more like a concrete flying saucer landed on top of the Rose Bowl Stadium.

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  As reporter, actor, and frequent contributor, Galeigh and Jacobs.

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  One of my personal nerdier hobbies is driving around Los Angeles and looking up the history of buildings.

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  It's what I do to relax.

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  So of course, the first time I went to Echo Park Lake,

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  I homed in on that building across the street.

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  I had to know what it was.

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  And luckily for me, there are tours available.

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  The dome was also the largest freestanding dome of that size and shape.

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