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A Living Landmark: The Story of Carillon Historical Park | Book Nook

By Vick Mickunas
Published January 20, 2026 at 9:21 AM EST
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Book cover for "A Living Landmark: The Story of Carillon Historical Park" showing the iconic Deeds Carillon tower against a blue sky with the park grounds visible below
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"A Living Landmark: The Story of Carillon Historical Park" by Alex Heckman and Steve Lucht

For our first program of 2026, we were joined in studio by two gentlemen from Carillon Historical Park. They are the co-authors of "A Living Landmark: The Story of Carillon Historical Park." Alex Heckman is a vice president for that organization, and Steve Lucht is a curator there. We had a lively discussion about the history of this Dayton institution.

And it was wonderful to see Steve Lucht. He worked at WYSO for a number of years, and I had not seen him since 2003. When I hosted the Excursions music program every weekday back in those days, Steve engineered many performances by musicians who appeared as guests on the program.

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Vick Mickunas is the host of Book Nook on WYSO, which he created in 1994. He has conducted more than 1,700 author interviews, from <a href="https://www.wyso.org/podcast/book-nook/2022-06-03/book-nook-circle-unbroken-studs-terkel" target="_blank" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000016e-ccea-ddc2-a56e-edfe595e0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1768938457828,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000173-71ec-d8cc-a37b-fdfd4f460000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1768938457828,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000173-71ec-d8cc-a37b-fdfd4f460000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;anchorable.showAnchor&quot;:false,&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;attributes&quot;:[],&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot;Studs Terkel&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;NEW&quot;,&quot;attachSourceUrl&quot;:false,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.wyso.org/podcast/book-nook/2022-06-03/book-nook-circle-unbroken-studs-terkel&quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019b-dcf2-d7e6-af9f-dff2be3b0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019b-dcf2-d7e6-af9f-dff2be3b0001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}">Studs Terkel</a> to <a href="https://www.wyso.org/show/book-nook/2017-11-27/book-nook-the-midnight-line-by-lee-child" target="_blank" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000016e-ccea-ddc2-a56e-edfe595e0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1768938481143,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000173-71ec-d8cc-a37b-fdfd4f460000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1768938481143,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000173-71ec-d8cc-a37b-fdfd4f460000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;anchorable.showAnchor&quot;:false,&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;attributes&quot;:[],&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot;Lee Child&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;NEW&quot;,&quot;attachSourceUrl&quot;:false,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.wyso.org/show/book-nook/2017-11-27/book-nook-the-midnight-line-by-lee-child&quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019b-dcf3-d156-a99f-fffb1bbd0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019b-dcf3-d156-a99f-fffb1bbd0001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}">Lee Child</a> to <a href="https://www.wyso.org/show/book-nook/2016-01-18/the-best-of-the-book-nook-an-interview-with-john-glenn" target="_blank" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000016e-ccea-ddc2-a56e-edfe595e0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1768938501586,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000173-71ec-d8cc-a37b-fdfd4f460000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1768938501586,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000173-71ec-d8cc-a37b-fdfd4f460000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;anchorable.showAnchor&quot;:false,&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;attributes&quot;:[],&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot;John Glenn&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;NEW&quot;,&quot;attachSourceUrl&quot;:false,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.wyso.org/show/book-nook/2016-01-18/the-best-of-the-book-nook-an-interview-with-john-glenn&quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019b-dcf3-dc1d-addb-fff76b240000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019b-dcf3-dc1d-addb-fff76b240001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}">John Glenn</a>. He is a book critic for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News-Sun.
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