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06-12-2008, 07:37 PM
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Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama
Have you ever been to a Frank Lloyd Wright house? We went off for a weekend a few weeks ago and while visiting Helen Keller's birthplace in Tuscumbia, I found a pamphlet for this place:
http://www.wrightinalabama.com/index.html It was totally cool, and built in 1939. Wright designed the furniture as well, making it out of plywood (which he loved, apparently). They say Wright concerned himself only with the aesthetics of his creations. When one homeowner complained that the flat roofs leaked (as did this one), Wright replied that the homeowner should get pots and pans to catch the water.
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06-12-2008, 07:48 PM
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06-13-2008, 12:13 AM
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06-13-2008, 01:10 AM
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06-13-2008, 01:25 AM
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Equally interesting, I would think, would be the stories of the people that commissioned these homes. Think 1939 and this home goes up in town. Who blazes that trail? Rosenbaum was Jewish and the son of the local movie theatre magnate. He met his wife, a fasion model, while at school in New York. He got his PhD at University of Denver, but couldn't get a job at the local university in Florence, so he helped his father run the business until things changed and he finally became a professor.
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Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith. |
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06-13-2008, 01:29 AM
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I heard that FLW was an absolute POS when it came to his personal life. True?
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06-13-2008, 01:34 AM
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We visited Taliesin out side of phoenix once. It was pretty cool. It had some maintenance issues. Not sure if it leaks.
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06-13-2008, 01:35 AM
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Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith. |
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06-13-2008, 03:54 AM
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If your ever out my way, the Wescott House is a nice place to visit. They've invested millions in its renovation and it has a nice FLW museum inside.
http://www.westcotthouse.org/ |
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06-13-2008, 04:05 AM
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There's a Wright house in Bountiful. Didn't know that.
http://www.archutah.com/built/Stromq...use/index.html
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