Posted on 08/08/2008 9:55:49 AM PDT by DManA
Possible. IIRC, Ayn Rand and Frank Lloyd Wright were friends and corresponded regularly.
My father and Wright were good friends, I remember several occasions when he came over to the house and pleaded with my dad to do one of his projects.
I worked on his house (monstrosity) in Los Feliz and a couple of his buildings.
My sister in law lived in a house he designed in Saganaw MI.
Thanks for posting the pics. Notice they have changed the sign. Replaced the stylized 66 with a big L.
This is supposedly the last wright design build before he died. He never visited it.
Wright also designed Lindholm’s house which still exists.
Water Dome, completed in its original form in 1948, still consists of a portion of the concrete perimeter of the pool. The area was redesigned in the mid-60's because of the difficulty of maintaining the one large pool. Original fountains in the pool were also dismantled
This is so cool. I must admit that I didn't know about this gas station! I so appreciate the info.
WOW! Fantastic! When this this happen?
October of last year was when they first turned it on. I’ve only seen it during the day but it’s really cool.
The restorations have been slow, methodical and very expensive for FSU. Such a beautiful campus!
Anyone who is visiting the Chicago area should make a trip to Oak Park, IL to see Wright’s home and studio. This is where he began his career. What a genius he was. I normally don’t like modern architecture, but I love all of Wright’s designs. There’s just something special about them.
Cheers!
Neat-o!
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