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Angelina buys Brad Heart Shaped Island for his 50th
Breitbart.com ^ | 11-25-13 | Jon David Kahn

Posted on 11/25/2013 12:50:32 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic

Located just 50 miles north of New York City, sits Petra, a heart-shaped island that now belongs to Brad Pitt, after Angelina reportedly shelled out £12.2million to buy it for his 50th birthday.

Pitt is apparently an architect fanatic, so when Jolie discovered that the island's only two homes were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, she was sold. Pitt once said,“When I discovered Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Frank Lloyd Wright, it changed my life.”

A source revealed that “as soon as Angelina heard the island was on the market she arranged a viewing. She was really impressed. The house is perfect for romantic getaways or as a family retreat. It’s very private. And Angelina knows the fact the island is in the shape of a heart will mean so much to him."

The 11-acre island has a helicopter pad and boasts vast expanses of stone, cement, mahogany and skylights. The first cottage was put up in 1950, nine years before Wright’s death. The main house was constructed in 2008 from a Wright plan and is reportedly one of his most spectacular designs.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: angelinajolie; birthdays; bradpitt; franklloydwright
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To: afraidfortherepublic

But it is ART!

/s


61 posted on 11/25/2013 2:23:50 PM PST by BwanaNdege (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. J.F. Kennedy)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
LOLOLOL! So it takes leaking skylights to be properly “Wrightian”.

From the same Wiki article:

If the purists' objections seem petty, it's because the little things matter a great deal to Wright's fans.

It's because Wright's fans don't have to live in Wright's houses.

62 posted on 11/25/2013 2:25:56 PM PST by Rinnwald
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To: sheana

cool!


63 posted on 11/25/2013 2:33:53 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: CrazyIvan

No loss to you!


64 posted on 11/25/2013 2:33:59 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Sacajaweau

“looks like a big bush from here”

Something else to remind him of Angelina...


65 posted on 11/25/2013 2:42:21 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Argus
It looks like an airline terminal.

It shows that people tire of the same thing easily.

When they tired of Victorian intricacies, they turned to Art Deco and the modernists. I personally like Art Deco, but not Wright's Organic style. Wright actually started his career in late Victorian, and turned out increasingly wild ideas for the time. Now, when every airline terminal and public school from the middle of the 20th century has ripped off elements of Organic, with varying shades of skill, it doesn't seem that special.

66 posted on 11/25/2013 2:42:33 PM PST by Rinnwald
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To: dfwgator
‘Ze Plane......’Ze Plane!”

Yes, she has her ticket, she just needs Complex and a Seaplane Rating, and if a RC-3 is good enough for James Bond, well then..:-)...


67 posted on 11/25/2013 2:46:25 PM PST by taildragger (The E-GOP won't know what hit them, The Party of Reagan is almost here, hang tight folks....)
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To: GeronL
A nice perch for watching the fireworks or fire when the SHTF I guess

I'll tell you what this means GeronL--No size restrictions and screw the limit. (with apologies to the Far Side).

68 posted on 11/25/2013 2:47:29 PM PST by Rinnwald
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To: PLMerite
“looks like a big bush from here”

Something else to remind him of Angelina...

And lots of cantilever trussing to remind him of the other half of her.

69 posted on 11/25/2013 2:52:02 PM PST by Rinnwald
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To: brownsfan

That depends what you plan to feed them.


70 posted on 11/25/2013 3:01:03 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Lemme guess....this idiot still supports Obama’s taxation policies on the middle class...


71 posted on 11/25/2013 3:10:36 PM PST by Wanderer99
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To: Sacajaweau
looks like a big bush from here


72 posted on 11/25/2013 3:13:09 PM PST by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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To: Argus
It looks like an airline terminal.

Yeah. In a former Soviet republic.

73 posted on 11/25/2013 3:15:30 PM PST by EternalVigilance ("The simplification of anything is always sensational." - GK Chesterton)
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To: central_va
Looks like part of Tracy Island

Thunderbirds are Go!


74 posted on 11/25/2013 3:21:29 PM PST by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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To: central_va

If those rocks were 300 feet taller they could film a “D-Day” movie there.


75 posted on 11/25/2013 3:29:32 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

There’s a pacemaker on that there heart.


76 posted on 11/25/2013 4:18:18 PM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: BwanaNdege
But it is ART!


77 posted on 11/25/2013 4:34:49 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: latina4dubya
I knoiw, nothing like the real things.


78 posted on 11/25/2013 5:04:13 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: dead

I guess I would rather go to Brazil...:)


79 posted on 11/25/2013 6:01:25 PM PST by rlmorel ("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
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To: a fool in paradise

Probably instructions.


80 posted on 11/25/2013 6:02:15 PM PST by rlmorel ("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
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