[bert]

......i’ve always wanted a house with a stream that runs through it. ;) .....

The Falling Waters house is no longer possible because it is built in a Flood Plain.

FEMA prohibits and most counties support the prohabition of residences within the 50 year flood plain.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Actually, Flood Plain only affect us little people. If you can pay/bond the property you build (long a stream, creek, river). The problem w/the 'stream running thru' FLW design was the affect of water (erosion) along w/poor drainage (I remember reading that FLW was an artist, and a 'visionary' not necessarily a 'real-world' engineer.) That coupled with the ice issues that Pennsylvania winters bring took their toll on the Fallingwater property. Millions have been spent (by the conservancy) to re-engineer the propery.

Just as an aside, alot of celebrity types fly in and 'rent' the space for a dinner party, etc. They fly into Labtrobe (private jets) and get chauffeured out there (to Mill Run...very beautiful rural area). One of the most recent was Angelina Jolie arranging for a small birthday dinner for Brad Pitt.