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by Roderick Grant
Wed Jul 10, 2024 10:42 am
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Topic: Video: "Frank Lloyd Wright on Japanese architecture"
Replies: 2
Views: 547

Re: Video: "Frank Lloyd Wright on Japanese architecture"

if that is as good as AI can do, we have nothing to worry about.
by Roderick Grant
Sun Jul 07, 2024 11:17 am
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Topic: Wright's cars
Replies: 3
Views: 639

Re: Wight's cars

Bob Cunningham also appears 'longer and lower.'
by Roderick Grant
Sun Jul 07, 2024 11:10 am
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Topic: Sure, we can call anything "Frank Lloyd Wright"
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Views: 1061661

Re: Sure, we can call anything "Frank Lloyd Wright"

2004 Dewdney: I usually don't like A-frame houses (a style more suitable for mid-century Lutheran churches) but this one, like others by Schindler, Dow, Mills and Parker, proves it can be well done. 834 Southfield: In the "old days," - late 19th century - when large houses were designed in...
by Roderick Grant
Sun Jul 07, 2024 10:50 am
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Topic: Winn House in Kalmazoo, MI
Replies: 89
Views: 40952

Re: Winn House in Kalmazoo, MI

A pre-salvage photo showed a "cottage cheese" ceiling and wall-to-wall white shag rug.
by Roderick Grant
Fri Jul 05, 2024 5:56 pm
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Topic: Book: Car is Architecture - FLW's cars & motorcycle
Replies: 78
Views: 47305

Re: Book: Car is Architecture - FLW's cars & motorcycle

I suppose I mentioned this anecdote before, but I shall repeat it: In the 60s Olga bought two Connies. They were both PINK! The color of the license plates (I believe white letters against a blue background) clashed with the pink, so she had an apprentice paint them pink. The Wisconsin DMV did not l...
by Roderick Grant
Thu Jul 04, 2024 10:55 am
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Topic: Price Tower sells off Shinenkan/Goff artifacts under subterfuge
Replies: 51
Views: 3608

Re: Price Tower sells off Shinenkan/Goff artifacts under subterfuge

To paraphrase Samual Goldwyn: "A verbal promise is not worth the paper it's written on."
by Roderick Grant
Wed Jul 03, 2024 11:28 am
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Topic: Winn House in Kalmazoo, MI
Replies: 89
Views: 40952

Re: Winn House in Kalmazoo, MI

It wouldn't be hard (but perhaps very expensive) to hang a ceiling now.
by Roderick Grant
Tue Jul 02, 2024 11:26 am
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Topic: Winn House in Kalmazoo, MI
Replies: 89
Views: 40952

Re: Winn House in Kalmazoo, MI

The photos resolved one mystery: While the upper floor ceiling height is 7' the lower-level ceiling height is 8', allowing for ducts to hang from them. The 6"-thick floor could not have allowed them.
by Roderick Grant
Tue Jul 02, 2024 10:40 am
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Topic: Video: Walter House (Cedar Rock) - (Quasqueton, IA)
Replies: 5
Views: 735

Re: Video: Walter House (Cedar Rock) - (Quasqueton, IA)

Walnut? Does anyone know of FLW's use of walnut in any other building?
by Roderick Grant
Mon Jul 01, 2024 10:28 am
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Topic: Winn House in Kalmazoo, MI
Replies: 89
Views: 40952

Re: Winn House in Kalmazoo, MI

... to improve the view of Little Asylum Lake and grab a view of (Big) Asylum Lake beyond,
by Roderick Grant
Mon Jul 01, 2024 10:20 am
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Topic: Detroit Conference Sites?
Replies: 12
Views: 1073

Re: Detroit Conference Sites?

The Dymaxion House looked futuristic in a "Flintstones" way, but the Monsanto House of the Future in Disneyland's Tomorrowland was less comical.
by Roderick Grant
Sun Jun 30, 2024 10:15 am
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Topic: Winn House in Kalmazoo, MI
Replies: 89
Views: 40952

Re: Winn House in Kalmazoo, MI

At 0:45 in the drone video, the house is seen to be perilously close to the cramped development to the SE, even suggesting the lots infringe on 'Winn Acre.'

I always knew Winn was better than its reputation, and even though the real estate photos - as usual - are distorted, I was right.