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by RA
Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:03 pm
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Topic: NYTimes "When Less was More"
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Laurie and Stephen,

Very well said...
by RA
Sun Jul 04, 2010 4:47 pm
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Topic: NYTimes "When Less was More"
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Yes Laurie, Crown Hall is a simple box with verticle striping. But it is simply beautiful. Quite a design for having been built in the early 50's; Flash Gordon at it's best.. The main floor was quite a thrill to experience. Totally open with transmutable (I am sure that you architects have a better ...
by RA
Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:39 pm
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Topic: NYTimes "When Less was More"
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I also went to highschool in Levittown NY with a Seaford address and had friends who lived in Levittown. As a teenager, I did not like the Levittown houses. When visiting friends in their living rooms, I felt as though I was in a doctor's waiting room.
by RA
Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:33 pm
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Topic: NYTimes "When Less was More"
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I've lived in a Wright building and I've lived in Mies buildings and loved them both.
by RA
Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:30 pm
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Topic: NYTimes "When Less was More"
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NYTimes "When Less was More"

When less was more.

Mies, Wright, Levittown, ... Nice link to Usonian page.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20 ... s-more/?hp
by RA
Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:47 am
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Topic: Goetsch-Winckler Usonian house
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Nice job Jeff.
by RA
Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:32 pm
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Topic: FLW-designed William F. Ross House price reduced
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Previously, I lived in a house with a copper roof with little insulation. Very noisy when it rained; like a subway when it poured. Currently, I live in a house with a metal roof. It has ample insulation and when it rains the noise is what one would expect from a roof with asphalt shingles - very acc...
by RA
Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:14 pm
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Topic: Alternatives to fireplace as psychological center of home
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They said the same thing about the outhouse.
by RA
Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:10 pm
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Topic: Allyn Morris Home for sale
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Sort of liked the two listings Peterm referenced. However, if I had to choose between the main house and the double wide at the Pond House, I think I would take the double wide.
by RA
Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:07 pm
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Topic: The best tour ever, of a F.LL.W. building?
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I have been to Wingspread a few times and there was never a docent. You just checked in at the desk and toured by yourself. You just had to call ahead to see if there was a conference or not. If there was, you had to come another day. The main room is among his most spectacular rooms if not the most...
by RA
Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:51 pm
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Topic: T.C Boyle's "The Women" trailer..
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I actually found this trailer to be quite odd but good. Would anyone know if the goal was to generate interest in a potential full length movie? Or, are trailers now made to advertise books?
by RA
Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:45 pm
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Topic: Insulation Surprise on the Davenport Restoration
Replies: 12
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Probably a huge opportunity for another product to be developed especially with government funding for efficiency and the current push to go green. Balls or pellets would be less likely to get hung up...
by RA
Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:13 pm
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Topic: Abstraction of Animate Subjects
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Wonderful artist. There is a Native American, Pacific Northwest flavor to some of his works.
by RA
Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:15 pm
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Topic: Video: Palmer residence
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Views: 4678

Great job Jeff!

Hope to see more of your work in the new year.

RA
by RA
Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:16 pm
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Topic: New restaruant called "The Wright" @ the Gugg
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80's harvest colors on the wall. Bar stools to eat overpriced food on.
Interesting.