Alsop house news

[outside in]

wondering where the 9 inch floor thickness comment came from - the building section shows 3-1/2 inch concrete slab with 5-1/2 crushed gravel below.

[pmahoney]

The late owner mentioned the thickness of the slab to me about five years ago, not sure why he thought that.

[peterm]

My guess is that Gordon was mistaken. Was he maybe including the gravel below?

[SDR]

I thought maybe I had seen one section noting a thick perimeter footing, perhaps of that dimension. But I don't see it now.

Well, it will be wonderful to see someone take this on. Two superb Wright restorations in one small town---what's not to like ?

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[Roderick Grant]

When the original copper-pipe heating system at Sol Friedman failed, the owner didn't demolish the slab to repair it, but instead installed a new system of radiators, artfully disguised in cases designed to blend with the architecture.

[Oak Park Jogger]

I seem to remember, from years ago, that the slab was cracked when a previous owner turned off the radiant heating system and went away for the winter so the pipes froze. Not sure this is accurate information, though. And apparently the house has a forced air system now?????

[SDR]

On the previous page I linked us to a 2008 thread on the house, wherein Lamberson owner and Alsop neighbor Peter M related the story of the damage to the slab.

http://wrightchat.savewright.org/viewto ... ilit=alsop

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[Matt2]

I'm a sucker for a good hard-edge painting and noticed one over the fireplace of the Alsop House.

https://www.dwell.com/article/carroll-a ... e-9d5ae71a

Anyone know who the artist is?

[peterm]

Gordon told me it was a Chicago painter, but nothing more. I’m not sure if it’s signed.

[SDR]

Wow---luscious photographs. Note propped carport cantilever.

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[Reidy]

Interesting that Alsop was a clothes retailer. So were Meyer May, Charles Ennis and (among other products) Edgar Kaufman.

[juankbedoya]

I have a question about those white frames of the doors and windows. Are those original or it has been painted for some owner..?

[Paul Ringstrom]

Those white window frames are Pella windows that replaced the original.

[DavidC]

Frank Lloyd Wright Alsop House For Sale - (9:09)


David

[peterm]

David- You beat me to it! I was just going to post this. The video was shot and edited last week (June 8th, Wright’s birthday!) by Des Moines photographer, Dan Welk.