Wes Peters bar -- article and photo

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SDR
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Wes Peters bar -- article and photo

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http://www.lottaliving.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1668
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I recall reading or hearing somewhere that Gene Masselink's wall mural mostly survived the fire and was taken to Taliesin for storage/restoration. My wife and I had dinner there in 2002, we have poor quality non-digital pics somewhere. It was difficult to photograph: dimly lit, and crowded when we were there. The author is right, it did feel like a Taliesin appentice's club. The Mojitos were good.

Imagine the trash talk those walls witnessed...I'm surprised Olgivanna didn't have it bugged (just kidding).
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Post by peterm »

From the photos, i can almost smell the stale cigarette smoke trapped in the deep shag carpeting. No windows (well, one tiny one) and deep shag makes for a real cocktail bar. Built in 1959, the year of Wright's passing; maybe many hours of assessing the future of Taliesin were spent here over thousands of packs of smokes and liquor.

Or maybe just a neighborhood tavern for locals...

The quiet village of Spring Green's only example of Googie architecture?
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DRN
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A Question for Spring Green...

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Has there been any news on the condition or whereabouts of Gene Masselink's mural from the Flying Dutchman Bar, which supposedly survived the fire with partial damage? I had read at the time the mural was taken to Taliesin.

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/lo ... oid=915334
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Pal ... j_Iran.jpg
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Post by Wrighter »

Only photo I could locate of the mural, from an old postcard:

http://www.playle.com/listing.php?i=APO ... OPPE451003
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