From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 9/2/2021 12:25 PM, Richard Hershberger wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at 2:39:36 PM UTC-4, Michael Trew wrote:   
   >> On 8/30/2021 6:37 AM, Questor wrote:   
   >>> I have fairly simple desires. For example, I'd like to live for one full   
   year,   
   >>> -- all four seasons -- at Fallingwater.   
   >> I've gone to tour it at least once. It is a beautiful house, and IIRC,   
   >> was the first residential abode to make use of tube fluorescent   
   >> lighting. I saw Frank Lloyd Wright on What's My Line (youtube), a mid   
   >> century appearance, and he was 90+ years old. Very interesting man.   
   >>   
   >> That being said, you wouldn't want to own and maintain it. The way the   
   >> house was built over the waterfall, it has mold issues, and the concrete   
   >> and structure has been damaged over the years. I was told that it's   
   >> quite costly to keep the structure safe and intact.   
   >>   
   >> The Kaufman family (Pittsburgh PA department store) were the original   
   >> owners who had Mr. Wright build the house. I believe it was their   
   >> vacation home. They wanted it near the waterfall, and IIRC, they   
   >> weren't entirely happy that it was built *over* the waterfall. The   
   >> house was somewhat damp inside, and had a lot of spiders.   
   >   
   > My impression is that many of his buildings, while very pretty, are not   
   actually very practical.  This is something of a pet peeve of mine:  celebrity   
   architects who produce artistic statements where what we need is a functional   
   building.   
   >   
   > Richard Hershberger   
      
   Yes, I agree to that.  I have a late Victorian home, circa 1900.  It's a   
   beautiful house, but very expensive to heat.  That, and the maintence   
   and upkeep is hefty as well.  I mean, it's practical enough, but for   
   just me in this 1,800 sq ft home (not including finished plastered attic   
   and basement), it's a bit much.  I have a friend that lives in a small   
   post-war cookie-cutter type home, 800-some sq ft single story house, and   
   his gas bill is less than a third of mine to heat the house.   
      
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