From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 09:25:33 -0700 (PDT), 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   
      
   An aquaintance worked in the SC Johnson building. She said it leaked   
   like a sieve and it was impossible to keep up with the water on the   
   floor when it happened. Lot of people took spills in puddles. Women   
   were required to wear heels back in those days and those shoes made   
   the puddle all the more fun.   
      
   She also said the chairs were like medieval torture devices.   
      
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