From: robgood@bestweb.net   
      
   On Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 12:25:34 PM UTC-4, rrh...@gmail.com 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   
      
   This is true.  Mostly to be useful what you need as a building is a box.  Not   
   much scope for the architect to pretty that up without sacrifices.  It should   
   be the decorators and landscapers who pretty them.  You want pretty, put a   
   painting on your wall.     
   Outside, a mural.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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