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Will We Lose Another Frank Lloyd Wright House?

Edward Lifson | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago Architecture, Endangered Illinois Buildings, Ravine Bluffs, Landmarks Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright Ravine Bluffs, Illinois Preservation, Chicago News
Edward Lifson

Frank Lloyd Wright is perhaps the greatest artist America has ever produced, in any medium. Up there with Louis Armstrong and Walt Whitman and Martha Graham. A creator of beautiful worlds. We are the stewards of his work. We are lucky to have it around us. Preserve it so when we need it, it's there.

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Local Landmarks On Endangered Buildings List

Chicago Tribune | Steve Schmadeke | Posted 10.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Architectural Preservation, Prentice Hospital, Elgin Mental Health Center, Chicago Architecture, Endangered Buildings, Chicago Preservation, William F. Ross House, Landmarks Illinois, Castle Car Wash, Historic Preservation, Frank Lloyd Wright, Prentice Women's Hospital, Chicago News

The last intact Route 66 filling station in Chicago, an Evanston mansion where the nation's 30th vice president once lived and a one-room school house...

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Be A Modern Architect . . .

Edward Lifson | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Architecture, Damien Hirst, Art Auction News, Farnsworth House, Mies Van Der Rohe Farnsworth, Mies Van Der Rohe, Chicago Architecture, Farnsworth House Flooded, Saving Farnsworth House, Chicago News
Edward Lifson

Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House is still flooded and they're desperately seeking funds to restore and reopen this masterpiece.

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