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  1. HRCollins
    Member

    Catherine - Warning!!!!! The link below is to the Landmark. Click at your own risk.

    From the Landmark

    Posted Tuesday Apr 28, 2009 14:18 #

  2. Catherine
    Member

    I've switched to the Life, as I do not want to have to wash my virtual hands after every reading.

    http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/riverside/news/x303485895/Arcade-Building-makes-endangered-list

    Congratulations and thanks are due Aberdeen and Kim J for heading up this effort.

    AND, we are first on the list:

    http://www.landmarks.org/ten_most.htm

    Posted Tuesday Apr 28, 2009 14:33 #

  3. JohnM
    Member

    AND, we are first on the list:

    The list is in alphabetical order, so I wouldn't read too much into that.

    Still, good news. I wonder, though, what has happened to buildings that made this list in the past. Were they saved, or did this just slow their demise?

    Posted Tuesday Apr 28, 2009 14:50 #

  4. Catherine
    Member

    First is good placement, no matter HOW you get there.

    If you visit their website you could probably find the answer. Likely mixed. But they have connections with people who want to buy such buildings.

    Posted Tuesday Apr 28, 2009 14:53 #

  5. JohnM
    Member

    Good thinking. I checked, and they do have an archived list going back to 1995, with current status. As you suspected, its a mixed bag.

    Posted Tuesday Apr 28, 2009 15:08 #

  6. Catherine
    Member

    I am shocked to hear Unity Temple is on the national list. Water infiltration. Last remaining public Wright structure.

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-unity-temple-28apr28,0,4435927.story

    I am going to guess that 2 places would not be named in the same state by the National Trust.

    Posted Tuesday Apr 28, 2009 17:11 #

  7. spatny
    Member

    Minor correction - this is not the last remaining public Wright structure. There are quite a few.

    The AZ Biltmore
    Several churches in AZ, WI, PA,
    Grady Gammadge Auditorium - AZ
    Anderton Court Shops - Los Angeles
    V.C. Morris Gift Shop, San Francisco
    Marin County Civic Center
    Florida Southern Univ.
    Pettit Chapel, Belvidere, IL
    Smith Bank, Dwight IL
    Guggenheim, NYC
    Beth Shalom, PA
    Grady Gammadge Theatre, Dallas
    Unitarian Meeting House, Madison WI
    S.C. Johnson, Racine WI

    and many more, including homes used commercially and open to the public like Robie, Fallingwater, Wingspread, Darwin Martin, Little, etc. Good list is "Wright Sites" - but it is not complete.

    A number of homes have been restored and are open to the public coast-to-coast.

    Posted Tuesday Apr 28, 2009 17:35 #

  8. Catherine
    Member

    Glad to hear it. It was 'most' or 'only' something, now I don't know what. It is so beautiful.

    Part of Coonley is not looking too good. Wrights seem to be high maintenance. Is this so?

    Posted Tuesday Apr 28, 2009 18:47 #

  9. spatny
    Member

    Unity is, without doubt, one of the great spaces. It needs an endowment, as do many of the Wright structures. BTW, The church across the street was built at the same time. There is a good video in the library that shows various Wright buildings from 6-7 decades of his career, and shows each with the motorcar (or horse and buggy) of that time. Very interesting way to time/date stamp them.

    Posted Tuesday Apr 28, 2009 19:48 #

  10. Catherine
    Member

    Is that the Grace Episcopal Church you mean? That is a lovely church.

    Posted Wednesday Apr 29, 2009 11:18 #

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