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Frank Lloyd Wright in Hollywood

Frank Lloyd Wright in Hollywood

This is a small aspect of an architect’s life lived large — below is the exterior of another of the textile block houses that Frank Lloyd Wright designed in the Los Angeles area — there are four; the Millard House – otherwise known as La Miniatura, the Ennis House, the Storer House — and the Samuel Freeman House in West Hollywood (1924):

He also designed a house for Aline Barnsdall, an oil…

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The Restoration and Revival of L.A.'s Hollyhock House

[pastdaily]

Future Of The American City - A debate Between Frank Lloyd Wright And William Zeckendorf - 1956 - Past Daily Weekend Gallimuafry

Future Of The American City – A debate Between Frank Lloyd Wright And William Zeckendorf – 1956 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimuafry

Had we known then, what we know now . . . .

http://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Future-of-the-American-City-1956.mp3

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – American Forum – The Future Of The American City – April 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.

Ever since the Industrial Revolution, when rural culture gave way to urban sprawl, the question of just what kind of future…

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House re-opening in Los Angeles after immaculate restoration

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House re-opening in Los Angeles after immaculate restoration

Hollyhock House, post-renovation (Joshua White)

The lengthy renovation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House—his first residence in Los Angeles—is finally over. On February 13 Mayor Eric Garcetti and other local luminaries will cut the ribbon on the landmark’s re-opening.

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Barnsdall Park- a couple of blocks from our very own eho palace is barnsdall park (also called the barnsdall art park). no surprise here, there are some really lovely art spaces. they were doing an exhibit [no pictures allowed :(] reflecting on the show 'lost' and spaces in la. regardless, as loverly as all this art is, it's a bit overshadowed by the GORGEOUS views all around. you might spy the hollywood sign and griffith observatory in the background of some of  the wide shots. anyways, back to the park- it's named after aline barnsdall, a wealthy heiress who donated the park to the city. she seems like one very cool dame, after having a child as a single mother in 1917, she eventually moved to la and commissioned frank lloyd wright to build a home for what wikipedia hilariously calls "a vaguely defined 'progressive theatrical community'" there was some drama, but hollyhock house and the other properties are amazing, the detail and style, almost breath-taking. combine that with these views :) 

honorable mentions about aline barnsdall: she was tight with emma goldman, helped build the hollywood bowl and she put up billboards to educate los angelenos about progressive causes. #nice

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January 6, 2013 Hollyhock House, Frank Lloyd Wright at Barnsdall Art Park in Los Angeles, CA

Photo by Christy Borgman

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Hollyhock House @ Sunset, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA