Tag: Frank Lloyd Wright
November 19, 2013 /

I find Frank Lloyd Wright designs a little oppressive, but…

I’m a sucker for a soaring ceiling… Just can’t stand his Hobbit hallways, and less than commodious baths.

January 24, 2013 /

SECOND CITY

The building was designed by Louis Sullivan – Frank Lloyd Wright was one of his employees. Howard Conant for LIFE Magazine, November 11th, 1966 Alumni from this famous theater include Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bonnie Hunt, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey…

January 24, 2013 /

CHICAGO – THE MOD

Chicago, the incubator of the modern skyscraper… I don’t know how to describe its style… Maybe cutting edge leavened by Midwestern practicality??? Howard Conant for LIFE Magazine, November 11th, 1966

September 14, 2012 /

ARCHITECT RUDOLPH SCHINDLER – INT. VAN PATTEN HOUSE

I don’t want to post pictures of the exterior because it’s been modified, and quelle surprise, I don’t like it. But, this living room with furniture designed by the architect and lake views is fabulous.

July 26, 2012 /

ANITA LOOS – RICHARD NEUTRA

Anita Loos, looking scholarly, famous for writing the bestselling, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, notoriously lied about her age, stating she started writing for motion pictures at the age of twelve in 1912… Pictured below: Charlie Chaplin, Anita Loos, Paulette Goddard, and John Emerson. Loos and Emerson were married for seventeen years…

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