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Craving Culture Monday I spent some time at the Flight 93 Memorial in Somerset County. I do have plans to visit the other two memorial sites in the future. I wasn't sure how I would feel at the site. I didn't know anybody on that flight. Directly after the events happened on 9/11 a Representative from Western PA began asking for donations to create a memorial at the sight of the crash. My dad was a sheriff at the time and he made a contribution in the name of his office. Less than 2 later he passed away unexpectedly. The office received an official condolence letter from this State Rep ( blanking on her name) and 12 stainless steel bracelets with the inscription "let's go". I was a recipient of one of those bracelets. After seeing the memorial and understanding that they created a "living memorial" overwhelmed with emotion. To think that my dad made a contribution, no matter how small and without knowing what they were planning, that provides a place to pay respect to those fallen and to educate future generations on what happened that day; makes me very proud. On a lighter note. I visited several houses either built by Frank Lloyd Wright or inspired by his designs the next day. Falling Water is an amazing place. Considering that the main house and guest house were built from 1936 to 1939 and very modern for the time. You can see houses from the 1940s and beyond that have incorporated elements of his ideas. I see architectural designs every where that have copied Wright's ideas in both residential and commercial buildings. After seeing this house and three others two of which were not built by Wright himself but inspired by his concepts, it makes me crave more culture. Once a year you should visit some place you have never been before. (paraphrasing Dalai Lama)  |
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11/1/2018 10:25 pm |
If you haven't seen it I suggest watching Grand Designs on Netflix. Some cool architectural stuff on there.
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I was wondering if you had visited the fred Kaufman house or Fallingwater then I scrolled down and what do you know.Made reservations for early spring after seeing SC Johnson building and wingspread in Wisconsin.Being a Wright junkie back in April stayed two nights at the Price tower in bartlesville the only Highrise the guy ever built. [image] He's done some beautiful homes.In pictures they look so grand until you tour a few of them and you realise how small they really are.The tower looked like a miniature with maybe enough room for three people on the elevators without luggage.Two story rooms with a bedroom upstairs like a loft you could look down on the floor below where the livingroom and kitchen where and two stories of glass. Wright used to show up unexpectedly at clients houses and move furniture back to where he had originally put it when the homes were completed. A genius but a nut! [image] Using more than all the road!
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What a lovely emotional and positive experience. I completely agree that each year one should go visit someplace unique. Last year for me was Las Cruces and Cloudcroft above White Sands, This year is yet to be. Thank you for sharing (Virtual Symposium Group) use Virtual Symposium Group
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I didn't have time to visit another house of his, Kentuck Knob. Maybe in the spring along with a tour of the Laurel Caverns as well.
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