[Info-vax] Completely OT: Frank Lloyd Wright

[David Froble]

Dirk Munk wrote:
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>> On 10/6/2012 6:58 PM, Dirk Munk wrote:
>>> Yesterday there was a news item on Dutch TV news (all day long!) that a
>>> project developer in Phoenix wants to demolish a house designed and
>>> build by Frank Lloyd Wright. He built this house in 1952 for his son
>>> David. As you will know (I hope) Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the
>>> gratest architects that ever lived, not only in the U.S., but anywhere.
>>> I'm a very big fan of his work, and it is incomprehensible to me that it
>>> would be allowed to demolish any building designed by him, let alone
>>> this house that is regarded to be one of his ten best designs. In Europe
>>> this would be a listed building and you couldn't even point your finger
>>> at it without permission. Will you please help to stop this act of
>>> cultural barbarism and sign the petition on this website?
>>>
>>> http://www.change.org/petitions/city-of-phoenix-save-the-david-and-gladys-wright-house 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> If you really want to preserve this house, buy it and the land it stands
>> on!
> 
> On this side of the big pond we have laws to protect important monuments.
> 
>>
>> If you look deeply enough, you just might find that there are good
>> reasons for wanting to demolish the house!
>>
>  Like what please?
> 

Any decent Architect works for a living, doing many assignments, 
possibly more than one at a time.  I haven't bothered to research the 
specifics, but I can guess that FLW designed many structures.  It's also 
a good guess that not all were of the caliber that earned him his 
recognition.  Some could even be rather sub-standard.  To now declare 
every design he did an important work of art is rather ridiculous.

On the other hand, to a developer money isn't everything, it's the only 
thing.