GROWING UP IN A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE, Excerpt: While many neighboring houses appear to sprout straight up and occupy only a small portion of the lot, leaving a massive backyard, the Frank Lloyd Wright house remains low and tight to the property. The driveway runs along the north side of the house, stretching from one city block […]
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GROWING UP IN A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE, Excerpt: Wright once said, “The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.” The Boynton house was originally one of the first to occupy the boulevard.
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GROWING UP IN A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE, Excerpt: My bedroom, once occupied by Edward E. Boynton’s 20-year-old daughter, Beulah, was a young girl’s dream. The room was made up of four separate sections, catering to a girl’s desire to dress up and beautify.
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GROWING UP IN A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE, Excerpt: The room was dazzling. The ceiling soared up two stories and stained glass clerestory windows lined the top of the walls. The room seemed to flicker in the shifting light of a green, gold and yellow lighted glass panel covering the ceiling.
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