re: #294 Jay C

The Ennis Brown House in Los Feliz (L.A.). I remember seeing it on a school tour some time back (I think) early in the Johnson Administration: even then it was partly-closed for restoration work (and again, when I went back in the ’90s). Typical of Wright: he built it mostly out of these weird concrete blocks he designed, with his usual attention to artistic effect, and his usual disdain for the practical matters of weathering and maintenance.

I used to be a fan. I’ve been to a couple of his houses in Wisconsin, then years later saw where he lived (for I don’t know how long) in Oak Park, IL. I don’t know if it was there, or in ‘outside reading’, but I found out he was kind of a jerk to his wife and kids.

re: #295 Joe Bacon 🌹

Absolutely right, Jay.

The block concrete mixtures weren’t formulated for long term wear.

He thought his family wasn’t, either.