Gothamist: Happy Birthday, Frank Lloyd Wright

Bee-Bau

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:48:39 -0500

Wright also designed the Mercedez-Benz showroom, which I believe is on Park Ave in midtown -- It has been redesigned since, though...he also had projects planned for apartment buildings in the NYU area that echoed the inverted shape of the Gugg -- as well as his plan for a Mile-High skyscraper with nuclear-powered elevators and heli-pads.

Jen

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:06:05 -0500

Thanks for the link, Kevin! That's very cool - Wright also built a lot in Buffalo and upstate. I also want to mention that Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3 uses the Guggenheim - and Richard Serra - to great effect. And Benjy, to each his or her own!

Captain Midnight

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 12:29:20 -0500

I'd take Wright's Guggenheim over Gehry's Bilbao any day of the week. Wright, at least, understood that an architect didn't have to assault the senses of passersby to get noticed.

Benjy

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 12:02:36 -0500

Have to agree with Wright on the Chicago comment :)

Kevin Walsh

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 10:18:48 -0500

Only one other house in NYC was built from Wright's architectural plans, in Staten Island. See this page http://www.forgotten-ny.com/YOU'D%20NEVER%20BELIEVE/Latourette%20Park/latour.html I haven't updated it for awhile: the house was indeed sold in 1999.