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1. Joel Bernstein on October 14th, 2011 at 5:08 pm

   Ok, now I’m jealous.

2. Erica Braverman on October 14th, 2011 at 5:36 pm

   So jealous. Take lots of pictures for me.

3. M.G. Stevens on October 14th, 2011 at 5:42 pm

   Looks a lot like Frank Lloyd Wright’s Waterfall – is it?

4. Deron Bauman on October 14th, 2011 at 6:20 pm

   I’ll repeat what Erica said.

5. Marco on October 14th, 2011 at 6:24 pm

   Falling Water, post reno. Apparently there’s a designated “photo op” spot that gets you the classic image…

6. Rick Neece on October 14th, 2011 at 7:22 pm

   There were lots of outside photo-op spots, they’re fabulous in their ability to deliver the one iconic image from the post-card. I’ll show you one you won’t get on a post-card.

7. Marco on October 14th, 2011 at 7:25 pm

   Some friends of mine did all of FLW’s homes on the east coast during a long car trip last summer. They said this was one of their favourites, and one of the few you could get a complete tour through.

8. Rick Neece on October 15th, 2011 at 8:48 am

   We also saw Wright’s “kentuck knob” yesterday, it’s just up the road from falling water. A later work, if I remember right built in the 60′s. A completely different experience. Falling water would be a great spot for a Clusterflockstock.

9. Erica Braverman on October 15th, 2011 at 12:39 pm

   You can stay overnight at Fallingwater. It’s $1000 or something.

10. Sheila Ryan on October 15th, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    For under $1000 (but only four weekends a year, I think), you can spend the night at the dis-used Titan missile base south of Tucson. I really want this. It is so Strangelove. I took the daytime tour fifteen years ago. I want to sleep there in the worst possible way.

11. Sheila Ryan on October 15th, 2011 at 1:19 pm

    Also, I used to live in Oak Park, Illinois. Used to take night-time rambles and creep all kinda FLW houses.

12. Carole Corlew on October 15th, 2011 at 6:50 pm

    Shelia, I regret to inform that the FBI tour is closed. That’s the one where we got to go to the basement and watch agents shoot a life-sized paper doll man.

13. Sheila Ryan on October 15th, 2011 at 9:27 pm

    Dang. Well, I reckon I’ll just have to settle for shooting my own paper doll man.

14. Sarah Pavis on October 16th, 2011 at 9:03 am

    I’m so jealous, Rick. Last year I did the open house tour of a bunch of Oak Park FLW houses. It was half “look at this amazing architecture” and half “only walk on the plastic sheeting and make sure not to touch any of the rich owners’ things.” Shelia’s way sounds a lot cooler.

15. Sheila Ryan on October 16th, 2011 at 10:42 am

    Sarah, my way was not so cool as it might sound, as there was no actual B & E. But it was fun to skulk around people’s yards and walk up onto their porches and peer through windows — and to be able to do it just walking near my neighborhood or on my way to local errands.

16. Sheila Ryan on October 16th, 2011 at 10:43 am

    Oh, and friends of mine got married in Unity Temple.

17. Carole Corlew on October 17th, 2011 at 8:21 am

    I see these houses and references and all I can think about now is “Loving Frank: A Novel” by Nancy Horan. A friend kept telling me I had to get the book. A it is a wonderful read based on real events in the life of FLW and his married client/lover Mamah. But there are times I wish I had never laid eyes on it. Because I see the houses and in the background there are ghosts and I’m yelling at them “no no no, go back!” Because sometimes love is just too costly.

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