The Pennsylvania Kaufmann House

What's the back story? *

There's always so much more than the sum of the words in what you write. Amazing. A+ & Fav.

Con, Frank Lloyd Wright designed an extraordinary house along and cantilevering over Bear Run creek in PA for Edgar Kaufmann. Over time, the cantilever sagged bit by bit until it reached 8" of deflection and had to be rebuilt to prevent collapse. Original cost- $156000 in 1939 (?). Cost to restore- just under 12,000,000 in this new century. Value to lovers of fabulous architecture- priceless.

Kaufmann had a modern house in California, too, designed by Richard Neutra. Famous, but not as famous or costly as Falling Water.

Thanks for your interest.

Thank you, Jake.

nice. fav.

Yikes. I know the house from pictures, did not know that.

I love Falling Water.

I never liked it. Unlivable. But nice poem

Heavy adn strong point - "miscalculated,
ignored, but cannot be defied"

Absolutely. I like the subdued approach to this piece. *

A friend once lived next door to a rambling Wright home in Oak Park, Ill. Both homes in need of repair, one occupied by an accountant, the other by a scion of a once wealthy family.*

The history as explained above really clarifies the layers of the poem. *

nice

Thank you, Walter, Charlotte, Derek, Sam,Gary, Brenda and Clark for readings and comments.

I like the poem more than the house. More profound, better structured. (There are always mistakes.) *

Thank you, Emily.

Heh. Wright stuff.

Fave, Gary. Not a big fan of the architecture, but I'm a big-assed fan of your poem.

I second David's comment. *

Thanks, Frankie.

David, you have an eye for buildings in ruinous states- I think you appreciate architecture more than you know.

Thanks, Beate.

The Wright stuff!
How can one not love that?

"The Wright stuff" is normally eye-roll inducing, but it works here.