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Tag Archives: Frank Lloyd Wright
Interlude – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel
Although Paradise Leased is essentially a blog dedicated to Southern California’s historic architecture on occasion we like to veer from the text if we feel it merits doing so. I recently rediscovered a set of photos and plans from one of … Continue reading
Posted in Lost Hollywood, Paradise Elsewhere
Tagged Architectural Record, Frank Lloyd Wright, Imperial Hotel, Japan, Louis Sullivan, Tokyo
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Beautiful Magazine Art – Arts & Decoration for March 1938
Arts & Decoration was always unabashedly a magazine for the 1%. Even in the midst of the Great Depression, with millions of unemployed haunting the streets, this high-end, high class publication cheerfully ran articles on such weighty topics as the … Continue reading
Posted in Magazine Art
Tagged Arts & Decoration, Eva Le Gallienne, Frank Lloyd Wright, Harrie T. Lindberg, Lily Pons, Walter Hampden
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Divine Desolation – A Little Historic Palm Springs Architecture
Palm Springs has long been a retreat for those who enjoy the beauty and serenity of the desert. For much of the year the climate is spectacular and even during the summer, which can be scorchingly hot, the balmy desert … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Palm Springs
Tagged Alfred Heineman, Andreas Canyon Club, El Encanto Apartments, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gerard R. Colcord, Gordon B. Kaufmann, Lloyd Wright, Marshall P. Wilkinson, Oasis Hotel, Palmair Apartments, PalmSprings, Paul R. Williams, Tahquitz Desert Estates, Van Pelt & Lind
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