Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House


When Frank Lloyd Wright completed the Ennis house in 1924, he immediately considered it his favorite. The last and largest of the four concrete-block houses that Wright built in the Los Angeles area remains arguably the best residential example of Mayan Revival architecture in the country.

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S ENNIS HOUSE SOLD TO RON BURKLE

Los Angeles (July 15, 2011) — The Ennis House Foundation today announced the sale of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Ennis House to business executive and founder of the Yucaipa Companies Ron Burkle for just under $4.5 million. “We are excited that Mr. Burkle has purchased the Ennis House and is committed to complete the rehabilitation of this irreplaceable icon,” says Marla Felber, Chair of the Foundation. “Mr. Burkle has a track record of preserving important historic homes, and we know he’ll be an excellent steward of the Ennis House.”

Since 1993,Ron Burkle has owned the historic Greenacres estate, which was built in the late 1920s for silent film legend Harold Lloyd. He will continue the rehabilitation of the Ennis House begun in 2005 by the Ennis House Foundation. As part of the transaction, Ron Burkle will provide some form of public access to the house a minimum of 12 days per year, according to the terms of a conservation easement held by the Los Angeles Conservancy. The easement stipulates this access for future owners of the home as well.

Built in 1924 for retailer Charles Ennis and his wife Mabel, the Ennis House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built by his son, architect Lloyd Wright. The house is the last and largest of the elder Wright’s four Los Angeles-area “textile block” houses which feature patterned and perforated concrete blocks that give a unique textural appearance to both their exteriors and interiors. The house and chauffeur’s quarters span roughly 6,200 square feet and were constructed of more than 27,000 concrete blocks; all made by hand using decomposed granite extracted from the site.

Despite its significance, the Ennis House suffered greatly over the years from deferred maintenance, deterioration of the concrete blocks, the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and record rainfall in 2005. That same year, the Los Angeles Conservancy, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy stepped in and reorganized the nonprofit that owned the house, renaming it the Ennis House Foundation.

Just ponder for a while on this spectacular home.

Let's hope we never lose it!

Souces Below:
https://la.curbed.com/2018/6/26/17507998/frank-lloyd-wright-ennis-house-for-sale
http://ennishouse.com/

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Rainiest Summer in Maine on Record 2023

It kind of looks like a painting.

And maybe that's why we have tons of artist living on the coast.

But

Below is how the summer really played out.

FOGGY AND GREY ALMOST EVERYDAY.

A Charming Cape -  You just can't find it.

Again...this would make a great painting.

But who would sail in it? 

Not me.

But this is day to day life this summer in Maine.

We didn't have much of a tourist season as you might imagine.

If you like to Kayak.....

Above represents an almost nice day....You could manage a hike without mud boots.

For me , when I look at this walking path I only see TICKS.  

Yes, there are so many ticks.

I am definitely a city girl.

Plants belong in pots and all streets should be paved,

and next to the paved street should be a concrete sidewalk.

 I just can't help it. I don't like dirt on my shoes.

I don't like living far away from everything.

To pick up a container of milk it's 9 miles there and 9 miles back.

And don't get me started on how long every drive takes.

(Forget getting your Ben & Jerry's home without melting !)

And let's not leave out the beautiful 

but darting deer ...

Early morning & dusk heart attacks for me!!!

I think I would trade all this beauty for an occasional traffic jam.

Let's face it I would actually spend less time driving 

and in the car with a minor back up in traffic.

And I would get my Ice Cream home and it would be just right!👌

I end this post with the fact that Maine is a beautiful place 

with great people.

I just prefer my plants potted.

Links:

https://www.visitmaine.net/rainy-day-things-to-do-maine/

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/09/05/a-little-liquid-sunshine-closes-out-summer-tourism-season-in-maine/

https://www.pressherald.com/2021/08/01/portland-just-recorded-the-rainiest-july-in-more-than-a-century/

https://wanderingthroughmaine.com/things-to-do-outdoors-in-maine/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/maine/20-eerie-shots-in-me/

https://www.examiner-enterprise.com/story/news/2020/11/01/watch-out-deer-your-headlights-there-1-113-chance-oklahoma-motorist-hitting-animal-most-likely-deer/6113489002/

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Just Moved Back To Mid-Coast Maine

I just moved back to Mid-Coast Maine in an area called St. George.

Spruce Head. 

It is a beautiful area.

I came back to be with and care for my Mom.

She needs help now, things can be over whelming when you are 86.

Since I arrived on June 3, 2023 it has rained, been cold and is extremely foggy.

I am not a happy camper.

And now this is where I want to be.

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The Art Nouveau-Style CAPELLA HANOI

                                                

           

                          

               

  Hanoi Opera House and the Old Quarter, Capella Hanoi 

             conjures the glamour of the high society of Opera in the Roaring Twenties.

                             This hotel’s theatrical, Art Nouveau style is the genius of 

                                               ( And I LOVE )   Bill Bensley.'s  work

                            The 47 plush rooms and suites 

                                (some with French balconies, others with terraces) 

                                are decorated with operatic memorabilia. 

At the BACKSTAGE Restaurant Opera Costumes set the stage.

Here is the DIVA Lounge

Diva Bar

Perched on the highest floor are four outstanding Opera Suites.

This is one of them.

You really must check out the carpets in the suites.

Look at the lamp shades!! 

Love!

The ultimate DECO bath.

I am in a state of LOVE with this hotel.

I need to stay in this magical place created by Bill Bensley.

   You must search the memorabilia out in each room 

        and in it's application! 

Again, with the divine carpet!

The inset , (front facing) upholstered red wing chair is so clever.

Behind the bed is a stage set design painted on the wall.

Like I said...CLEVER.

Meet me there ?

What are your thoughts on this fabulous place?

Please see Bill Bensley's site for The Capella Hanoi 

Capella Hanoi

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Everything was WAAAY Better

I don’t know about you, but when I reflect upon the past 

(like 20-40 years ago)

  it seems that everything was better. 

                                                   

                     

               Politics, music, men, women, clothes, (except food) and PEOPLE. 

              People have gone crazy

                                                They are RUDE. 

                        And without a second of thought, they LIE. 

                And Lie BIG. Their lies are obvious to most of us.

                    But to about 30% of us.....they believe the lies. 

                   It's is scary for the rest of us, and sad for them.

  They lie in such a way that it puts peoples lives in DANGER.

Remember this woman? (sorry so blurry).

 

                             They have no social boundaries. 

               Like screaming at immigrants in  Walmart,                                                           or on the open street.

        And sick enough to post it on You Tube for all the world to enjoy.

                                                What is happening?

         Every single one of us when crossing the Atlantic were

                  immigrants with our hearts filled with dreams.

                      We may not always like the latest crop of immigrants. 

                                      That's nothing new!!

           

                                     When the Irish came they were spat upon.

                       No one wanted the Italians either. 

                                 

          They were considered to be dark and or swarthy. 

                                                                                        

 Still the largest single immigrant population 

                                        that we have in

                              the United States is German.

Seriously here is a breakdown

           40 million claims to be of German ancestry

37 million Mexican

31.5 million Irish ancestry

17 million Italian Ancestry

10 Million French Ancestry

...and then there are the rest...

In my mind it accounts for some big problems that we are now experiencing. 

People that are not even German but want to be Nazi’s. 

We have our own home-grown Nazi terrorist.

BTW in Germany 1 in 20 men are Neo-Nazi’s

The GOP just had ; 

"Hungarian Prime Minister VIKTOR ORBON has consolidated power over

Hungary's judiciary and press and chipped away at the country's democratic

foundations. He is called "ethnic homogeneity" the key to economic

growth, and deployed the Army and erected razor wire fences to stop Syrian

refugees from entering the country.

He seemed to joke about Nazi gas chambers, prompting a longtime adviser to call

his comments "Pure Nazi" and "worthy of Goebbels"  from Aljazeera 8/5/2022

Seriously, I can not understand how the Republicans have fallen so far off the beam.

This is one of our so called 'White Pride' citizens.

There was a time when all these Pro Nazi's stayed under their rocks.

BUT NOW?

They grocery shop (in tattoo Nazi symbols) ) go to political rallies, and anything else you can think of.

They are not harmless, they are not men who just like wearing Nazi attire.

They want to be Nazi's and everything that goes with it.

They believe that the holocaust wasn't that bad or was entirely made up by the

Jewish media.

Speaking of Germans, one in twenty German men are Neo Nazi.

Did I mention that already?

I guess they are longing for the the good old days.

These are Facts.

I am not making this up.

You look it up.

Our HATE CRIMES are

Mostly attacks based on Race. 

These past few years they are certainly doing a job on religious places of worship.

Killing as many as they can inside the Church or the Temple.

Some religions more than others.!!!

What do you think about the Hate Crimes ?

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