11 Quotes by Tim Samuelson


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    He was completely taken with the Gulf Coast and the beauty of the natural landscape. It gave him inspiration. It gave him rest. It fueled him and allowed him to come back to the city and renew his work.

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    Those old streetscapes didn't present a tidy appearance -- it was a real syncopation of signs and storefronts with neon and flashing lights -- and I think the planners of the '60s looked down on that kind of environment. The instinct was to clear everything out and start afresh. There were good things about that, but it was also done at a real cost to the existing street life.

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    This kind of drawing was in a lot of Sullivan and Adler buildings, and once Wright leaves their offices, this kind of ornament disappears altogether, but reappears in Wright's independent projects. So this is probably his design.

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    It's interesting how quickly it fell out of favor. The children of the older families didn't want to live there, and neither did the new wealthy families. By 1910, many of the houses had been converted to rooming houses or factories.

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    It's interesting how quickly it fell out of favor, ... The children of the older families didn't want to live there, and neither did the new wealthy families. By 1910, many of the houses had been converted to rooming houses or factories.

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