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Day Three- 1/4 Lap of America Taleisin From the main court yard, a narrow entranceway leads into the garage court area 
Hey, cool, Frank Lloyd Wright Garage Pics! 
The narrow stairway to its right brought back memories of the 21inch wide hallways at Kentuck Knob where Wright based the width on the amount of space needed to carry packages through the corridors of Pullman train cars. 
Wright loved the statue he had installed for a client and had a copy made for Taliesin. Its little portal is an entranceway to an upper and lower world. 
The doorway at right leads into what was a "cool room" and ice storage area. 
The stairway is pleasantly disorienting. I felt my normal expectations of lawn and roof had been reversed. 
The arched doorway leads into an underground root cellar 
An enclosed walkway connects the two sides of the garage court. 
The large structure at right is an area that was designed for music recitals. The exact number of pianos FLW had at Taliesin is uncertain, however at one time, there were at least six. 
The Main Entrance runs parallel to the garage driveway, leading into the Entrance Court. 
Rungs for tethering horses are still found at various entranceways.  
Very dark. Looking up into an air vent, you can see charred timbers reinforced with newer wood. The fire stopped at this point, before doing damage to the studio. Wright felt this was a sign that he should continue his work. Another part of the challenge is presenting the pics. Usually I am cropped and reducing the size and number of images, this time is not so easy. Reducing the size can mean losing the nap of fabrics that are treasures in their own right. Cropping is nearly impossible because everything is beautiful continuously as far as the ey can see and in every direction. The ceilings, the floors, and everything to your left and right. Whittling down the number of images left me with 100 that I love. So, uh, there's a lot of images, and they're all pretty big. :::::cheesy grin:::: The stuff I did see that I could photograph....  |
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