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Should Preservationists Have a Say in What You Can Do with Your Home?
What if you bought a house that was built by the venerable architect Frank Lloyd Wright? And what if you didn't know that when you bought it (and made plans to tear it down)? Would you care? Would you try to preserve it, or move forward with your original plans for demolition regardless?
These are some of the questions at the forefront of the debate on the impending destruction of the David Wright House, a home built by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for his son in 1952. Yesterday, The New York Times ran their most recent article on the subject, Buyers of a Wright Home in Phoenix Reconsider a Deal 'Too Good to Be True'. In it, they describe how the home's current owners bought the house without knowing that it was built by Wright, and how they intended from the beginning to level it completely, divide the lot in half, build two luxury homes, and make a tidy bundle in the process.
The city initially granted the new owners permission to split the lot. But preservationists have since stepped in, and are now trying to gain landmark status for the home. Permission to divide the property has been rescinded, and a landmark designation hearing is pending.
The house was sold to the previous owners by the architect's granddaughters, and while outrage against plans to demolish this important work are clearly justified (it's the only residential project by Wright to mirror the circular layout of the Guggenheim), shouldn't the buyers have been notified of its pedigree? And why weren't preservationists aware of its landmark potential before now?
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has started a petition to save the house. But I'm curious — what are your thoughts on the situation? Do you think the new owners should be allowed to do what they want with their home? What would you do if it were yours?
Read More: The New York Times
(Images: 1, 2, 4. Colin Edward Slais, Architect, 3.Valley Girl, 5. Save the Wright House)
68 Comments
I'm all for historical preservation. But if the preservationists are so enthusiastic about preserving this place, they should buy it.
I own a historic home and I have to go through the historic commission if I want to do anything to the exterior, including repairs. It's annoying, but that's the way it is and I love living in our old Victorian house.
It sounds like they weren't notified, which is unfair, but the home wasn't designated until AFTER they bought it, so there was no real negligence, I think. They shouldn't be allowed to tear it down.
There's an upside, though, they now own a house built by Frank Lloyd Wright. I'm sure there are plenty of buyers that might now be more interested in the property, they can make a tidy profit without splitting the lot and building two cookie cutter luxury condos.
How can you NOT know that you've bought a FLW house. Seriously. Didn't they do their due diligence before buying the place?
Why would they want to tear down such an awesome looking house in the first place? I'd buy that house just for it's great looks! I'm sure there's plenty of empty land in Phoenix that the owners could have bought and split and built two "cookie cutter" "luxury" homes on.
Good point, karacooks. But I'm also wondering if some disclosure by the sellers was missing?
The answer is to the question is YES.
To MDOROTHY: if you are not enthusiastic about a house that needs preservation, why buy it? Why not buy a vacant lot?
As a New Yorker I can tell you how sick I am of seeing places with history (attractive or not) torn down in the name of the almighty dollar. I feel a bad for the buyers but in the end side with preservationists 110%. My hope is that they find a new buyer who'll respect it. However being that they bought it for $1.8 mil and are selling it for $2.379 mil might make that a bit tricky in this economic climate. I hope AT follows up and lets us know what happens.
If the sellers were not made aware that this home was a FLW, what due diligence is it that they owed in the process? Everyone is not "familiar" with architectural design and being that it was sold by Wright's granddaughters, that should have been disclosed. This land and propery belongs to someone else now and to change the designation on it after that legal sale, seems very unfair.
I agree with preservation of landmarks, but I also believe in fairness...and this just does not seem to equate!
It seems like there was something fishy going on with the sellers, buyers, or both. How could the buyers be so naive? (Are they foreign investors who have never heard of FLW?) This house is amazing and should be preserved, and it should be advertised thoroughly in any way that will appeal to FLW afficionados. There has to be someone who has the passion and the funds to take this on. It could even be a tourist destination museum like other FLW homes throughout the country.
Yes, preservasionists should have a say, but also, the buyers should have been notified, and should now have the right to annul the purchase instead of being stuck with a project they never wanted to take on. (Although to be fair I don't understand how you can buy a house like this and think "let's tear that down" but that's neither here nor there.)
@Lorint, I agree. As a resident of a state bordering New York, I can't tell you how sick I am of seeing forests and farms torn down in the name of the almighty dollar. And now, during the hurricane, experiencing the resultant water runoff and flooding.
It does seem mysterious that they would only find all this out now, but that really is an amazing house… I am not even an MCM junkie or even a Frank Lloyd Wright fan, and I think it would be terrible to tear it down.
We own a historic Victorian home, and even though our preservation committee can be a challenge, I do think it's ultimately valuable… Of course we knew ahead of time, so it's different.
A lot of times renovation can be even more expensive than demolition. But from the pictures, the house doesn't even look like it's in disrepair!
Individual property rights. I am in agreement with the people here who have expressed support for the owners of the property to do with it what they will. If there are preservationists out there that feel so strongly about this property, let them purchase it from the current owners. It seems we're all too eager to tell other people what to do with their property and money but are reluctant to expend our own.
We are at a point in history where the conservation of materials and art are being challenged by economics. There is a saying-he who knows the price of everything knows the value of nothing. If marble became a scarcity, should the Parthenon be bought by investors to salvage the Greek economy so wealthy people can have marble tables? Or if the copper in bronzes outstrips the auction value of the Rodan's Thinker we should allow it to be sold for smelting? How will we catalog our culture by destroying it? General consensus would say F.L.Wright was a masterful architect- there should be no argument that preservation is necessary. Our children need to see that we value our past to encourage future achievement. Will all our greatness disappear for the ephemeral desires of a moment? Art is an exploration of possibilities, a recognition of great minds and a record of great civilizations.Museums are not built for class trips, they are there for memory. Let's kickstart a museum fund for these rapacious developers so we can be fair in the interest of litigious righteousness and let not our only words of comfort be -There used to be...
I don't think the question fits the situation. I think you should be able to do what you want to your home..if you're going to live in it and make it your home. I think the preservationists didn't step in before because the house was still in the family up until this point. They didn't have a reason to step in. And what of the granddaughters? They're the ones that sold it. They didn't disclose the significance of the property or inquire as to what was going to happen to the property after they sold it. Sounds like they don't care about their grandfather's legacy for the buck. I think the house should stay.
My mom lives in a historic house, protected by the government. She's not allowed to make major changes to the esthetic part of the outside, but she had the roof redone and that was partially paid back by the government because it's an investment to the benifit of the house. That's Belgium ofcourse, don't know if the U.S. government actually funds the houses it protects.
The fact that this is even a question -- should the community have a say in the preservation of a historic and architecturally significant home -- just speaks to the sorry place that architecture, beauty, history, and community values suffer in North American society (it is no better in Canada).
Decisions made purely on the basis of crude economic reasoning is what gives us the compromised quality of life that we have.
It should be considered indecent to even suggest tearing down an F.L. Wright home in order to make way for two McMansions, but sadly, it is not.
As a Phoenician, I would just like to say that lots and lots of people knew that this was a FLW house. It's kind of a "thing." You go hike that mountain in the background and maybe take a detour by the house (and the L Ron Hubbard house, while you're cruising around Arcadia). This developer has sketch-factor x10.
I have trouble feeling sympathy for the new owner. He doesn't want to live in the house, he's a developer that took on a risky, too-good-to-be-true deal and is now fighting to get the full profit he imagined out of the house. He's not stuck with it, he just won't settle for a $500k profit instead of a million dollar profit.
Think about it this way. You can't get this house BACK after you tear it down. The investors are just that, investors. They don't care about architecture or history. Follow the money. I find it hard to believe they can't turn a profit simply by selling this house as-is as a FLW house. This doesn't seem hard to me at all. They are selling the houses they will build anyway. It's not some couple that has scrapped and scraped for their dream home. You can't preserve something after its gone. Sorry, buy another lot somewhere else. I never get this need to destroy everything for profit. If you want new build homes, buy a lot you don't have to tear anything down on.
The attitude of the developer is disgusting. His quote from the article: "I'll move in, invite everybody to come in and take their pictures, and I'm going to wait three years [preservation protection only lasts for three years in Arizona]. Then I'm going to knock it down to recoup my losses."
Tearing down historical buildings for the sake of the almighty dollar? Gross. I'm no fan of private property rights in this situation. This country doesn't need more cookie-cutter McMansions at the cost of destroying homes like this.
I think it was dishonest of the granddaughters to not clarify the house's historical significance to the developers. This is, of course, assuming that what the developers said is the truth.
The house should be preserved. Course, it would have been soooo much better if all this discussion had happened BEFORE someone bought it!
Bottom line, we need to put a stop to these flippers. The houses are not being built for no one in particular, so the contractors do a bad job. Modern construction is horrible when compared to older. Keep that house. Look how awesome it looks.
Wow, some people have no regard for whether they make the world better or worse. Definition of an a-hole. That goes for the sellers too, who didn't care enough to ensure that the property would go to someone who would preserve the home. And the fact that the buyers got a FLW house for a "steal" makes me wonder whether the sellers are carrying some personal resentment for their grandfather.
You don't level buildings designed by masters to build crap. It's indecent. Would we think it was okay to buy a Picasso and paint a hotel-worthy landscape over it? Property rights are not absolute, and where they threaten a shared cultural heritage that is bigger than any one person, they should be curtailed.
I call b.s. There is no way anyone who owns a FLW home sells it without making that fact clear. It should definitely be preserved.
They should preserve it. Supposedly, they are trying to sell again. But if they don't the Landmark preservation laws only protect the property for ONE year until the owners can do what they want with it. I agree, why would they not just buy a vacant lot? I pray that the place sells to someone who loves and cares for it. It is a beauty.
What gives you (anyone) the right to tell someone else what to do and how to live their life?
As someone who lives in Phoenix, the home of a number of FLW masterpieces and Taliesin creations, this very scenario has been plaguing me for the past many months. First and foremost, anybody who has lived in Phoenix for some time and seen the iconic masonry on buildings such as the Biltmore or Grady Gammage should know a FLW when they see one. At least, they should suspect. I am all of 20 years old, albeit a Phoenix native, and it is such a joke to me that a) the developers would not have known ahead of time the history of the house, b) the name of the architect was not stated in any fashion during the transaction, and c) that it's not just the most obvious thing. This building positively screams FLW, sorry.
Cady McGovern argues my point more concisely: "Surely at some point during their real estate development ventures – as I understand it, real estate development is at least peripherally related to the architectural industry – Sells and Hoffman came across some reference to Wright's work. After all, the American Institute of Architects in 1991 named Wright the greatest American architect of all time."
Long story short: the jig is up. Yes this stunning house deserves protection now and always.
I was surprised the buyers ever thought they'd be able to tear the house down. Did they miss that it was a FLW?
That said, not every interesting house is wonderful or worthy of preservation. I'm not in favor of preservationists going after every interesting or unique property or being overly rigid about what you can do with them. At some point houses need to come into the modern world.
And since this is taking place in Arizona, which doesn't know the meaning of conservation, it's sure to have an unhappy ending.
What @nanobelle said!
There are some things in the world that deserve to be maintained because of their historic or aesthetic importance. This house fits that category.
I suspect the developer knew all along that this was a FLW house, and hopes that the brouhaha will make him a mint. And it might. But even if callous and honestly ignorant, he should be prevented form destroying this house.
In any case, destroying something amazing just because you have the money to do so is immoral. Not everything boils down to personal property "rights". Nor should it. We are a collective society, and we have to take each other into consideration. That doesn't mean in every tiny thing we do, but it does mean in ways that impinge on others. The historical and aesthetic value of this house for future generations is a very real consideration.
(And anyway, if we DID consider each other more in even small ways, it would be a much better world to live in, don't you think?)
Without question, this home must be preserved. Some things ARE more important than money. My understanding is that the sellers were Wright's grandchildren. Shame on them for not protecting their family home.
The buyers are developers from Idaho who grew up without any education. Now that they have been made aware that it's an important architectural building, they still only care about their money.
Absolutely needs to be preserved, and the owners should cooperate. I don't think it will take long before the perservationists raise the funds necessary to buy this home.
I'm disgusted by the attitude of the developer, but I don't think we should dictate what someone can do with their property, within reason. How much of a disturbance will the destruction and construction cause for the surrounding neighbors? How much of an environmental impact on the land? Those should be a factor--do what you want, so long as it doesn't harm others or their property. But people do need to learn accountability and consequences, so make the developer prove the benefit is far more to the community than the drawbacks.
the german constitution says:
"Property entails obligations. Its use shall also serve the public good"
I´m living in a unesco world heritage city, many us-citizens are coming to visit our city.
But the people, living in the city and own houses there are obliged by law to conserve the houses. The rents in this houses are very expensive because its very special to live in those houses - built in 1475 before america was descovered- with a modern bath and modern heating.
And i think it´s a public good to conserve old houses for the next generations.
For the property rights advocates out there, I think it's easy to forget about the flipside of preservation laws. By those laws being in place, you're protected from your neighbors making drastic changes to your community, and potentially negatively affecting your property value. It's not an attack on private property rights--in many ways, it actually protects your investment. But it's your responsibility as a buyer to know what you're getting.
All that being said, in this specific situation it sounds like the city dropped the ball if this article is accurate. Not only was the building unprotected, they granted the owner permission to do what he wanted! So, although I totally agree that this place is awesome and should be preserved, I grudingly think the developer is in the right. Ideally the city/partners/FLW groups could pull resources and buy it from the guy at a fair price; more likely, this will probably end up a "teachable moment."
I think we're all overlooking the most important part of this story. Wright's granddaughters sold the house to a developer. What the hell did they think was going to happen? If anyone has failed to do their due diligence in this kind of situation, it's the seller. They were solely responsible for the property before it left their hands. It was their responsibility and theirs alone to not only make any potential buyer aware of the perceived importance of what they were buying, but also to go to the appropriate lengths to choose one who'd appreciate and preserve it. A lot of you are arguing that the developer should relinquish ownership of the house to enthusiasts. Again, that was the granddaughters' responsibility, not the potential buyer's. You're all letting your glands do the talking. Calm the design imperialism and look at the article rationally.
Yes, they should.
We have only the developer's word that for it that "he didn't know".
There is little the seller can do once the house is sold... they may believe that they have sold to a good buyer, but once the house is out of their hands, they can do nothing.
You are looking at it from completely the wrong perspective -- who is ultimately the beneficiary of preserving a FLW building? Not his grandchildren. FLW's work benefits all of us -- all those of us who get to see it, study it, learn from it, be inspired by it. The property value is a very crude and wholly inadequate indicator of the true value of this work. The loss of this FLW building will hurt the community most of all, and thus, the community should decide what is to happen to it, not the developer. The loss is, and will continue to be, all ours.
This is very much the thinking in Europe, and this is why we will never have the historic districts that they do, because we have bulldozed most of our historic buildings and areas. In North America, our heritage designations offer little to no real protection, as this developer himself sneeringly points out.
And until we are able to have a real discussion about what it really means to live and belong to a community, what sorts of rights and responsibilities it entails, we will never achieve quality of life.
Generally-maybe yes. I live in a town with "historic" this and that, but all I've seen is that the people that live in historic neighborhoods use it to preserve their property values while dumping all the "green" projects they don't want on the rest of the town. There was an old school the city sold near a historic neighborhood. The city gave the owners license to put in apartments (these were going to be million dollar apartments and only 12 of them). The original structure was going to stay as is, so not a lot would have changed aesthetically. The mapleton hill neighborhood was all up in arms about it. Apparently high density, eco friendly is great, unless it's in your back yard. Historic designation gets used a lot by people who are just pulling up the ladder behind them. In theory it's great, but in reality it seems to work corruptly.
But my problem with this is that they waited until after the guy had invested a considerable sum of his life savings. But the builder has also been dodgy here...someone in the planning office that was on the project issued the demo permit and the builder wants the property bought at the price he would realize if he rebuilt two houses and sold them. They should come to a reasonable agreement. The builder should sell it back to anyone at purchase price, plus fees, carrying costs, and a reasonable sum for his time and effort and legal expenses. If the preservationists can't come up with that sum, then they lost their chance. It's unfair for them to stick the caveat of development on the property AFTER the deal has gone through.
Frank Lloyd's Wright's grand daughters were a bit dodgy here as well in not issuing a disclosure to the seller.
It's a gorgeous house. Too bad he doesn't want to keep it.
I am hopeful that the landmark designation hearing will be successful.
Too bad the current owners were not notified of the pedigree of the house but tear down this AMAZING house? How could anyone do that knowing it is an FLW house???
A property owner should be permitted to do whatever they like to their property so long as it meets code for their area. If you buy in a conservation or historical district, or buy property that is on a historical registry, you know what you are getting into, and if you don't, that's your fault.
But, to buy a piece of property and have some random people decide after the fact that your property should be 'preserved' and suddenly you can't do anything to it? No.
For those that think that FLW is wonderful, though he is certainly recognized as a prominent figure in architecture, few people beyond those that are in the field or hang out on design blogs know anything about him. It is not as though he is taught in high school art class along with Michelangelo or da Vinci. There are a certainly a number of people that don't appreciate his aesthetic at all. Also, lets not forget that his designs are extremely high maintenance. I don't wonder that someone would buy one of his houses with the intent of tearing it down if it is not to their taste. What I do wonder is why the preservation group hasn't offered to buy the property if they are so determined on restoring/maintaining it.
I think it should be preserved. These days everyone wants something new. No one knows how to appreciate history anymore. If you like new then find an empty lot. Why tear down something with so much history to build something else. Its getting annoying.
This is a timely article for me because we have a bit of a situation here in Rochester, NY. There is a 170-year-old church in our Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood that is being threatened with demolition to make way for a Dollar General. Never mind that there are five dollar stores already in the immediate area, including a Family Dollar only 0.3 miles away. The property owner is notorious in the neighborhood for letting his properties fall into disrepair and get overrun by drug dealers and prostitutes. He also owes the city $40,000 in back taxes.
Please consider signing our petition to save this church. The Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood is an historic neighborhood that honors one of Rochester's most famous residents. The area has come a long way in terms of revival and this Dollar General threatens to set everything back.
I'm going to go against the grain here and say that historical or not, the new owners should be able to do as they see fit to the house.
I have no qualms with using the dollar as a basis of comparison. If the general public truly valued this house, the general public should pool funds and buy it instead of declaring it a historical landmark. Some may argue that it's too difficult to pool funds, or that it's too difficult to organize ownership. If it's too difficult for people who "value" and "treasure" a property to organize, then my perspective is that it is not valued enough or treasured enough to be worthwhile.
While I happen to like this particular house, there are plenty of "historical landmarks" that are eyesores, non-functional, or otherwise inefficient in their current state. I say let the people who have a vested interest in the property do what they can to improve the property. Ostensibly they would improve it such that the rest of society would desire it (and therefore buy a post-renovation/demo property). So if someone were to come and buy the properties later, that purchaser has effectively justified the demolition.
Just my $0.02.
I heard this story a while back, and the developers keep turning down offers to buy. They've been given offers that would make them a fortune but now they're just being greedy. Correction: greedier.
and yes, I believe preservationists should be able to stop demolition or drastic change to our architectural heritage. Compared to the rest of the civilized world, we have so little of it in our young country. Why confirm the world's opinion of us as crass destroyers?
When I first read this story, I was absolutely horrified and disgusted that anyone would want to tear down such a beautiful piece of architecture. And at first I didn't even know that it was an FLW house! I simply thought it was too beautiful to tear down and replace with horrid, generic McMansions. This house is too beautiful and too important to the history of modern architecture to demolish. Some greedy developer's interest in making a quick buck is far outweighed by the general public's interest in preserving our architectural history for future generations.
If the buyers were too lazy and uncaring to investigate a property they were buying then they deserve a legal mess like this. Only the piggishly small-minded would buy a Frank Lloyd Wright house mistakenly or not and STILL want to tear it down, are you kidding...? It's impossible to know all the details but it sounds like that much is clear. Shame, shame.
First of all it's just stupid to sell this house to a developer - everyone knows that developers have only the mighty dollar in mind when they buy a property. Second, with all the property in the world one could possibly buy, why would you buy a house like this if you just want to tear it down. Just buy somewhere else for crying out loud. ABSOLUTELY preservationists should win - I do not feel sorry for anyone who buys a property and plays dumb about a house's historical value. Just don't buy it then. And NO just because someone owns a property does not mean they should be able to erase the history of an important work. If nothing were preserved then eventually our cities would be full of eyesores and cheap crap based on the whims of greedy developers.
I am disturbed about the comments that refer to preservation as a violation of individual property rights. This is not true, according to the Supreme Court, going back to the early/mid-20th century. See the big long quote from the Massachusetts Historical Commission's "Establishing Local Historic Districts" handbook: "Although the basic constitutionality of local historic preservation controls has been recognized by the courts, they are still subject to legal challenge, often involving the claim of 'taking". However, unless the regulation is found not to advance a legitimate public interest or the restrictions on designated property are so severe as to deprive the owner of any reasonable economic use, historic preservation controls will remain solidly within the broad spectrum of constitutional land use controls."
It is clear that the restrictions placed on this property would not deprive the owner of reasonable economic use. If they can't tear it down, they can still make a profit selling it. As others have said, it's Frank Lloyd Wright, for crying out loud.
If you're interested in reading reasonable and accurate information about historic preservation, check out your state's historical commission website.
AT - Please check your facts.
The grand daughters did NOT sell this house to the current owner. They sold it in good faith to another owner who promised to preserve it. THAT owner turned around a few years later and sold it to the current developers, who, it should be noted, are located out of Nevada.
As a Phoenician and FLW enthusiast, I've been following this story closely. Many of us believe the current owners/developers knew what they were buying, and they either didn't care, or they threatened to raze it in an effort to drum up media attention (and hence drive up the price).
How did Wright's granddaughter forget to mention it?!
Read through more comments, seems she wasn't the one who sold it -- sorry for the quick reply button! But I still stand by the seller/developer being quite shady.
Mel-Bel, I have to agree. I think someone saw the potential for profit ... not in developing the site, but in pretending that was their intention. I seriously doubt it's even possible to buy a FLW house and not be aware of the fact, particularly one that had remained in his family until quite recently.
Wow. So many mistakes here. How did the city EVER approve the demo? That might be the biggest mistake of all. In theory I wish property owners could do whatever they want. I really do. But in the end there has to be provisions in place to assure the needs of all citizens. For many reasons along those lines, I think this place should be preserved. It is the Wright thing for more people in the long run.
@nanobelle - please accept my most grovelling apologies for hitting the'Flag' button. I absolutely agree with you, and maybe AT should make the 'Flag' option a bit clearer! I am currently fighting a (losing) battle in my neighbourhood here in London against the demolition of beautiful historic school buildings. The Victorian Society - the people who saved St. Pancras, amongst many other landmarks - are on our side, but the developers (and the Council, who have recently granted permission to demolish and re-build) are not.
The intention is to build a new school - yes, tearing down a school to build a school - and 'executive flats'. The developers could, of course, choose to convert the existing buildings, which are perfectly sound and still in use as a college, either back into a school (doh!) or apartments. The latter would actually attract more buyers, simply because of the unique aspect of living in an historic building. There is already a failed 'new' development at the top of the street - and 25 years after a hospital was bulldozed to build it, it is still half empty; this seems to me to be more than adequate proof that the yuppie/exec types they are trying to attract for this latest development don't actually want to live in this part of London. They might well be attracted to a development with something 'extra' - i.e., the historical aspect, and the beauty of the buildings, with their tall windows and other architectural features. But, although that would seem to be the best idea (for all concerned, including the developers), it's not going to happen. And for one reason only - pure greed.
The apartment plans have been shoe-horned in on the back of the school plans, despite there already being three primary schools in the neighbourhood. Not to mention the massive housing shortage in London - what we need is affordable homes for London residents, not luxury flats in a non-luxury area for overseas buyers or other developers who will rent them out for extortionate prices. What we'd like to keep in our neighbourhood is the excellent educational/community facility being booted out to satisfy someone else's greed. The residents' views appear not to matter in the slightest.
I don't agree with the comments that something should always be done to preserve properties before they are sold to people with no respect for the local community, or its history, otherwise all bets are off - because sometimes there is simply no prior threat. In our case here, nobody did anything before the few months we've had to take in the news and that's largely because I don't think anyone believed that anyone would ever be dumb or ghastly or greedy enough to knock the buildings down - and that, if they did intend to do so, the relevant authorities would never give them permission. Public officers should work for the communities they represent, not outside developers out to make a buck, right? We pay their wages, through our taxes - they should work for our best interests. I'm a bit stunned at some of the comments here, saying that if someone's paid enough, they get to ruin not just the buildings, but the neighbourhood they're in.
Oh, and wouldn't it be nice if there were some developers out there who not only had money, but TASTE? I have yet to see a development that looks better than its predecessor. The new buildings planned for my street are just butt-ugly, and I doubt very much they'll last the 130 years (so far) that the existing ones have. And shouldn't people involved in property have even the most basic knowledge of architecture and the history of it? Anyone who can't recognise a FLW building - or at least suspect that's what they're looking at - should be banned from dealing in property for life, imho. I don't believe for a second that professional developers (like these guys) wouldn't know what they were buying, or have someone on staff, or at their lawyers' offices - who wouldn't do a 'search' before the purchase went ahead. If they didn't do the proper research, more fool them. I suspect, however, that what they're really interested in is upping the price now that the building is threatened. And, either way, these guys win - by selling the house, the land, the new houses. Of course, permission should never have been given for demolition - unfortunately, those in authority are often as clueless as the greedy developers. It shouldn't be down to members of the community to protest once the decision's been made - someone should have stopped it long before it got to that point.
If anyone's interested in having a (last) look at a gorgeous piece of British heritage, please check out our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SaveAmberleyRoadSchoolBuildings - there's also a petition at http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/westminster-city-council-save-amberley-road-school-buildings. Thanks :)
@ELFay - I just signed your petition, and I wish you the best of luck in saving this building for the community.
The agent should have know about this detail and let the new buyers know that the property was a historic building before they purchased it. Now, the property belongs to the new buyers and they can do what they wish, even if it means the destruction of such a beautiful home. I am all for preservation of land and beautiful homes but if the buyer wants to destroy it and make a profit, it's their prerogative. Can the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation purchase the property from the new owners and save it?
@Luella - I signed yours too. Good luck!
Whomsoever owns it can do with it as they please. FLW foundation can buy it to preserve it, developer can raze it.
These designs are so important to preserve, it gives me chills that this is even a question that is under scrutiny. His homes will never be duplicated and this one should have been on the preservation list a long time ago. I don't believe for a second the buyers didn't know the buildings' origin. It's another scam to make money and discard a one of a kind for greed!
Diana Ostreko in Oak Park, IL
I was going to suggest annulling the transaction, but upon reading comments, it sounds like developer is just milking the publicity to drive up price of house. I doubt that it will be demolished -- he'll just get top dollar for the sale. Too bad there wasn't some sort of preservation easement on the property.
The developer may be milking the publicity, but its his right to do so. He OWNS the house and therefore has the right to do with it as he wishes. Although it would be a shame to have this house demolished - where were the preservationists when the house was for sale and why didn't they buy it?
READ VERY CAREFULLY before forming your opinion; the Wright granddaughters did not sell directly to the developer, they sold to the previous owner who intended to preserve it before the economy tanked. I have been following this story for years and can assure everyone here, the MLS listings have always plainly stated the home's provenance as a FLW. The developers do not claim they did not know it was a Wright, they claim they did not know it was a significant Wright. This home has been marketed as a historically significant piece of property from the get-go. Any claimed ignorance rests entirely on the developer's shoulders.
This home is an architectural masterpiece and should be preserved. Photographs only just begin do it justice, and provide only a glimpse into what makes it so unique. For a complete chronological rundown of all the events leading up to this, including the final of four votes needed by the City of Phoenix, visit the right hand column of modernphoenix.net.
I would be really angry if I was them, but I find being them an extremely hard thing to envision, given what an obscene lack of taste you would have to have to want to tear that house down and build two new "luxury homes" (which, frankly, when I hear that it sounds to me like a lot of luxury homes nowadays, that look nice but are built like absolute shit). I have a hard time feeling TOO bad for them, but hopefully they can sell it for good money and find some shittier homes to tear down.
Also, yeah, the notion that someone actually sold them this house without saying CHECK OUT THIS MOTHERFUCKING FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT I MEAN SERIOUSLY!! seems insane. If I was buying a house in a unique style from an iconic architect, my assumption would definitely be that tearing it down would be a travesty, or if I didn't think so, I'd at least consider the fact that enough fans would disagree with me that it would inevitably become a headache and not worth contemplating.
PLEASE! This particular house has been published in books and only a few years ago, in a prominent magazine. It is one of the best that he designed (fewer leaks, etc.) and is known for its integration into the area.
Would someone please post who they are so we can either write letters or organize a boycott of ALL of their business interests—since money seems to be the only thing they care about.
I definitely agree with Holler. What is referred to as "luxury homes" these days are big plastic boxes, designed to appeal to people with lots of money, no taste and no understanding of style, grace or artistic value.
I heard that the preservation society tried to buy the house and was told to raise much more money than the owner had paid!!! This is not just an historic house but an extremely rare example that should be saved!
after reading this post and the comments again, I wonder what happened to the house since then. apparently it has been saved from demolishment by the preservationist and a new owner. hurray!


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J.J. Abrams cast a meaty hook into the Web waters on Aug. 19, a teaser for a new entertainment project that we may or may not know anything about. The mystery box angler loves using this kind of bait: "Stranger" is reminiscent of his puzzling promo stuff for Super-8 or the crypto-content that the Lost brain trust used to feed fans during hiatus. (Remember "The Last Supper" ads prior to season 6?) Decoding this kind of stuff isn't for everyone. And for some, it annoys as much as it amuses. Regardless: We're biting. Because we are easily amused, and because we ran out of Breaking Bad analysis to read, and because no one knows how to bait a hook quite like J.J. Abrams. We love how he turns marketing hype into storytelling fun. What's "Stranger" about? Five theories — none of which involve Star Wars Episode VII (we assume it's still wayyy too early for that). READ FULL STORY
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J.J. Abrams releases mysterious new teaser trailer -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
J.J. Abrams just released to EW a teaser (video below) for a new project from Bad Robot. What project? We asked, but he's not telling. At least not yet. Is it a new film? A TV series? A digital endeavor? Let the speculation begin! (And let us know what you think.) READ FULL STORY
George Lucas has not spoken to J.J. Abrams about the next 'Star Wars'
When George Lucas handed over the deed for the Star Wars galaxy to Disney, he retained a role as a "creative consultant" on any future iterations of Star Wars-y stuff, including the sequel trilogy currently being prepped. Fans have long debated the meaning of that "creative consultancy," because the internet was specifically created for fans to analyze every bit of Star Wars news.
However, in a new interview with Access Hollywood — recorded after his win at the Daytime Emmys for the now-canceled Clone Wars series — George Lucas indicates that the extent of his "consulting" is enjoying a well-earned retirement.
The Benedict Cumberbatch shower scene you DIDN'T see in 'Star Trek Into Darkness' -- VIDEO
If you're a Cumberbitch, I won't mince words: Go below the jump, my friends.
If you had to look up the (made-up) word "Cumberbitch," I'll provide some context: Star Trek Into Darkness maestros J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof have been taking some heat for a scene in their new movie, which features a gratuitous shot of star Alice Eve in her underwear. (Gratuitous female nudity in an action movie? Well, I never!)
But as Abrams pointed out on Conan last night, the scene in question came after an earlier shot of gratuitous Chris Pine shirtlessness — meaning that if anything, he and the Enterprise crew are equal-opportunity objectifiers. Abrams subsequently revealed something that may have made Tumblr explode: Star Trek villain Benedict Cumberbatch also had a shirtless scene that ended up being cut from the movie. And then the director showed a snippet of the scene in question — which finds Cumberbatch glowering in a "shower of evil."
Billy Dee Williams gives J.J. Abrams 'Star Wars' plot suggestions -- VIDEO
Everyone has ideas for the new Star Wars movies! So, when J.J. Abrams stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel thought it might fun to ask the audience for some suggestions for the new sequels.
The first two guys are in costume and both feel strongly that, "Leia and Chewie need to do it!" The second, who we'll assume works for Kimmel, really deserves our respect. Talking to J.J. Abrams is a nice perk of the job, but not many guys would go so far as wearing Leia's gold bikini on national TV.
The third "audience member" is Billy Dee Williams, who played Lando Calrissian in the original trilogy. He suggests, "Two hours of Lando and beautiful ladies making love, sweet love, in the galaxy."
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Spocks United: Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto meld a friendship for the ages
Star Trek fans everywhere have been watching, sharing and re-watching The Challenge, a sly Audi ad that, as a comedy vehicle, comfortably seats a pair of mismatched Spocks: Leonard Nimoy, the television and sci-fi icon, and his on-screen heir, Zachary Quinto, who wears the ears in Star Trek Into Darkness.
They are trash-talking frenemies in the mini-movie, but Trek producer Bryan Burke says that in grand Spock tradition there's a vast emotion hidden behind that frosty artifice."Their relationship is not a working relationship at all," Burke said. "They're family."
As Hollywood relationships go, the bond between Nimoy and Quinto is an anomaly. Not only does it bridge a vast generation gap (Nimoy is 82, Quinto is 35), it defies the Hollywood undertows of rivalry and status anxiety, which have made actors in similar situation behave like Betta fish when paired up.
"We spend a lot of time together, we keep in touch," Quinto said in February just a few days after he filmed the Audi ad. "He's a great friend. I value his presence in my life far beyond the experience we had making the first Star Trek movie and I'm grateful that it brought us together but now the friendship is a thing — it's own thing. I love Leonard a lot." READ FULL STORY
J.J. Abrams talks 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' with Jon Stewart -- VIDEO
J.J. Abrams stopped by The Daily Show last night to discuss Star Trek Into Darkness, and he reminded devoted Trekkies that he was never really one of them: He didn't like Star Trek as a kid. "It always felt too philosophical," he explained.
Blasphemy! Abrams went on to say that some of the writers of the movie were huge fans, while his producing partner had never seen it — if everyone, with their different perspectives, was happy, the movie worked. "The goal was to make a movie for moviegoers, not just Star Trek fans," he explained.
After the two discussed the pros and cons of both Star Trek (don't worry, it grew on him!) and Star Wars, Stewart naturally delved into the fact that Abrams is now running everything. "I'm not even going to go to the conventions anymore, I'm just going to sit on your lap," Stewart joked. Abrams said it was too early to give away any intel about Star Wars, but that didn't stop Stewart from making a case about why he should be allowed to be a Jedi.
Watch the interview and the extended online clip — where Abrams gives Stewart some directing advice — below: READ FULL STORY
When worlds collide: J.J. Abrams visits the set of 'Downton Abbey'
(Let's hope he didn't drive there.)
While gallivanting around Europe to promote Star Trek Into Darkness, J.J. Abrams apparently stopped by one of Britain's most famous fictional estates: Downton Abbey, home of enough ominous musical cues and mysteries to be, well, a J.J. Abrams creation. Here's the man himself, mixing something in the kitchen under the watchful eye of Mrs. Hughes (a.k.a. actress Phyllis Logan):
'Star Wars: Return of the Jedi' back on big screen at EW's CapeTown Festival
The Jedi are returning.
On May the Fourth, now celebrated far and wide as Star Wars Day, Entertainment Weekly's CapeTown Film Festival will bring the greatest deep-space saga of them all back to the big screen for a special one-day event: a 30th anniversary revival of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi that takes the classic back to the site of its May 1983 world premiere, the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
We've scheduled four Jedi screenings (10 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m., 10p.m.) on May the Fourth as well as special appearances by some famous faces and beloved characters from the Jedi universe. The anniversary and location add a special sparkle to the day, but the event is also energized with the intrigue of the future with a new planned Star Wars, which will, for the first time on screen, take the tale chronologically beyond the fiery funeral of Darth Vader, one of the most iconic villains in the history of Hollywood popcorn.
Celluloid history infuses every corner of the Egyptian Theatre, which opened in October 1922 by introducing a new Tinseltown tradition — the very first Hollywood world premiere. The storied movie palace is an amazing site for the inaugural edition of the CapeTown Film Festival, which shares its name with the EW.com section that launched early this year. The brand has already become a powerhouse presence as the hub for EW coverage of pop culture's most vivid corners: sci-fi, superheroes, fantasy, horror, comics, video games and animation.
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With J.J. Abrams out, who should direct the next 'Star Trek' movie?
Producer Bryan Burk has been J.J. Abrams' behind-the-scenes wingman since the Alias days, so it's worth paying close attention when he idly muses about a possible release date for the next Star Trek movie. That's exactly what happened in the middle of an interview with Digital Spy. When asked about a possible release date for a sequel to this May's Into Darkness, Burk said that — although there's no specific release date — the team is "definitely talking about the next one…. We don't want to wait four years." Since 2016 marks the franchise's 50th anniversary, it seems like a logical year to debut a new film. All Burk said is that 2016 will be "a big year to celebrate, hopefully." READ FULL STORY
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Strength is really valuable in role playing, and mildly useful in combat.
Breaking down doors, escaping from chains/rope, knocking people off cliffs... there are useful and entertaining things you can do with strength.
Also, finesse weapons aren't very good so you might as well have high attack AND high damage.
It really depends what kind of adventure you are playing and how creative the players are. Remember that you don't need high dexterity for high AC, heavy armor is actually better protection in DnD Next.
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Young Men Molested, Filmed in True Life Hostel Horror
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At least male victims, many of them young international travelers, were allegedly drugged and raped by a New Zealand hostel owner who made videos of the assaults.
Male Flight Attendant Jailed After Oral Sex with Sleeping Straight Man
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A male flight attendant from Ryan Air has been sentenced to a year in jail after he was caught performing oral sex on a sleeping 22-year-old straight man. First class passengers, don't be alarmed; it wasn't during the flight.
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Police accused Delaware's deputy attorney general Friday of raping a teen boy he met on the gay hookup app Grindr.
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A former child model and aspiring actor is accusing "X-Men" franchise director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him as a teenager in a federal lawsuit filed in Hawaii.
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A Canadian man visiting Philadelphia got more than he expected when he logged onto Grinder, Wednesday. The expected tryst turned into a harrowing experience that included a sexual assault at gunpoint and $3,000 in theft.
UK Man on Trial for Allegedly Raping Woman to Cure Her of Being Gay
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A man from Yorkley, a village in Gloucestershire, England, is on trial this week for an allegedly attempting to rape a woman in 2012 because he thought it would "cure" her of being lesbian.
Jury Awards $5.42M to Woman Raped in WeHo Nightclub
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A Santa Monica jury awarded a female news producer $5.42 million for a West Hollywood nightclubs' negligence, after an employee allegedly raped her in the restroom.
News Analysis: Report on Forced Sex in Prison
By Sean McShee | Wednesday Feb 26, 2014
Differences in risk between lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) inmates and heterosexual inmates became visible in this report: LGB inmates are much more likely to be victims of sexual assault in prison than are straight inmates.
Navy Seeks More Sexual Assault Survey Responses
By Brock Vergakis | Saturday Dec 21, 2013
Participation in an anonymous survey aimed at determining how big a problem sexual assault is in the Navy and Marines is lagging this year compared to past years, the Navy says.
Fla. Man Acquitted in Conn. of Sex Assault Charges
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A Florida flight attendant has been acquitted in Connecticut of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy more than 100 times.
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Clear eyes and full hearts will never lose.
But they will never return to the big screen, either.
Despite a script reportedly being complete for a Friday Night Lights movie, producer Peter Berg finally ended all talk of this possibility over the weekend in an interview with Collider.
"There's not gonna be a movie, Berg said. "We talked about it, some people thought it was a good idea, some didn't; I've come to believe it's probably not a good idea and I seriously doubt it's gonna happen."


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Renovated in 2009, this 356-room, family-oriented resort on Kalapaki Beach boasts big flat-screens in every room, a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, and the biggest single-level pool in Hawaii. It might not have the fancy frills of the pricier Grand Hyatt, but it's still the best resort for the buck in Kauai.
The Hilton Grand Vacations Club offers an affordable two-bedroom option within the Waikoloa Beach Resort. The living room, dining, and kitchen areas are well-equipped for multiple guests and longer stays, much like other condos in the area, but access to the Waikoloa Hilton allows guests to enjoy resort-like perks close by. The lobby area and main pool are beautifully designed, though both can easily become crowded (along with other facilities) due to high traffic and small space. Some areas are a bit dated, but overall it's a great value for the price and for those looking for a more at-home-type extended stay.
A top pick for those who want more than a budget hotel but less than a mega resort, this affordable, 72-room boutique a block from the beach is high on style, but short on amenities.
This private, quiet property has large rooms, gorgeous sunrises over a rugged beach, a waterslide and sand-bottom pool, and a romantic bar with live music. It's a good choice for a quiet, relaxed stay. Just know that for similar rates, the Kauai Marriott has better service, better food, high-design pools, a more usable beach, and more stuff to do.
This 645-room hotel looks and feels like a shopping mall, with chain restaurants on the ground floor, an escalator to the lobby, and service that seems to emphasize speed over personal touches. But the beachfront location is great, and recently renovated rooms feature fun décor and flat-screen TVs. Plus, most have ocean views.
Part of the Aqua Resorts chain, the 217-room Luana Waikiki is a low-key condo hotel located a few minutes' walk from the center of Waikiki. The property borders Fort DeRussy Beach Park, which has one of the finest white sand beaches on the south side of Oahu. Because it's not right in the city center, the Luana Waikiki offers the best of both worlds: peace and accessibility. Nightlife fans who want easy access to dancing and vacationers who want to relax on the sand will both be happy.
This clean, affordable condo property in Waikoloa Village on the Kohala Coast offers an uncommon level of privacy: It's located inside a gated community and surrounded by a golf course. Ranch-inspired buildings house multi-room units, complete with full kitchens and washer/dryers, and property features include an attractive (if small) infinity pool and an open-air fitness room. But the living rooms and kitchens are a bit smaller than you'll find at competing condo properties, the decor varies by unit, and the beach is a half mile away.
The 125-room Shoreline Hotel Waikiki, a Joie de Vivre Hotel is an upper-mid-range property located two blocks away from Kalakaua Avenue and less than a five-minute walk from Waikiki Beach. With retro furniture and bright, colorful artwork the hotel has a cute, 70s-inspired look and feel. There aren't a lot of extras (a small rooftop pool and bright lobby with free coffee), but the hotel does provide an excellent location for an affordable price. There's another Joie de Vivre Hotel not too far away, Coconut Waikiki, which is less expensive but farther from the beach.
The mid-range, 496-room Holiday Inn Waikiki Beachcomber Resort completed a $21-million overhaul to create this modern, tropical-inspired hotel. The rooms are generically decorated with beach accents, but are clean, spacious, and have balconies. Although it's not a waterfront property, it's a two-minute walk down to the gorgeous beach and is in the heart of a busy shopping and dining area. The hotel is outfitted with basic features like a pool and fitness center -- plus a Jimmy Buffet on-site restaurant. For guests that don't want to overpay for beachfront real estate (that would be the Outrigger Waikiki across the street), the Beachcomber is a solid choice.
With a branch of Nobu in the lobby, a beach across the street, and signing privileges at its adjacent high-end sister Halekulani, this well-priced boutique hotel appeals to foodies and families. The fairly simple rooms have high-def, flat-panel TVs (some have spectacular views) and the service is friendly, if far less doting, than at its sibling.
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In defense of my topper-topperingness, mine are at least true! I have never killed any insurgents and have not been reincarnated as a zombie. =)
I am guilty of Toppering. I cannot help being competitive. However, to topper all toppers, my name really is Topper.
I have a TOPPER in my office. today he told us the blizzard we are getting is not that bad, once he drove in a category 5 hurricane on the coast of Florida.
A hurricane? That's nothing. Once I drove through the desert at high speed in the dark with the lights off so that my passenger wouldn't see how dangerous the road was and it would be over as fast as possible
The desert in the dark? That's nothing. I once drove straight down Olympus Mons backwards at 600 MPH in a rocket car with my hands tied behind my back while re-painting a perfect replica of the Mona Lisa with a brush in my teeth.
Olympus Mons, backwards, rocket car, that's nothing. I once skydived naked into a blast furnace on the event horizon of a blck hole, while detailing the east pediment of the elgin marbles, using a tiny chisle glued to one of my eyelashes.
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That's nothing; when I was advising god on the creation of the Universe I told him to create all of you Toppers (don't all thank me at once). You provide normal people with an object of ridicule to vent their spleen on and thus contributes to a stable society. Despite the way you turned out I'm still glad I indirectly created you.
As I created the man you are now, Steve, I'm quite pleased with the way you turned out.
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Sam Starrett & Alyssa Locke - These two have been important secondary players in the previous books. Their history is full of fighting and hiding their true feelings from each other. They had finally reached a point where they were admitting how they felt about each other when Sam finds out a former girlfriend (Mary Lou) was pregnant, so he married her "to do the right thing". Fast forward a couple years through a miserable marriage and they are at the breaking point. This book picks up six months after Mary Lou's departure (with their daughter, Haley) to Florida to stay with her sister. After several weeks of no return phone calls from Mary Lou, Sam heads to Florida to make sure Mary Lou signs the divorce papers and get them filed. When he arrives at her home, he is devastated to find a corpse (whom he believes is Mary Lou) but no sign of Haley. This starts accusations flying about Sam's involvement in her murder and he eventually calls on Alyssa Locke for help. This starts off rocky because Alyssa, unfortunately, makes the incorrect assumption at first that Sam shot Mary Lou. I'm not sure how he gets over that one, but I guess love is definitely blind.
At the same time, Sam's CO, Tom Paoletti, is being questioned for the events surrounding the botched assassination attempt on the President six months ago. He is being accused of smuggling the weapons used onto the base, as well as acquiring those weapons in an earlier mission in which they were allegedly on board a crashed helo that had to be scuttled by Tom's SEAL Team 16. It is obvious he and his team are either being framed or just being used as scapegoats to satisfy the powers that be.
Mary Lou is a major player in this story as she is actually in hiding from Bob Schwegel, the man posing as an insurance salesman, who was actually involved in the attack on the President. She had discovered that Bob had used her car as the means for smuggling the weapons onto the Naval base. She also saw him near her sister's home and was able to get away before he killed her. She never called the police or the FBI or even Sam (her husband & SEAL team member) for help because she was afraid she would be arrested for being part of the plot.
Max Baghat & Gina Vitagliano - These two finally meet back up when Max heads to Florida to help in the search for Mary Lou. Max has been trying for a couple years to stay away from Gina because he is worried about their age difference (around 20 years) and the fact that she may just think she cares for him because of transference. He knows how he feels about her, but he's not sure he wouldn't be taking advantage of her vulnerability. He was the hostage negotiator who helped get her out of a terrorist hijacking alive--although not undamaged by her captors. He also, naturally, feels a lot of guilt and self-blame for what had happened to her, although she doesn't see it that way at all. She knows those events could not be stopped by him and she truly believes he is the reason she got out of there alive.
WWII story - Involves Sam's adopted father figure, his Uncle Walter Gaines, who was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, and Dorothy "Dot" Smith, a member of the WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots). Both of these characters had already passed away but their story was told through memories and letters they had written each other during the War before they were married. Their story was an important one revolving around their mixed marriage and dealing with racism. They showed Sam what unconditional love was for the first time in his life and helped turn his life around, giving him a home and helping protect him from his abusive father and neglectful mother.
The WWII-era story tied in with the contemporary story and it's different examples of racist attitudes, racial profiling, homophobic attitudes, bullying, fear and ignorance. A quote from a letter Walter had written Dot during the War states, "I don't understand such thinking. If it's not race, it's religion. I don't understand why people look for each other's differences, instead of the ways in which we are all the same."
After the shooting at the navy base when the President came to visit, the life of Roger "Sam" Starrett turned around: his wife left him and took their daughter with her. Now, finally putting an end to a miserable marriage, Sam tracks down Mary Lou only to find her dead. However, things got a little out of hand when Lt. Tom Paoletti is arrested and questioned for treason; Sam then turns to the only person that can help him: Alyssa Locke.
This is my favorite one of the series. It is impossible not to like Sam Starrett or not to feel a like sorrow for him and his life. This is an important book to read not only because this is the beginning of the Troubleshooters but also because with this book, a cycle ends and all the people that we "heard" about are going to be more developed and we get to know them a little better.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345456939, Mass Market Paperback)In her sizzling, award-winning novels of suspense, bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann delves into the adrenaline-rushed world of counter terrorism–and taps into the real passions of its brave men and women. Now in her widely anticipated hardcover debut, she spins a story of action, intrigue, and romance, as a U.S. Navy SEAL and an FBI agent race to unravel a mystery–while confronting their own unresolved feelings for each other. . . .
In his career as one of America's elite warriors, Lt. Sam Starrett can do no wrong. In his private life, Sam–the king of one night stands–has done little right. Now, he's waiting for a divorce and determined to stay active in his young daughter's life. But when Sam shows up at the door of his ex-wife's home in Sarasota, Florida, he makes a grisly discovery. His daughter is gone and the body of a woman lies brutally murdered on the floor.
FBI agent Alyssa Locke's relationship with Sam has been overwhelmingly intense and nearly catastrophic, yet it refuses to end. The last time she saw Sam was six months earlier, when they worked together to stop terrorists from assassinating the U.S. President. Much to her dismay, Alyssa is assigned to lead the murder investigation and once again the two are face to face. When explosive information surfaces linking Sam to the still unsolved assassination plot, the stakes are raised. With her reputation hanging in the balance, and her loyalties in question, Alyssa is faced with an impossible dilemma:arrest a man she believes to be innocent, or risk her career.
While Alyssa tries to fight their intense attraction, Sam is determined to heat things up between them once again. And the complex case pushes them both to the wrong side of the law–and on the run to discover the truth. As more agents step into the chase, and with Sam's daughter still unaccounted for, neither Alyssa nor Sam can predict just how deadly hot this situation is about to become. . . .
A thrilling novel that ranges back into the days of World War II, into friendships, families, liaisons, betrayals, and the code of honor that binds the U.S. Navy SEALs, Gone Too Far is an electrifying experience in suspense–and a brilliant tale of lives lived on the edge.
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This case study was written by Gerhard Klier of EarthKind Solar. It details an installation project at Bard College in New York that was undertaken with funds from the Recovery Act.
Two solar thermal hot water heating systems were installed in residential dorms on campus, along with an advanced monitoring system. The grant from New York and the Recovery Act covered 90% of the installation costs. This installation is part of a larger commitment by Bard College to use utilize sustainable energy resources. The systems cover about 85% of the hot water needs of the students in the buildings, and Bard College expects to save up to $10,000 annually.
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