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07-01-2005, 07:42 PM | #1 |
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Save Angel's Mansion!
Hey, all!
I was planning on surprising Little Heaven and Starlet with a tour of Angel's Sunnydale Mansion near Griffith Park in LA, but the Ennis-Brown House, built by Frank Loyd Wright, is *still* closed due to more damage sustained from the heavy rains of March 2005. Originally damaged heavily in the Northridge earthquake in what? 1993?, the house has been in decline ever since. There is a desperate effort on to save it and any contribution would be appreciated. You can also "Adopt-A-Block", but that's a contribution of $125 to $250. Maybe we could adopt a group of blocks in the name of the Strangers? Penney? I volunteer to background coordinate if there's any interest at all. Let me know! Besides playing Angel's mansion in BtVS, It was featured in "Bladerunner" (A fave of mine) and "Grand Canyon" and is the house in " The House On Haunted Hill" (the original film). Here's the link- it's a spectacular old place- there's a pic of the fireplace http://www.ennisbrownhouse.org/ Laurie
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07-01-2005, 07:49 PM | #2 |
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Sounds good . I love the picture .
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07-01-2005, 09:03 PM | #3 |
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You know, I read somewhere that as famous of an architech as Frank Loyd Wright is, his houses are very hard to sell. I'm not sure why. If I had the money, I'd buy one of his houses, they're cool.
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07-01-2005, 09:20 PM | #4 |
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I didn't know that was a real place. What parts of the house were used for Angel? The outside always seemed like a set to me. Was it just the fireplace area?
Anyway, I'd be willing to pitch in some if we're going to make a project of it. |
07-01-2005, 11:35 PM | #5 |
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I didn't know it was a real place either. I don't really like the exterior but the interior is really interesting. I really like the bathroom.
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07-02-2005, 12:30 PM | #6 | |
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Laurie, you hit on one of my obsessions. I've seen almost everything Wright built east of the Mississippi. I'm in for a donation for sure and if you want help administratively, I'd be glad to volunteer.
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07-02-2005, 12:54 PM | #7 |
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Yay! I'm glad ya'll are interested in donating. Let's see what Penney says about a concerted effort here at ST. I'm also thinking of maybe setting up a seperate webpage to draw in fans of all the various productions shot there.
Damnskippy, I don't know! I think they used or copied the fireplace area and the loggia (Acathala ep) - and I know it was a location shoot... maybe one of the more web savvy among us can ferret out the answer. I was really hoping to finally get to tour it. Laurie
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07-02-2005, 05:05 PM | #8 |
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I love Frankie's houses. So far my favorites were Fallingwater and Taliesin West. I visited the Ennis house in 1993 before any damage and it was at night. We came just before they closed, and they let us in.
It was really like what you imagine from BTVS but better. It's just so odd to be in the three-dimensional space. The open plan was one of the pet-peeve of FLW, before it became common in the American suburbian landscape, so it is easy to film inside of it because you have room to almost do panoramic takes. Count me in if you put something on. The first time I saw BTVS last summer, I recognised it right away, and everyone around me swore that it had to be a set. |
07-14-2005, 09:45 PM | #9 | |
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The columns were fluted and expand outward to resemble waterlilies and the bottom of a pond looking up...and while it's gorgeous and brilliant (aside: Every school kid here took tours of JWax and the Golden Rondelle at one time or another), they supposedly have leaked like a sieve because of a design flaw since the first time it rained and I don't think they've ever found a way to completely fix the problem. It's probably one of the reasons that many of the main administrative buildings have moved to a new facility inspired by FLW but not created by him. If the "Crawford Street Mansion" has fundimental design flaws that make it a neverending money pit, it's likely why no one has been willing to take it on even as a piece of history.
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07-14-2005, 09:47 PM | #10 |
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Along the lines of form serving better than function, I've also read that much of his furniture is exceedingly uncomfortable to sit in, and often placed in such a way to make conversation difficult. But he wouldn't ever allow them to be moved so much as an inch, nor would he allow them to be modified in any way.
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07-14-2005, 11:02 PM | #11 |
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When I visited Fallingwater the docents talked about the versatility of the furniture and how when the Kaufmanns had large parties FLW designed chairs to move to the dining area and after dinner back to the lounge. Maybe he only approved if he chose it!
Also, I live fairly close to his Pope-Leighey house and the furniture that you can see in the link you're invited to sit on for the docent's big number. It's pretty comfortable-doesn't beat a modern couch but is as good as anything else from the '40s.
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07-14-2005, 11:12 PM | #12 | |
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No, wait--I have been to the Guggenheim, and if I'm not mistaken there was either a replica or an actual room created by FLW at the Met.
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