Frank Lloyd Wright buildings nominated to World Heritage Listl

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department has nominated 10 buildings in seven states designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright — including the iconic home known as Fallingwater in western Pennsylvania — for inclusion on the World Heritage List of the world’s most significant cultural and natural sites.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced the nominations Friday, saying Wright “is widely considered to be the greatest American architect of the 20th century.”

Wright’s buildings would become the nation’s first modern architecture on the list, which includes modern structures elsewhere such as the Sydney Opera House, the Bauhaus School in Germany, and Brasilia, the capital of Brazil

Fallingwater, a National Historic Landmark in Mill Run about 65 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, was built over a waterfall and nestled into a rock mountainside.

How Chic!

Eric Lloyd Wright, grandson of Frank Lloyd Wright, and an architect himself, designed the building used as a backdrop in this upcoming ad from Brioni.

Eric is a good friend to Graycliff...he has visited 3 times.  See his comments about Graycliff here:Eric Lloyd Wright on Graycliff

Frank Lloyd Wright on What's My Line?

For your viewing pleasure, we present Frank Lloyd WRight appearing on the television program What's My Life in 1956, when we was 89 years old.

Sure, he was a little cranky.  He would probably have prefered to be working on the Guggenheim drawings.

Frank Lloyd Wright on What's My Line

Happy New Year!

Wishing you and yours a very happy New Year!  







And if you haven't seen it yet, this new Graycliff video, just released yesterday:

Wishing you the Happiest of Holidays!

From: My Father Who Is On Earth, by John Lloyd Wright:

One Christmas Eve, after we no longer believed in Santa Claus, we waited eagerly for Papa's sprightly arrival with presents.  Into the house he pushed, a bundle of Oriental rugs under each arm.  He dropped them on the living room floor......

Frank Lloyd Wright and family in Oak Park

With warm wishes for a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The Incredible History of Buffalo, NY In 5 Minutes

The Incredible History of Buffalo, NY In 5 Minutes

A short, charming and informative video created by 43North.

If you haven't seen this yet, take a look!


The Incredible History of Buffalo, NY In 5 Minutes

You Did It! Thank You!

This afternoon, the Erie County Legislature passed the budget, which includes a $20,000 increase in County funding for Graycliff, for a total in 2015 of $54,510.

This extra funding will be used to defray costs associated with preserving buildings and grounds that the Conservancy has already restored.  Because of the historic nature of the site, it often involves specialized labor, expensive materials and supplies, and the like to preserve our buildings and landscape.  This is an enormous help.

Thank you so much to  to each and everyone one of you who took the time to make a call or email your legislator.  And a big thank you to all Graycliff’s supporters---Board members, volunteers, Facebook friends, and Twitter followers, who also made calls and sent emails!  Last but not least, thank you to Buffalo’s Young Preservationists, who also supported this increase.

Special thanks go to Chairman John Mills and Legislator Lynne Dixon, who spearheaded this increase, the entire Erie County Legislature which voted unanimously, and County Executive Mark Polancarz.

All best--Reine