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6895Wright designed a lot of gas stations. Only one was ever built. He was fascinateDMaA-9/28/2003
6894Have you looked at Quicksilver? I was going to wait until current reading was fiTom Clarke-9/28/2003
6893I've seen bits and pieces of Paris, Texas when it ran on cable awhile back. Tom Clarke-9/28/2003
6892I wouldn't be surprised if they commissioned the gas station. Phillips has dTom Clarke-9/28/2003
6891I will be picking up a nice biography of Walter Gropius on Tuesday. I hit my casTom Clarke-9/28/2003
6890Interesting. I am surprised I didn't see it, since it came out during a periNeocon-9/26/2003
6889The Wright gas station was also originally a Phillips 66. Must be a connection.DMaA-9/26/2003
6888Changing tack a little bit, IFC ran this movie earlier this summer. I probably wTom Clarke-9/26/2003
6887Glad to be helpful.Neocon-9/26/2003
6886I will! It so happens I plan to visit a bookstore later today that specializes iTom Clarke-9/26/2003
6885Yes, by all means, check them out. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe did a lot of interesNeocon-9/26/2003
6884I should revisit those Bauhaus guys. The reaction to my brief exposure to their Tom Clarke-9/26/2003
6883Oh yeah, I had forgotten about that. Last I heard work was underway. It should bTom Clarke-9/26/2003
6882When the Lords of the Bauhaus sought refuge in this country, one of them, in a fNeocon-9/26/2003
6881It is probably true that they need caves nearby......Neocon-9/26/2003
6880<<BTW, the world's only Wright designed gas station is for sale in CloIsh-9/26/2003
6879Last I heard they were in the process of turning that Wright building in Okla. iDMaA-9/25/2003
6878You've given me a bit to mull over, thanks. Maybe I can add something when ITom Clarke-9/25/2003
6877I think bears like to have caves nearby, and we have a few of those in the vicinTom Clarke-9/25/2003
6876Postrel has, in fact, put her finger on important aspects of modern art, which sNeocon-9/23/2003
6875In Annapolis, we had enough surrounding woodland that deer would come to the perNeocon-9/23/2003
6874I'm right partial to historical novels. Deciding to commit the time to a triDMaA-9/23/2003
6873It sounds almost too ambitious, hope he's not biting off more than he can chTom Clarke-9/23/2003
6872Thanks for the recommendation. Will keep that one in mind.DMaA-9/23/2003
6871If you enjoyed Cryptonomicon, you might like this. Street date is tomorrow! FroTom Clarke-9/22/2003
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