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"Grandchild" of the Sun Visits
"It was really his way of expressing a community, the chapel, the theater, the science rooms, the adminstration," says Wright, "it was all really very important for him to see this group of buildings get together.
The World Monuments fund is working on ways to strengthen and restore Wright's signature Anne Pfeiffer Chapel, which has been beset by Florida's weather over the past 50 years. © Copyright 2012, WUSF
(2009-05-02)
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Eric Lloyd Wright has been in the shadow of his famous grandfather since he can remember. But today was the first time he stood in the shadow of some of Frank Lloyd Wright's most notable works. The younger Wright and architects with the World Monuments Fund gathered at Florida Southern College, which boast the largest collection of Wright's works anywhere. They met in the Danforth Chapel, called "Wright's Little Jewelbox," lit by multi-colored displays of stained glass. null
"It was really his way of expressing a community, the chapel, the theater, the science rooms, the adminstration," says Wright, "it was all really very important for him to see this group of buildings get together.
The World Monuments fund is working on ways to strengthen and restore Wright's signature Anne Pfeiffer Chapel, which has been beset by Florida's weather over the past 50 years. © Copyright 2012, WUSF


