Completed two months after Wright's death in 1959, the Fasbender Clinic was created for Dr. Fasbender, Jr.'s medical practice. The building is a unique blend of complex polygonal shapes, a stylization that became known as Wright's "inward house period." The sloping copper roof enshrouds the light brown utilitarian exterior.


The Fasbender Clinic is one of thirteen FLW designs that were constructed in Minnesota. The building is now owned and operated out of by Edward Jones Investments.

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Built in 1957 on a 20-acre plot overlooking a lake, the Donald and Virginia Lovness home incorporates many elements of Wright's Usonian building practices, as well as extensive interior furnishings designed by the architect.

Constructed of Wisconsin dolomite stone and Fir wood, the home is now called the "Studio." This is to differentiate it from the "Cottage" that FLW left plans for, completed just a few yards away in the late 1970's. Wright also left plans for three additional cottages.

Today the property is up for sale, now priced just under $2 million.

Several photos can be viewed here.

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Founded in 1907 by some of the city's wealthiest women, the Woman's Club of Minneapolis is a membership-driven facility with the stated purpose of growing a "group of community leaders, business owners and professionals who use the facility for meetings and entertaining." It's weekly programs have attracted luminaries such as Helen Keller and Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Jayhawks performed in the theater here on April 26, 2002, and their live albums Live from the Women's (sic) Club 1 & 2 were released as an "official bootleg." Mike Doughty (of Soul Coughing) recorded a performance on February 27, 2002 here as well, releasing it as Smofe + Smang: Live in Minneapolis.

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Gaslight Square was an entertainment district in St. Louis that thrived from the mid-1950s through the '60s. Over three dozen establishments in the area around Olive and Boyle Streets were home to the bohemian culture of the time. The area featured Dixieland jazz, ragtime and cabaret. Some of the legendary performers that made their way through Gaslight Square include Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, The Smothers Brothers, George Carlin, Miles Davis and Barbra Streisand among others.

Someone told me about this when I lived in St. Louis ten years ago, and I had a hard time believing anything of the sort existed where at the time there were just decrepit, abandoned buildings and vacant lots. I think very little of the original architecture still exists, but development has picked up in the area and there are now condos and residential houses.

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About 5 miles north of Athens, GA, at a former girl scout camp between two perennial streams, is the home of the Orange Twin Conservation Community, a pedestrian-based eco-village built on 150 acres (with a 100 acres set aside for preservation).

The Orange Twin Community has stated goals of living "with each other and all forms of life...in a way that is respectful, considerate, and open to growth" and to "support each other, to encourage creativity and dreams, and to share our discoveries."

Laura Carter of Elf Power is one of the founders and sustaining members of the community. Orange Twin Records is also run out of this community, putting out records by the likes of Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, the Gerbils, Elyse, and Jack Logan.

The Orange Twin Community has seen performances by Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Elf Power, Jeff Mangum, and several others.

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