Frank Lloyd Wright's La Miniatura in Pasadena has not been open to the public since 1992, so when they did open it, iw was very popular. A few hundred people were expected but over a thousand tickets were sold.
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Outside of the house. Note the tarp over the roof - leaky roof's are a "feature" of FLW houses!
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The concrete block facade. Those with the "X" have glass inserts.
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The entrance is through the passageway to the left.
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A small pond near the entrance shows the block pattern.
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One of the window blocks gives a peek into the living room.
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Facade, looking up.
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Small walkway between the house and studio leads to the patio.
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Looking at the house from the studio.
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A guide points out the sycamore tree that has grown up to be a problem to the house.
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Another view of the sycamore.
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Looking up at the side, note some walls were plain.
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A custom window in Wright style.
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A wrought iron light in the ceiling of the entranceway.
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Same light viewed from the side.
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New molds created to duplicate damaged blocks, which is most of them.
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Old and new corner blocks.
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Living room balcony from the patio. Here you can see those corner blocks.
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The end door to the studio.
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View from the far side of the pond.
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View from the far side of the pond. At this level, flooding would occur if not for the large drainage tunnel under the house.
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Another view of the house (R) and studio (L)
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Te studio.
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The studio wall with a decorative chimney.
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We could not take photos inside, but this photo ran in the LA times.
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Mike, Cathy and Karen inside the entranceway.
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Dan and Kami.
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Karen, Cathy, Mike, Dan & Kami on the patio.
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