Price Tower

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:45 am

SDR,

Joel bought some things from Scott Elliott's store, Kelmscott Gallery, in Chicago. It handles a lot of FLW-related stuff. There might be a hint about that curious item you covet.

The raised cross bar may relate to the lower end of the capital P loop. If the H had been designed as usual, with the cross bar at the lower end, that would have weighted the whole composition.

Jeff Myers · Post by **Jeff Myers** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:14 pm

Tom
avery-drawings@columbia.edu

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:23 pm

Thanks Jeff
Much appreciated
IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ll see what I can do and share here as well

Jeff Myers · Post by **Jeff Myers** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:45 pm

Just found that the H P belong to the Price house in Paradise Valley.

Jeff Myers · Post by **Jeff Myers** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 4:10 pm

chen1947 · Post by **chen1947** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:53 pm

Jeff that's it!
I can't think you enough for your help! I would never have figured that out without you. The dimensions seem to match up to.

I have an issue of Arizona Highway February 1956 which shows the house and you can clearly see the letters on the entrance gate. If I could figure out how to upload a photo I would.

Jeff Myers · Post by **Jeff Myers** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:16 pm

Email me at jat9022@gmail.com IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ll upload it for you.

Jeff Myers · Post by **Jeff Myers** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:27 pm

The Article

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:36 pm

Can you give it to us at twice the size, Jeff ? Are there more pages ? Neato...

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Jeff Myers · Post by **Jeff Myers** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 10:19 pm

Zoom in

lastchancesugarco · Post by **lastchancesugarco** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 10:23 pm

Pertaining to Price Tower memorabilia, I found this on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Frank-Lloyd-Wr ... SwOCdcp6Cc

Real or phony?

The seller seems to have quite a bit of other Wright related items for sale.

Jeff Myers · Post by **Jeff Myers** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 10:30 pm

Probably sat on someoneÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s desk in the Price tower but not by Wright.

chen1947 · Post by **chen1947** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 10:37 pm

I agree with Jeff. Looks like something someone made in shop class. Way overpriced either way.

chen1947 · Post by **chen1947** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 10:44 pm

Great video of the Dessert House of Harold Price Sr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRe7CiLFa_Q

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:02 pm

Thanks for that, Chen. It's a great look at the house. We first saw the video last winter:

http://wrightchat.savewright.org/viewtopic.php?t=11502

It prompted a close look at certain features of the work, and some useful discussion. The gate with initials seems not to have been much photographed, so the Arizona Highways piece is of particular interest.

(You can use the "Search" function, upper left, to find previous threads devoted to a particular building or issue.)

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