THE ALL-CLEAR WAS GIVEN A SHORT
TIME LATER AFTER IT WAS
DETERMINED IT WAS NOTHING.
TODAY MARKS THE 150TH BIRTHDAY
OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
NEWS 4'S ALI INGERSOLL IS AT THE
DARWIN MARTIN HOUSE WHERE A
MULTI-MILLION
DOLLAR RESTORATION
PROJECT....IS NOW COMPLETE.
((55:59 FROM THE TABLES TO THE
COUCHES, THE COUCHES,
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HAD
EVERYTHING IN THIS HOUSE... AND
AS PART OF HIS BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATION PEOPLE CAN
COME HERE AND CHECK IT OUT ))
CAITLIN DEIBEL
MARKETING MANAGER
((
29:23 EVERY ROOM HAS ITS OWN
UNIQUE QUALITIES TO IT
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ROOMS TO
EXPLORE AT THE DARWIN MARTIN
HOUSE. THE MAIN
HOUSE IS MORE THAN 14-THOUSAND
SQUARE FEET...
((
45:33 THIS HOUSE IS ART
/// BUTT SOTS /// 47:33 EVEN THE
MORTAR JOINTS ARE GUILDED - ALL
THE DETAILS ARE
ENDLESSS
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DESIGNED THE
HOUSE FOR PROMINENT BUFFALO
BUSINESSMAN
DARWIN MARTIN IN THE EARLY 1900S
... MARTIN... ALLOWED AMERICA'S
MOST
FAMOUS ARCHITECT TO HAVE
COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE HOME...
IT WAS ONE OF
ONLY THREE TIMES IN WRIGHT'S
CAREER HE WASN'T LIMITED TO A
BUDGET..
((
29:11 MY FAVORITE PART OF HTE
HOUSE ALWAYS CHANGES BUT I GUESS
THE FLOW OF HTE
SPACE
THE FINISHED PROJECT COST THE
MARTINS 175,000 DOLLARS IN 1907
... WHICH WOULD
BE MORE THAN 4.3 MILLION DOLLARS
TODAY... SOON AFTER DARWIN DIED
THOUGH... THE FAMILY MOVED FROM
THE HOME... AND IT SAT ABANDONED
FOR
YEARS... THE PIECE OF ART...
CRUMBLING...
((
43:28 IT STARTED LOOKING LIKE A
BOMBED OUT SHELL. AND TODAY IT
LOOKS
LIKE A HOME YOU CAN LIVE IN
THAT'S AFTER MORE THAN 40
MILLION DOLLARS HAS GONE INTO
ITS
RESTORATION...
((
28:59 NOW WE'RE TRYING TO BRING
THE PIECES BACK TOGETHER AND
WE'RE
SEEING IT HOW IT WAS IN 1907-
FINALLY COMPLETE
THERE ARE SEVERAL FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT HOMES AROUND THE BUFFALO
AREA... EACH
ONE, UNIQUE...
((
30:20 HIS INFLUENCE (CUT OUT
LOUIS SULLIVAN PART) KIND OF
GIVES BUFFALO A GREAT PORTFOLIO
OF ARCHITECTURE TO SEE
AND EACH ONE....
LOVED BY MANY FROM BUFFALO AND
BEYOND...
((
31:04 I THINK THE MARTIN HOUSE
IS A GREAT INSPIRATION FOR
PEOPLE. I THINK
IT'S A PHYSICAL REALITY OF
PEOPLE COMING TOGTHER AND
BELIEVING IN
SOMETHING AND THE FUTURE OF
SOMETHING. IT TAKES A REALLY
STRONG
MINDED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS TO
COME TOGETHER AND BRING THIS
BACK TO LIFE
(56:16 THE CELEBRATIONS ARE
GOIGN ON NOW AND CONTIUING
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. FOR INFO
ON THE EVENTS GO TO OUR WEBSITE
WIVB DOT COM. AT DARWIN MARTIN
HOUSE
ALI INGERSOLL NEWS 4
