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I heard a rumor that Wright was not permitted to build in New York when he was a young architect (probably the beaurocracy of codes,etc.) Anyway, eventually he got famous and was commissioned to do the Guggenheim. It was (at the time) a controversial design which was perceived as being ugly by many and was dubbed "Wright's Revenge" for the earlier snub. 

Anyone out there know if this is true or just a wondeful urban legend?

John Bowditch

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> From:         Eric Siegel
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> Hi, Andrew:
> 
> Well, there's the Guggenheim!
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> Eric Siegel
> Director of Planning
>    & Program Development
> Connections Project Director
> New York Hall of Science
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Informal Science Education Network
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> > Subject: Unique & Challenging Exhibit Spaces
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> > At Zeum we have a room we call the cone, which is a high (3
> > stories) round space.  Around the outside of the cone there
> > is a "corkscrew" walkway which has balconies that overlook
> > the central space at various heights.  It is both an
> > impressive space and a challenging one to design exhibits for.
> >
> > I am wondering - what other spaces like this are out there?
> > How did you approach the design process?  What did you end up doing?
> >
> > Right now we are exhibiting Metafield Maze by Bill Keays:
> >
> http://www.zeum.org/exhibits/metafield2/main.html
> 
> In the past we have had Jam O world:
> 
> http://www.zeum.org/exhibits/jam/main.html#
> 
> The space is simultaneously so promising and difficult that we have
> never used it to its fullest extent.
> 
> Andrew Sternick
> Technology Administrator
> Zeum
> 221 Fourth St., San Francisco, CA  94103
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> 
>         Now in Zeum's Main Gallery...
> 
>         WHOOSH!
>         Let your imagination soar at Zeum.
> 
>         - Make art that comes to life in the wind
>         - Design, build, and fly your own kite
>         - Create a symphony of wind sounds
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