I had such warm and fuzzy feelings about Frank Lloyd Wright, having visited his family home in Oak Park where he lived with his first wife and six children in the late 1890's and early 1900's. There was the wonderful, over sized playroom with the grand piano placed strategically in the wall which then hung by a hook over the back staircase; the choir loft with three rows to accomodate a growing brood; the raised ceiling and warm lighting. He seemed like a real family man.
But then I became curious about Frank. Seems he sort of "abandoned" his family to take up with a few other women, one of whom he eventually married after cavorting in Europe.
Architectural genius? Absolutely. Winner of the Father of the Year award? Definitely not.
But if you get a chance to stroll through Oak Park, put it on your Chicago To Do List.
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