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Frommer's Guide
INTRODUCTION
GETTING TO KNOW
DINING
ATTRACTIONS
Suggested Itineraries
Lincoln Park Attractions
Museums
Exploring Hyde Park
Exploring the 'Burbs
In & Around the Loop
North of the Loop
Especially for Kids
NIGHTLIFE
SHOPPING
ACTIVE PURSUITS
SPECTATOR SPORTS
TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO ART & ARCHITECTURE
FEATURES AND EVENTS
ATTRACTION Frommer
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio

For the first 20 years of Wright's career, this remarkable complex served first and foremost as the sanctuary from which Wright was to design and execute more than 130 of an extraordinary output of 430 completed buildings. The home began as a simple shingled cottage that Wright built for his bride in 1889 at the age of 22, but it became a work in progress, as Wright remodeled it constantly until 1911 (he left there in 1909). During this highly fertile period, the house was Wright's showcase and laboratory, but it also embraces many idiosyncratic features molded to his own needs rather than those of a client. With many add-ons -- including a barrel-vaulted children's playroom and a studio with an octagonal balcony suspended by chains -- the place has a certain whimsy that others might have found less livable. This, however, was not an architect's masterpiece, but the master's home, and every room in it can be savored for the view it reflects of the workings of a remarkable mind. The Home and Studio Foundation has restored the residence and studio to its 1909 vintage. Allow 2 hours.

951 Chicago Ave.Phone: 708/848-1976.Open: Admission to home and studio is by guided tour only; tours depart from the Ginkgo Tree Bookshop Mon-Fri 11am, 1pm, and 3pm; Sat-Sun every 20 min. 11am-3:30pm.Admission $9 adults, $7 seniors and children 7-18, free for children under 7. Combined admission for Home and Studio tour and guided or self-guided historic district tour $15 adults, $11 seniors and children 7-18.Facilities for people with disabilities are limited; please call in advance.


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