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Chicago circa 1955. "Frederick C. Robie house, Hyde Park. Exterior." Acetate negative by the architectural photographer Balthazar Korab (1926-2013). View full size.
Completed in 1910, the Robie House is the consummate expression of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie style. Robie House sparked a revolution in residential architecture that still reverberates today and is considered one of the most important buildings in architectural history. The house is a masterpiece of the Prairie style and a forerunner of modernism in architecture. -- Frank Lloyd Wright Trust
During WWII there were prefab buildings used for (I think) military personnel built on the lot south of the Robie House. After the war they were converted to Married Student Housing, and I grew up (from 6 to 10) in "the barracks." The Robie House was empty then and a bit derelict -- I used to climb up on to one roof and then shinny up the drainpipe to the top roof and feel like King of the Castle. I'm glad it was restored and not torn down for dorms, as the barracks were (no great loss there).
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