In 1947, Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned to renovate the service station and car dealership for Roy Wetmore
Plans were drawn up, and Wright’s team did complete some work on the station’s interior, but ultimately, the futurist grand plan never came to fruition. The station is still open today, and receives a few visitors a month who are aware of its architectural significance.
So, instead, it turned out like this:
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/frank-lloyd-wright-lost-works-finally-brought-life
https://www.rkmotors.com/blog/Wetmores-Wobbly-Wheels
https://visionsofwright.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/wetmore-persp-plan.jpg
From a beautiful elegant design to an awful mess....good example of why Frank got paid the big bucks.
ReplyDeleteNot in Detroit. It's on Wootwoot, but up in Royal Oak, or near it. I'v been past it. Southwest corner of M1 and another street.
ReplyDelete23459 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI 48220
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