Word: roof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Below Par. In Yakima, Wash., Mrs. Ivon Cooper, 32, showed up at the local hospital, said she "hadn't been feeling well" since she fell off her roof three days before, was put to bed when doctors found she had a fractured skull, a broken ankle, two broken fingers...
...Pictures of a Unitarian church built by Wright at Madison, Wis. in 1949-50. Instead of a steeple, it has a steep, triangular roof shaped rather like hands folded in prayer. The triangle, Wright believes, is "the symbol of aspiration." ¶Pictures of a house Wright built in Phoenix last year for one of his sons. Made of concrete blocks, it looks like a snail shell somewhat flattened and supported on stilts. Says Wright: "It is in a citrus-orchard district and the orange trees make the lawn for the house. The slowly rising ramp reveals the surrounding mountains...
...just a roof, they note. It will be a building including sizeable seating capacity, probably about 2500, as well as dressing rooms. Thus, the high cost...
...They'll have to bundle up warm out there," said Weiland, referring to the rink, "but maybe someone will take notice and put a roof...
This new building will bring together under one roof the principal botanical libraries and collection in the University...