So what's your opinion of the Mies Van der Rohe grave at Graceland? WC --- On Sun, 5/24/09, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Chris Miller <[email protected]> > Subject: Sullivan in Graceland > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009, 11:59 AM > As William mentioned, Louis Sullivan > is buried in Chicago's Graceland cemetery > - which is also the location of the Getty tomb that he > designed. > > > http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/370/1878/1600/g-getty1.jpg > > That man loved arches! > > http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/370/1878/1600/g-getty3.jpg > > ...and circles too. He couldn't get enough of them. > > > > > > > http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/370/1878/1600/g-louis.jpg > > And here's the memorial that some of his admirers bought > for him decades after > his death. > > What a disaster! What a humiliation! How > utterly contrary to his moral, > educational, and aesthetic principles to have > this clumsy mish-mash serve as > his memorial. > > > > http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/370/1878/1600/g-palmer4.jpg > > On the other hand -- here is the kind of "Roman temple" > (the Potter Palmer > memorial) that Sullivan attacked so vigorously -- and it > certainly looks very > good to me. This is one of my favorite spots in a > cemetery with many favorite > spots. > > There's nothing wrong with handsome Roman temples -- then, > now, or in the > future. > > ____________________________________________________________ > Always a good call. Click now to establish your local phone > service! > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxTBowiCIG4jrQILfx9IGZkhp > UU18bra47WpgV5d7F0yXv18Lzpb36/
