Random News and Rumors

It looks like the owners of Philip Johnson's Wiley House are adding a new structure to the front of the property. Wiley itself seems untouched.

We have heard rumors that John Johansen's 1956 Villa Pointe or Warner house is undergoing remodeling and expansion. We don't know if this is a fact or who the current owner is or the architect for that matter but will try to get more information as soon as we can. Also known as The Bridge House it spans a stream in northern New Canaan.

In searching for Eliot Noyes Horton and Graham Houses we inadvertently stumbled across the Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian megacluster. Some 30 or so moderns by Wright, his disciples and others in Westchester County. I am planning a trip now. It rivals the Walter Gropius TAC megacluster in Lincoln Massachusetts for it's sheer number of moderns in such close prioximity to each other. One might draw the conclusion that there is, indeed, safety in numbers. I found Graham, still looking for Horton.

We had fun at camp the other day drawing and then coloring a huge mural containing some New Canaan moderns, or Sharpie sketches there of. It was used as a back drop for building modern houses out of wood and foam blocks. The cars were Automoblox of course.

More later.