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lost jewel

September 10, 2011 — 1 Comment

This cool, curvaceous ’50s beauty in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, was torn down in the 1990s -

Designed by Don Erickson, an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright, it shows Wright’s “Usonian” influence.  In 1958, a few years after it was built, it received the prestigious American Institute of Architects award.