Several weeks ago, a Cornwallis Elm LLC member (at least I think he's a member. How would you know?) told a neighbor that the Commencement House was "dry inside."
As Jane Levy and a small group of preservationists accompanied by Buddy Seymour saw yesterday, the house is dry. Here are Jane's words as she commented last night on this blog -
A small group of preservationists visited the interior of the Commencement House today. We found it to be in remarkably good shape considering the use and abuse it has received over time. Moving the house would pose several severe difficulties, but we are trying to find a way to save it. We will delve deeper and look for possible solutions in the next few weeks. As the NY Times said today about the possible demise of the Rainbow Room, “We hope it finds a way to survive.”
We all appreciate Mr. Seymour's agreeing to open the house for this short inspection.
Of course, we would appreciate the prompt filing of a new residential plan and an innovative solution for the Commencement House even more.
How about four homes on four home sites with the Commencement House in tact and enjoyed by generations of owners to come?
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when visiting the house, i was struck by one hallmark of loewenstein modernist buildings -- an incredible sense of sitedness, one that intimately ties the building to the landscape and maximizes the advantage of the site. it's really hard to know where the house stops and the site begins in terms of their design relationship...it's as i sometimes tell my students at uncg it's "of" the site rather than "on" a site.
ReplyDelete--patrick lee lucas