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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:29 AM
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Moran having trouble selling Frank Lloyd Wright house. Anyone interested?
After pouring tens of thousands of dollars into buying, repairing and renovating her Wright-designed house, Arlene Moran hasn't received any serious offers despite its pedigree. She's asking $375,000 for the three-bedroom home in Galesburg, about halfway between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek.

"It's going on two years and I'm desperate," said Moran, 70. "I refuse to lower the price. I put in $180,000 (worth) of restoration. I would like to have my money back."

But, Moran said, "I can't have just anybody" buy it. She considers her home, which she never has lived in, a work of art.

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http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/10572534.htm

What a moran :D
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:35 AM
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1. Too bad it's not in Mason City.
It'd be snapped up rather quick I think. This place is on a FLW binge, having houses and a hotel designed by him. They're renovating the hotel, hoping to make it an historic landmark.
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Sannum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:37 AM
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2. I'll take it....
Unfortunatly, I don't want to move to Michigan, and I am broke. I love Frank Lloyd Wright. I prefer Neutra, but Wright is just fine:7.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:54 AM
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3. Frank would roll in his grave...
"We're appealing not only to the individual owner but somebody that's a developer, an investor that could build townhouses adjacent to it or condominiums adjacent to it,"
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laheina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:12 AM
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4. Wow.
I can't imagine destroying a Wright designed building. The man was a genius.
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