We've spent most of our time here touring Native American ruins and the "labs" of architects Paolo Soleri and Frank Lloyd Wright. Soleri's town, Arcosanti, in the middle of nowhere looks like the village where Luke Skywalker lived with his aunt and uncle. It's a town that he started building in the 70's and hoped to sustain 5000 people. It didn't really take off and about 100 people live there. Most are doing internships to learn his architectural techniques. Then, his studio, Cosanti, on the outskirts of Scottsdale is a little more colorful. His group sells Soleri bells to finance their work. We were lucky to be there to see a "bronze pouring" at the Arcosanti foundry. Then yesterday we spent 2 hours at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesen West and had a fabulous tour led by a retired engineer. what an amazing place! The man was a genius - but I don't understand his aversion to clutter - it's not normal. It was a cloudy day today but Bob's friend, Richard, from Havre de Grace knew of a place with "local color." So we ate outside (there is no "inside") at a biker bar on the outskirts of town. (See photo). It's just picnic tables and a stage and fires to keep you warm, mules in a corral. We fit right in. Enjoy tonight's sunset. Tomorrow it's a long day on the road back to Texas.
We've spent most of our time here touring Native American ruins and the "labs" of architects Paolo Soleri and Frank Lloyd Wright. Soleri's town, Arcosanti, in the middle of nowhere looks like the village where Luke Skywalker lived with his aunt and uncle. It's a town that he started building in the 70's and hoped to sustain 5000 people. It didn't really take off and about 100 people live there. Most are doing internships to learn his architectural techniques. Then, his studio, Cosanti, on the outskirts of Scottsdale is a little more colorful. His group sells Soleri bells to finance their work. We were lucky to be there to see a "bronze pouring" at the Arcosanti foundry. Then yesterday we spent 2 hours at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesen West and had a fabulous tour led by a retired engineer. what an amazing place! The man was a genius - but I don't understand his aversion to clutter - it's not normal. It was a cloudy day today but Bob's friend, Richard, from Havre de Grace knew of a place with "local color." So we ate outside (there is no "inside") at a biker bar on the outskirts of town. (See photo). It's just picnic tables and a stage and fires to keep you warm, mules in a corral. We fit right in. Enjoy tonight's sunset. Tomorrow it's a long day on the road back to Texas. 
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