May be a while before the next tour
After flooding last fall (and many times prior) it looks like the Farnsworth House is threatened again. I'm going to make a point to take another tour as soon as it's offered again as honestly I don't know how long they can deal with a house that floods multiple times a year.
It's supposed to rain more tonight and the creeks feeding the Fox were already out of their banks yesterday so I suspect there will be a news story in the Tribune by Wednesday about how Mies' glass house has to be restored again.
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When I went to visit it in 1997 I wondered if it would be better that they relocate it. By no means is it ideal, but you really can't just keep restoring it. I see it as being like those Egyptian ruins that they relocated when they built a dam that would have flooded it.
I know... sadly one of the best features of the house is its siting. Even a levee would ruin it. There isn't much room to move it up the hill as the lot is nearly flat until you're really close to the road. The area by the gift shop wouldn't work as there really aren't trees there.
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