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While in PS, Jim took us on a architectural tour of whats great. Here a glimpse of the Kaufmann Housev by Richard Neutra, one of the architectural treasures which recently was renovated (for a rumored 15 mil...
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this white walled-in stunner Craig Ellwood
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the Albert Frey city hall
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and some neighboring Wexler
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Though I must admit I was equally, if not more drawn to the weirdness of lesser gems
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like this Bank of America styled after Le Corbusier's famous church
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which we could not help nicknaming Wrongchamp
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or these bizarre rocks that were apparently too natural looking , so they got painted taupe, to fit better in the landscape (it was a wash, not opaque paint so some of the naturalness shows through...)
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or this cute white-rock facade
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and this style that we didn't know how to describe (pizza-hut classic?)
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as we hit the freeway, we knew things would get weirder, when we saw ourselves reflected in a truck
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we passed cowboy skyscrapers
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and stucco pueblo geodomes
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snakes to light your way
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and dinosaurs with security exits
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and welcoming tails