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Re: loud paper
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Tue, 9 Apr 2002 01:59:43 GMT
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Erik Olson wrote:
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> In lugnet.mediawatch, Christopher Tracey writes:
> > check it out!
> > http://www.binginit.com/loudpaper/article.php?id=33
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> Quote:
> > the Lego model almost perfectly matched the drawings of the actual
> > Kaufman House in Bear Run, Pennsylvania, give or take a few inches.
> > Was Frank Lloyd Wright secretly playing with Legos?
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> This one is almost, but not exactly, true. See the Wright entry
> http://www.licm.org/exPlan.f/bsPlan.html at the end under "Misc readings".
> Somewhat nearer the mark is that Christiansen was playing with the same
> blocks as Wright.
Interesting. Are there other things in existance that match LEGO blocks
(or these supposed precursers)?
-c
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| (...) Do you mean other building toys? There is a huge compendium of construction toys of the past at (4) and it's not even covering stuff like Meccano which are not "architectural." The theory of building blocks has two broad branches. One is that (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books)
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| (...) This one is almost, but not exactly, true. See the Wright entry (URL) at the end under "Misc readings". Somewhat nearer the mark is that Christiansen was playing with the same blocks as Wright. -Erik (23 years ago, 7-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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