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The Marin County Civic Center, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, in January, 1961, around the time of the construction work stoppage, San Rafael, California [photograph]

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Title: The Marin County Civic Center, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, in January, 1961, around the time of the construction work stoppage, San Rafael, California [photograph]
Creator: Trimble, John
Date Created and/or Issued: January, 1961
Publication Information: Marin County Free Library, Anne T. Kent California Room
Contributing Institution: Marin County Free Library
Collection: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Marin County Civic Center
Rights Information: unknown
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Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was selected to design the complex. In his proposal, Wright emphasized his theory of organic architecture. The related groupings of long, horizontal buildings which constitute the Civic Center and gracefully link several rolling hills, stand as testament to Wright's philosophy. Controversy occurred in January 1961, mid-way through the project, when the newly-convened Board of Supervisors decided to halt construction. Opposition to the stoppage was heard when the Marin Independent Journal newspaper conducted a straw vote showing 7 out of 8 residents supported the completion of the project. Construction resumed a week later and Supervisor Walter Blair was recalled. The Marin County Civic Center is a national and state designated historic landmark. It is located in San Rafael, California.
Type: image
Format: 1 35 mm color slide
Identifier: csrcl_489
CC in mid-construction, January 1961
ark:/13030/kt3m3nd9n2
http://contentdm.marinlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/flw/id/6
Language: English
Subject: Marin County Civic Center
Architecture and government--California
Organic architecture--California
Civic centers--Design and construction
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Place: Marin County (Calif.)
Santa Venetia (Calif.)
San Rafael (Calif.)
Source: Harold Stockstad Slide Collection, Anne T. Kent California Room
Relation: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0q2nc5z2
http://marinlibrary.org/californiaroom

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