YPA-Sponsored Students Visit Fallingwater
Posted On: September 11, 2008
The generosity of Board and Advisory Committee members of the Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh enabled 9 college students to attend the world-famous house in Fayette County, Fallingwater, on Friday, September 5, 2008, free of charge.
The students represented the following schools: California University of Pennsylvania, Geneva College, Robert Morris University, and the University of Pittsburgh.
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed masterpiece is a central attraction for rural southwestern Pennsylvania, but few young people get to experience it in this detail.
YPA held a Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Fallingwater during an enchanted late summer evening. Guests shared wine, cheese, and good food, as well as a calm dusk tour of the popular house. For this special occasion, photos were allowed inside the house.
YPA invited guest speaker, the Pittsburgh architect, Jerry Morosco, to provide a brief overview of his experience at Wright’s Taliesin. Morosco is the immediate past chairman of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and an accomplished South Side-based preservation architect.
Student Colleen Schmidt of California University of Pennsylvania had this to say about the experience:
“Because of [YPA's] generosity, I was able to experience a truly unforgettable evening at Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Fallingwater location.”
YPA is grateful to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy for co-hosting the event.
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