Narrow Larry

The concrete trees could be the work of artisan Dionicio Rodriguez, who created many "faux wood" structures in Texas (and other areas of the U.S.) in the 1930s and 40s.: http://www.narrowlarry.com/nldioniciosa.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionicio_Rodriguez http://www.narrowlarry.com/nlcrystal.html http://www.amazon.com/Capturing-Nature-Sculpture-Borderlands-Traditions/dp/1585446106/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1285968236&sr=8-1-spell

Don't think they have a buyer yet, but the church was in the process of moving everything out of the buildings. I can't imagine a new buyer saving any of the church complex. Richmond Avenue is well on its way from being a showcase of Modernism to Schlock Row.

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A few years ago when I could afford them, I purchased a couple of their replicas - Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower and the PSFS Building in Philadelphia - and the quality was very good, with crisp detail.

Rather pricey, but I would like a mini-Pennzoil someday: Pennzoil Place: http://www.replicabuildings.com/proddetail.php?prod=543 Bank of America (RepublicBanK) http://www.replicabuildings.com/proddetail.php?prod=285 Williams (Transco) Tower: http://www.replicabuildings.com/proddetail.php?prod=317

Thanks, bachanon. I have a number of architectural-related travel guides on Google Maps, just click on "Narrow Larry" and it should bring up the other maps.

I've created a Google Map of the Vanity Fair selections: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=111437531509850323425.00048a47f66c81ce42fdf&ll=25.076798,-126.39084&spn=176.386966,90&t=h&z=1

It was located in the attic space of a house on Welch in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Montrose. The family of the museum's creator had to sell the house in 1994, but the contents were documented and preserved. (I helped work on the documentation back in the summer of 1994, just before the house was sold.) Other than a 2002 exhibit at the Brazos Projects gallery (a former gallery adjacent to Brazos Bookstore) the contents have been in storage, owned by the grandchildren of D.D. Smalley.

For longtime Houstonians with good memories: http://www.narrowlarry.com/nlhydepark.html