{"id":38542,"date":"2013-03-06T14:41:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T18:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=38542"},"modified":"2013-03-06T14:41:53","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T18:41:53","slug":"hidden-mesoamerican-palaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=38542","title":{"rendered":"hidden mesoamerican palaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>not in Central America but here, in Los Angeles.<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/blog\/Sowden-House.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.utaot.com\/2012\/12\/14\/the-fame-and-darkness-behind-the-mayan-temple-like-sowden-house\/ photo Sowden-House.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\nFrank Lloyd Wright&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Sowden_House\">Sowden House<\/a>, of textile-block construction,  built for friend and photographer John Sowden in 1926.  Renovations by a new owner in 2001 included restoring the stonework and the addition of a courtyard pool and spa.  His son, Eric Lloyd Wright, &#8220;felt it was a &#8216;mistake&#8217; to break up the courtyard space with a pool and spa,&#8221; which originally had been a lawn. (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Sowden_House\">Wikipedia<\/a>) Image found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utaot.com\/2012\/12\/14\/the-fame-and-darkness-behind-the-mayan-temple-like-sowden-house\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In channeling classical Mayan architecture, this primal meditation by Frank Lloyd Wright on nature and civilization seems to have attracted its share of odd owners and a collection of lurid tales, including speculation that it&#8217;s the site of the infamous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbsun.com\/news\/ci_22502545\/author-cadaver-dog-discovered-black-dahlia-death-scene?source=most_viewed\">Black Dahlia<\/a> murder.  Now mainly used for film locations, the brooding Sowden house seems more a meditation on civilization and its malcontents.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to visit, but now I might be too spooked.  Maybe in a large group&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>not in Central America but here, in Los Angeles. Frank Lloyd Wright&#8217;s Sowden House, of textile-block construction, built for friend and photographer John Sowden in 1926. Renovations by a new owner in 2001 included restoring the stonework and the addition &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=38542\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[2628,551,850,112],"tags":[973,2673,2676,2674,2675],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paNJ2E-a1E","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38542"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38576,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38542\/revisions\/38576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}