Preservation

A Room with a View

Crain’s Business Chicago, October 27, 2003
One rm., two baths, 20th-c. masterpiece. Pool, sauna, boat house. On Fox River, 1 1/2 hours west of Chicago. 58 acres, dramatic history. Lowball value: $4.5 million.

An icon of modern architecture is on the auction block, despite last-minute deals and pleas from Chicago business leaders and preservationists who aim to keep the Farnsworth House forever on its grassy rise beside the Fox River. …
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