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In Phoenix, there's a showdown over the last house to be designed by one of America's premier architects, Frank Lloyd Wright. City officials have given a little more time to preservationists who want to save it. Real estate developers had planned to demolish the home, but the city has reached an agreement to put any work on hold while the search continues for a buyer.
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Concerned citizens take a look at a 1952 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012.
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A "No Trespassing" sign hangs on a fence outside the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home. Named after David and Gladys Wright, the house, which was built for Wright's son in 1952, would be the first Frank Lloyd Wright structure intentionally demolished in more than 40 years if it's torn down by the developers.
The home is seen here in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012.
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The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in September 2008.
Scott Jarson, a preservationist, told CBS News, "(The home is) widely considered by Wright scholars around the world today to be in the top 10 of Wright's designs."
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The Guggenheim Museum in New York was designed by Wright. The museum opened on October 21, 1959 after Wright died. He worked for 12 years on seven designs of the museum.
Visitors gather at another home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, located in Bear Run, Pa. The house was was built between 1936 and 1939. Fallingwater, built over a waterfall, was designed for one of Wright's clients, the Kaufmann family. The home is now a National Historic Landmark.
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An exterior view of the David and Gladys Wright House in Phoenix.
The developers have agreed to take no action to see if they and the city and the preservationists can figure out what to do. They still hold out the option of tearing the house down. The only thing all agree on is they need someone with deep pockets and a deep love of architecture to buy this house and restore it to its former glory.
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An exterior view of the David and Gladys Wright House in Phoenix.
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An exterior view of the David and Gladys Wright House in Phoenix.
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An exterior view of the David and Gladys Wright House in Phoenix.
