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Frank Lloyd Wright's "Buffalo Venture" Revisited

By Jack Quinan - October 15, 2002

Professor Quinan corrects the record regarding Wright's first Buffalo contact, based on examination of the Wright-Martin papers at UB.

The full content is available in the Fall 2002 Issue.

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