One of many Frank Lloyd Wright's designs on holiday ornaments available at the Fallingwater Museum Shop. Pictured here is an ornament from the museum shop taken from the china pattern for Wright's Cabaret Dining Room in the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan (1916 - 1923, demolished 1968), this asymmetrical design of brightly colored circles is hand painted in Poland.
This tie is part of the Nature Studies Collection, which is based on designs by E. Masselink, who was the protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright. The Ferns design was originally created in 1954 as a mural screen design for the Gordon House in Dobbs Ferry, NY. Its design features overlapping circles and leaves. The tie length is approximately 59 inches and it is made in Italy of 100% silk. More...
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Steps Along the Way In this issue...Milestones and Blazes Pennsylvania's 117th State Park - Erie Bluffs On June 4th, 2004, Gov. Ed Rendell officially named the pristine 540 acres along the Lake Erie shoreline "Erie Bluffs State Park." Although the creation of this park is news, the partnership of Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to protect open space for the public's recreational use and enjoyment is not. More... 14 County Natural Heritage Inventories Created This year, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy issued the Clearfield County Natural Heritage Inventory (CNHI), the 14th completed since 1990. More... 50 Miles of Streambank Fencing Restricting livestock access to area streams has proven to have multiple environmental benefits, including: reducing the amount of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus entering the waterways; protecting streambanks; reducing sediment loading; and creating valuable corridors for wildlife. More... 100 Land Stewards Trained WPC has trained our 100th volunteer land steward. Since the beginning of the land steward program in 1999, WPC has successfully engaged community and conservation leaders in monitoring and managing WPC conserved lands. More... Threatened Species Discovered in Elk County The Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) does not receive much respect due to its name; however it is a secretive native species of Pennsylvania wildlife that is also deserving of protection and management. More... Increasing Our Connections to Volunteers Each year, our “family” of 5,000 garden stewards and cultivators enhance the lives of western Pennsylvanians through their care of community gardens. More... Increasing Beautiful Public Landscapes With the addition of three new community gateway gardens in Mercer County, WPC is helping beautify a total of 400,000 square feet of public landscaping with annual flowers and perennial shrubs and plants. More... Increasing Our Community Partnerships
WPC's community gardens need local volunteer commitment to continue from year to year. More... Fallingwater and WPC -- 31 Years of Milestones
In 1963, Edgar Kaufmann jr. donated Fallingwater to WPC. A timeline details the 30-plus history of that relationship. More...
Politics, Pollution and Pandas: An Environmental Memoir - By Russell E. Train "Politics, Pollution and Pandas" is Russell Train's personal story of a distinguished career in conservation, and a chronicle of the emergence of environment as a significant issue in American domestic policy. More... Dear Dr. Conservation • The perfect size It's a WPC Gift Membership! More... |
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Exploring Fallingwater's Sense of Place
