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Billionaire Ron Burkle bought Frank Lloyd Wright’s earthquake-damaged Ennis House for about $4.5 million, roughly 70% below its original ask, then spent up to $17 million restoring it before it sold for $18 million

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Billionaire Ron Burkle bought Frank Lloyd Wright’s earthquake-damaged Ennis House for about $4.5 million, roughly 70% below its original ask, then spent up to $17 million restoring it before it sold for $18 million

Photo credit (L-R): Burkle Foundation and the MLS Billionaire investor Ron Burkle purchased Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House in Los Feliz for about $4.5 million in 2011, roughly 70 percent below its original asking price, after the landmark had been damaged by earthquakes and heavy rains. He then spent up to $17 million on a … Read more

Meet Bailey Quinn Frank, the Fort Lauderdale eighth-grader who built a low-cost air sampler from small fans and filter paper to capture bacterial DNA and explore rural health surveillance

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Meet Bailey Quinn Frank, the Fort Lauderdale eighth-grader who built a low-cost air sampler from small fans and filter paper to capture bacterial DNA and explore rural health surveillance

Bailey Quinn FrankPhoto credit: Society for science When Bailey Quinn Frank learned that scientists can identify species from genetic material left behind in the environment, she saw an opportunity to apply the same idea to public health. The eighth-grader from Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale designed a simple air sampler using small fans and … Read more

In 1964, a Virginia widow fought to save her Frank Lloyd Wright home from Interstate 66; it was dismantled piece by piece, moved 13 miles and rebuilt at Woodlawn, where it still stands

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In 1964, a Virginia widow fought to save her Frank Lloyd Wright home from Interstate 66; it was dismantled piece by piece, moved 13 miles and rebuilt at Woodlawn, where it still stands

Sixty years ago, a house was reconstructed at Woodlawn, a National Trust-owned property outside of Washington, DC, after a historic and hard-fought battle to save it from destruction. Originally built in Falls Church, Virginia for Loren and Charlotte Pope, the 1,200-square-foot Frank Lloyd Wright home was under threat due to the construction of the new … Read more

Frank Busch dies after collapsing at Phoenix airport: USA Olympic swimming coach’s cause of death, wife, kids in focus

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Frank Busch, a legendary swimming coach and director of USA swimming teams for two Olympic Games, passes away at 75. (X@RealLittwBritt)

Frank Busch, the architect of Arizona’s 2008 NCAA swimming championships in both men’s and women’s divisions and director of USA swimming contingents at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, passed away Sunday following a heart attack at Phoenix airport. He was 75. Frank Busch, a legendary swimming coach and director of USA swimming teams for … Read more

In 1835, Free Frank McWorter, a formerly enslaved man, paid $100 for 80 Illinois acres; a year later he founded New Philadelphia, and 191 years later nearly 20 acres entered NPS ownership

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In 1835, Free Frank McWorter, a formerly enslaved man, paid $100 for 80 Illinois acres; a year later he founded New Philadelphia, and 191 years later nearly 20 acres entered NPS ownership

Nearly two centuries after a formerly enslaved pioneer bought 80 acres of Illinois prairie and founded the first legally registered town in the United States platted by an African American, nearly 20 acres of the historic townsite have officially been transferred to the National Park Service.According to the National Park Service, the land was donated … Read more