To the editor: Many well-deserved tributes have been written about Frank Gehry within the Dec. 6 Los Angeles Occasions, however I’ve one on a extra private stage (“Frank Gehry, masterful architect who remodeled L.A.’s city panorama, dies at 96,” Dec. 5). Within the early 2000s, when Disney Corridor was nonetheless a piece in progress, the top of the artwork division at Santa Monica Excessive Faculty was in a position to safe a tour for her college students of Gehry’s distinctive artwork studio in Santa Monica. I used to be invited to accompany her on the tour.
Gehry himself welcomed the scholars with enthusiasm and heat. Within the middle of the room was a mannequin of Disney Corridor, which he defined in nice element. He was beneficiant in his time and answered each query, encouraging the scholars to contemplate a profession in structure. I consider the scholars in that room realized they have been within the presence of a grasp and hopefully bear in mind his kindness as I do at present.
Aviva S. Monosson, Los Angeles
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To the editor: I stroll by Gehry’s Santa Monica residence every single day of my life (except there’s a big downpour, which isn’t fairly often). His house, which crammed our extraordinary neighborhood with an structure not like something we had visualized earlier than, brings individuals from all around the world to expertise one thing actually distinctive. His legacy will proceed to thrive in our neighborhood and past.
Thanks, Frank, for giving us one thing totally distinctive that continues to alter every time we see it.
Pattie Earlix, Santa Monica
