Better Homes Build Better People

With the weather bright and beautiful, I was tempted to visit the junior-senator-soon-to-be-President's Georgian revival house here in Chicago. Instead, I opted for Frank Lloyd Wright's private residence and workspace. It was a wise decision considering the security that now parades the Obama grounds.

Wright's Prairie style home is 10 miles from the downtown loop in a lush area called Oak Park. It's been restored to it's original appearance from 1909, the year the family of 6 lived and worked there. Before the tour I snapped photos of other kindred Wright homes in the neighborhood.

I think everyone has a little architect in all of us, it starts young, building tree cabins and snow forts. Mine lacked organic elements like the etched glass and overhanging eaves of Wright's brilliance but surely matched his love of nature.