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...When artist William Copley wanted to show Surrealists in Los Angeles, he and his brother-in-law rounded up a few Tanguys and Magrittes to mount in a rented bungalow in Beverly Hills in 1948....
...the demand for stories and, it may be counter-intuitive, but it has also increased demand for quality characters and storylines that are truthful, and deep, and rich,” says Elizabeth Wachtel, based in Beverly...
...People’s tastes change, says Crosby Doe, a Beverly Hills-based agent specialising in architectural and historic homes. Wright may be coming back into fashion....
...And it didn’t take long for it to ruffle feathers as well as leaves; conservative Carmel in California banned the blowers in 1975, and Beverly Hills followed suit a year later, citing them as “nuisances”...
...Its form was profoundly influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright’s later projects, to the extent that this could almost be designed by Wright, who died only two years before Lautner began designing it....
...The lobby of The Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel is a quiet spot where well-heeled locals or out-of-towners can take tea, while being serenaded by an in-house harpist....
...The architect Frank Lloyd Wright once said that if the world were tipped on its side “everything loose will land in Los Angeles”....
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