PBS Documentary 'Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo' to Air Nationwide September 4, 2006, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT

PBS Documentary 'Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo' to Air Nationwide September 4, 2006, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: The city of Buffalo's cultural renewal reaches a new milestone
with the national premiere of a PBS documentary entitled
"Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo". Airing nationwide September
4, 2006, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT, the documentary highlights
Wright's long-term friendship with Darwin D. Martin and how it
helped to shape the cultural heritage of a major American city
and had a significant impact on the architectural history of
the 20th century.

"Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo" documents the importance of
Buffalo during Wright's early career, the architectural
significance of the Martin estate, and the development of
Wright's first large-scale commercial commission, the Larkin
Company Administration Building. The program features
spectacular cinematography of Wright's work and dramatic
footage of significant architecture in Buffalo, as well as
interviews with noted scholars such as Neil Levine, Professor
of Architecture at Harvard University; Paul Goldberger,
Architecture Critic for The New Yorker; and descendants of
both Wright and Martin, including Wright's grandson, Eric
Lloyd Wright.

WHEN: Airing nationwide September 4, 2006, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT.
(Check your local listings.)

THIS FALL
IN BUFFALO: The construction of Frank Lloyd Wright's Rowing Boathouse will
break ground September 6, at 11 a.m., providing a new home for
the nation's largest rowing club. Wright's design for the
Boathouse, originally included in his Wasmuth Portfolio series
of distinctive Prairie Style lithographs, was never built.

The Martin House Restoration Corporation celebrates the
completion of the reconstruction of the buildings of the
Martin House's original complex (built 1903-1905) on October
4. This marks the first time in over 40 years that the entire
historic grounds will be seen together. Tours daily except
Monday.

The city's architecture meets the stage on November 4 and 5
when the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra commemorates Wright's
architectural achievements in Buffalo with a special
performance of Shining Brow, a concert version of the opera
that follows Wright's life.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.wned.org/Productions/flwb/production.asphttp://wrightnowinbuffalo.com/

CONTACT:

Kristen Titus
Resnicow Schroeder Associates
212-671-5173
ktitus@resnicowschroeder.com

Edward J. Healy
Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau
716-852-0511, x236
healy@buffalocvb.org

Source: Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau

CONTACT: Kristen Titus of Resnicow Schroeder Associates,
+1-212-671-5173, ktitus@resnicowschroeder.com, or Edward J. Healy of Buffalo
Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau, +1-716-852-0511, ext. 236,
healy@buffalocvb.org

Web site: http://www.wned.org/Productions/flwb/production.asp
http://wrightnowinbuffalo.com/

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