[meteorite-list] back fill meteor crater? (alternative proposal)

From: Piper R.W. Hollier <piper_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:06:56 2004
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20021005122402.024d6a50_at_pop.xs4all.nl>

At 18:13 4/10/02 -0700, Tom wrote:
>Hello List, What do you people think of the idea of back filling meteor
>crater and building timeshare condos on the site?

Hello Tom and list,

About three years ago there was an exhibition here in Amsterdam of several
dozen of Frank Lloyd Wright's drawings of his architectural designs. The
big surprise of the show for me was this design:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~piper/MeteorCraterResort.jpg

...done in 1947-48 for "Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine". There must be an
interesting story behind this. Does anyone on the list know more about the
Tremaines and their ambitions?

My own guess is that water supply was the big obstacle to carrying out this
project. The location is hot, dry, and windy, and it would take a huge
amount of water to provide for shade trees, swimming pool, golf course,
etc. Maybe it is just as well that this resort never went beyond the
drafting table stage. I know that some list members have strong opinions
about the policies of the Barringer family, but the Barringers have
arguably done a decent job of keeping a unique natural monument in
something close to its original form in spite of hosting a rather large
number of visitors.

Best wishes to all,

Piper
Received on Sat 05 Oct 2002 07:39:16 AM PDT