Passion fuels preservation effort of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Scottsdale ‘laboratory’

A different angle of Taliesin West as the sun sets in north Scottsdale. /Photo credit: Foskett Creative
A different angle of Taliesin West as the sun sets in north Scottsdale. /Photo credit: Foskett Creative

By Terrance Thornton | Scottsdale Independent

Encountering Fred Prozzillo’s delicate demeanor and quiet style might not give the impression of a man enthralled in a labor of love.

In a conference room tucked away at Scottsdale City Hall, Mr. Prozzillo sat in the back corner ready for an opportunity to explain to the city’s Historic Preservation Commission the scope of renovation plans to unfold at what he referred to as Frank Lloyd Wright’s “laboratory.”

“From 1938 to 1959 this really was his laboratory,” he told the Commission Thursday, Jan. 6 at One Civic Center. “But when you start to talk about preservation of a place that was constantly changing how do you approach that?”

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