Forestiere had a brother in Fresno. When he died his niece and nephew took over running the gardens and promoting them. Their children and grandchildren still do the gardening and are on the board of directors. When Rodia stop building and gave the land to his neighbor, he moved up to the Bay Area to live with his sister, who had a big family in Martinez. I don't know about Leedskalnin's circumstances.
I’ve seen both Rodia and Gaudi’s works—love them! Now I have two more to add to my list should I be near Fresno or Miami. In the meantime, the history and perspective is fascinating, as I’m sure your posts all are. I can thank @fritinancy for the introduction.
I love that you wove Ed Leedskalnin into this. Coral Caste is a monument to craftsmanship, something of which is sadly neglected these days. People ask how they built the pyramids and you can just point at the 9 ton revolving door you can move with a finger that Ed built and there's your answer.
Great comment. Lots of old guys from back in the day of horses and wagons knew how to move huge stones using nothing but levers and rollers. I own a 120-year-old cast iron printing press that I periodically move around using a pry bar, jacks and wooden rollers. It weighs about 1500 pounds. Easy to move by yourself if you go slow and use leverage.
I moved pianos for a few months as a side gig in my 20's and was always shocked how easily we moved these huge bulky monstrosities with a four wheel dolly. Some of the guys I worked with could've really done it alone, I was only there to spot.
There are so many “graceless modern terms,” aren’t there? Thank you for this antidote.
What a marvelous haunting story! I do hope he had some friends, though. It
Forestiere had a brother in Fresno. When he died his niece and nephew took over running the gardens and promoting them. Their children and grandchildren still do the gardening and are on the board of directors. When Rodia stop building and gave the land to his neighbor, he moved up to the Bay Area to live with his sister, who had a big family in Martinez. I don't know about Leedskalnin's circumstances.
I’ve seen both Rodia and Gaudi’s works—love them! Now I have two more to add to my list should I be near Fresno or Miami. In the meantime, the history and perspective is fascinating, as I’m sure your posts all are. I can thank @fritinancy for the introduction.
Now there are lots of insufferable femcels that no man will go near.
I love that you wove Ed Leedskalnin into this. Coral Caste is a monument to craftsmanship, something of which is sadly neglected these days. People ask how they built the pyramids and you can just point at the 9 ton revolving door you can move with a finger that Ed built and there's your answer.
Great comment. Lots of old guys from back in the day of horses and wagons knew how to move huge stones using nothing but levers and rollers. I own a 120-year-old cast iron printing press that I periodically move around using a pry bar, jacks and wooden rollers. It weighs about 1500 pounds. Easy to move by yourself if you go slow and use leverage.
I moved pianos for a few months as a side gig in my 20's and was always shocked how easily we moved these huge bulky monstrosities with a four wheel dolly. Some of the guys I worked with could've really done it alone, I was only there to spot.