Most every morning of his life Frank Lloyd Wright gazed out from his room upon a windmill

"Romeo and Juliet"presents the history of the Romeo and Juliet Windmill, designed, by Frank Lloyd Wright, as an education symbol for the Hillside Home School, run by his aunts, in the Spring Green, Wisconsin valley, where he was born, raised and knew every contour of the land. It is the landmark to which his gaze was directed on awakening, visible from his bedroom at Taliesin, the home he built in 1911 on his family's farmland. The history is presented by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives:
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You can see videos about the reconstruction of Frank Lloyd Wright's windmill "Romeo and Juliet" at www.LandMarkTv.com, specifically, here. The first video is Reconstructing Romeo & Juliet - Frank Lloyd Wright Windmill. The reply video, "Romeo and Juliet" the history of a windmill is the best tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright I have ever heard, lovingly rendered, by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. It made me think of the Spiralairfoil Wind Turbine designed by PickensPlan member DB Parker. It's fine to support the arts but it's even better when the arts support you with power to spare!

The same videos are also posted in the www.WLAB.com Wind Lab Community forum (here) and also in the www.LibertyIsGreen.com forum (here). They may also be found at www.ShakespeareanWorks.com under "Romeo and Juliet" and "Derivative Works".

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Comment by Rick on September 29, 2008 at 8:02am: Thanks for your kind words and great works. Here's the link for SpiralAirFoil at LandMarkTv.com: http://landmarktv.com/index.php?topic=22.0 on the Kinetic Architecture board. Looking forward to the day when a mechanically declined lay person can install and maintain a SpiralAirFoil up on the roof. I'm down in a valley and probably don't have enough wind to power a trickle charger. I just think SpiralAirFoil looks great and would be a wonderful addition to any "vision shed". No small concern.

Comment by DB Parker on September 22, 2008 at 7:40am: Dear Rick,

It is indeed an honor to be mentioned in the same sentence as the Great Frank Loyd Wright, and I thank you most heartedly for that, The Spiralairfoil Wind Turbine is the Future of Wind energy and it takes a few visionaries to get the wind blowing in the most efficient direction. You are a Troubador in the Spirit of the Sixties. I no longer feel so alone. Thank you, Rick.

DB Parker