Frank Lloyd Wright Statues Adorn Phoenix Resort
Yawanci kamar tsuntsaye Phoenix wanda ya tashi daga toka, an tada Sprites na Midway Gardens daga mutuwa kuma aka ba Arizona Biltmore, Waldorf Astoria Resort kyauta. Yanzu an kira Biltmore Sprites, 'yan Sprites na Midway Gardens sun kasance a cikin ma'anar' yan makarantar da aka rasa Frank Lloyd Wright da kuma mai hoton Alfonso Iannelli. Wadannan siffofi na gine-ginen halitta sun kasance a cikin shekara ta 1914 domin ainihin dalilai na ado da kula da Midway Gardens, sau ɗaya a cibiyar don nishaɗin raya-raye, abinci mai kyau da kiɗa a kan tafkin lake na Chicago.
Yawancin Sprites sun sadu da mummunar rauni da rashin jin daɗi a lokacin haramtacciyar.
Gidajen, wanda Mista Wright ya tsara, ya samu nasara a shekarar farko a shekara ta 1914, amma wannan lokacin hunturu ya fara jin zafi na yakin duniya na a Turai. An sayar da Midway Gardens ga Kamfanin Edelweiss Brewing, kuma ya zama lambun giya mai mahimmanci - yayin da Sprites ke tsaye da kallo.
Abubuwan da aka tsara da kayan aikin gyare-gyare na Wright da aka tsara da kayan ado sun canza kuma sun lalace a cikin kokarin da kamfanonin keyi ya jawo hankalin masu sauraro. Wannan ƙoƙari bai sami nasara ba. Harshen karshe ya zo a 1920 lokacin da aka bayyana izini. Tun da wuraren da aka bude filin wasa da lambunan lambun da aka kewaye da shi, sun kasance da yawa a bayyane, sun mallaki hannayensu sau da dama, suna aiki a matsayin garage da kuma wanke mota. An gama rufe ginin a watan Oktobar 1929.
Midway Gardens an bulldozed cikin Lake Michigan. Ya kamata a lura, duk da haka, cewa ginin bai sauko ba tare da yakin ba. Kamfanoni biyu da suka ɓata sun fita daga kasuwancin da suke ƙoƙari su rushe tsarin gyaran. Kamfanin da a karshe ya kwashe shi har yanzu ya rasa kudaden kudi a aikin.
A ranar Talata 10 ga watan Oktoba, 1929, rahoton na Chicago Daily News, ya ruwaito cewa lalata gidãjen Aljanna a matsayin ƙarshen zamani, amma yayi sharhi cewa kwanakin zinariya sun kasance nesa da gaske sun kasance ba a sake dawowa ba.
Ya zama kamar 'yan Sprites sun rasa har abada. Daga baya bayan yakin duniya na biyu, kalmar ta isa Taliesin, asalin asali da Frank Lloyd Wright School a Spring Green, Wisconsin, cewa an ceto wasu daga cikin Sprites kuma suna kwance a cikin gonar manomi a Lake Delton, Wisconsin.
A bayyane yake, wani memba na Midway Gardens ya kashe ma'aikatan ko dai ya ceci 'yan Sprites daga tafkin ko kuma ya kama su kafin a hallaka su. Shekaru da yawa sun kwanta a gonar gona. Taliesin ya dawo da lalacewar 'yan Sprites guda uku kuma ya tura su zuwa cikin gidan ruwa mai suna Don Lovness, Minnesota da kuma abokin Wright. Lovness da matarsa sun mayar da 'yan Spit 5 zuwa 6 da kuma Sprite 12-feet. A tsawon shekaru 20, wadannan adadin sun tsare gidan Frank Lloyd Wright.
A shekarar 1980, Wright Wright ta gina wani lambu a Taliesin West kuma an tura Sprites zuwa Phoenix don sanyawa. Bayan sabuntawa da aikin gyaran da aka yi, an bayar da samfurori takwas, kowannensu tsayinta 6 feet kuma yayi kimanin kilo 450, ga Arizona Biltmore a watan Oktobar 1985.
A yau, 'ya'yan da suka rasa sun sami gidan zama maraba a wuraren da aka sani na kamfanin Frank Lloyd Wright na farko, mai suna Premier na Arizona Biltmore.