How now! The New York Times ran a story on the cur­rent fash­ion, amongst the NYC fash­ion­able, of buy­ing apart­ments with floor-to-ceiling glass.

But in cit­ing the prece­dent, it did not trou­ble itself to men­tion that the trend actu­ally began in the country—Plano, Illi­nois, that is—in 1951, with the vaca­tion home of Miss Edith Farnsworth! One of my favorite pieces of archi­tec­ture, and surely one of the most dar­ing home designs ever:

• All four sides are floor-to-ceiling glass. (Our city friends still have their hid­ing places.)
• The fix­tures and appli­ances are all hid­den within a rich wood cen­ter struc­ture. (No way to dis­play that Sub-Zero refrig­er­a­tor and Viking stove!)
• It has a front porch for relax­ing. (The New York­ers prob­a­bly have a concierge to relax for them.)

Bet­ter pic­tures, but no infor­ma­tion, here.