Imperial Hotel Tokyo - A Frank Lloyd Wright Legacy

Frank Lloyd Wright's historic Imperial Hotel Tokyo, including rare vintage film and photos. Narrated by Kenneth Ray (courtesy of Charles Rivers Editors). Completed in 1923, it survived the Great Kanto Earthquake on Sept. 1, 1923 and B-29 firebombing raids in March 1945 that destroyed half of Tokyo. During the post-war Occupation the Imperial served as an American military billet. But, by 1967 it fell victim to old age and was demolished. The iconic main lobby was reconstructed in Meiji-Mura architectural park near Nagoya.

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