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 Anne wanted to take our niece Emma and us to Florida Southern College in Lakeland, about an hours drive away. We had seen Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio in Chicago and had developed an interest in him so it was an exciting excursion for us. Nothing like a bit of concrete to enrich the soul! Florida Southern College was founded in 1852 and moved to Lakeland in 1921, choosing a virgin site to build on. In 1925 Dr Ludd Spivey became the College president. The time had come for the college to expand. Spivey wanted to create a truly modern campus and decided that Frank Lloyd Wright was the man for the job. In 1938 Wright, then aged 71, came down to Florida to survey the ground, which lies on a gentle hill rolling down 80ft to Lake Hollingsworth. He decided to work with Spivey, as long as Spivey could raise the money for the project. This collaboration has led to a unique campus of Wright buildings interlinked by a series of covered walkways known as the Esplanade, which run to ov