Xanadu Gallery (V. C. Morris Gift Shop)

walking down the circular ramp in Xanadu Gallery

Frank Lloyd Wright, an American architect, used V. C. Morris Gift Shop (currently Xanadu Gallery) as a physical prototype for the circular ramp at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

05/14/2011
140 Maiden Lane, San Francisco, CA

Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright

Morris Gift Shop, Xanadu Gallery in 2008 2
Living free in the building of the master.

V. C. Morris Gift Shop (Xanadu Gallery) (1948)
San Francisco, CA.
Frank Lloyd Wright.

video shooted on december 2008, edited on may 2009
music Icalma bun_O__und
wmv format

Like the Wrights Guggenheim Museum, the V.C. Morris Gift Shop has as its central interior element a spiral ramp. On its brick exterior the building features a Romanesque portal arch. The curve of the arch is echoed throughout the interior detailing. The structure is one of 17 by Wright that the AIA has deemed essential for preservation.

FLLW Morris 2 wmv

Present! - Frank Lloyd Wright's V.C. Morris Gift Shop

Mel Van Dusen presents a visual tour of Frank LLoyd Wright's V.C. Morris Gift Shop (now the Xanady Gallery) on Maiden Lane in San Francisco.

70 Things To See and Do in San Francisco!

70 things to see and do in San Francisco! Lets go!!
00:00 Intro
02:43 Downtown & Financial District
04:16 Fisherman's Wharf
05:22 Pier 39
06:50 World Famous Sea Lions
07:30 Alcatraz
12:00 Aquatic Park
12:50 Ghirardelli Square
13:25 The Saloon (Oldest Bar in the City) and Tadich Grill (Oldest Restaurant in San Francisco and California)
13:40 Wave Organ
14:10 Coit Tower
16:30 Filbert Street Steps
17:10 Telegraph Hill Parrots
17:31 Steep Sidewalks
18:07 Cable Cars
19:22 Lombard Street
19:57 Chinatown
21:12 POPOS (Privately Owned Public Open Spaces) and Rooftop Gardens
23:07: Transamerica Pyramid
23:27 Union Square
24:48 VC Morris Gift Shop (a.k.a. the Xanadu Gallery)
25:51 Market Street
26:21 Ferry Building
27:38 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
28:18 Yerba Buena Island
28:44 Treasure Island
29:06 Yerba Buena Gardens
29:48 Japantown
30:19 The Tenderloin
31:11 Civic Center and City Hall
32:51 The Adorable Houses of San Francisco
34:18 AT&T Park
35:41 BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
35:59 The Mission
37:38 Mission San Francisco de Asís (a.k.a. Mission Dolores)
39:35 Dolores Park
40:47 The Castro
42:00 Bayview and Hunter's Point
42:37 St. Francis Wood
43:24 Lake Merced
44:00 Stern Grove
44:50 Mount Davidson
47:08 Sutro Tower
49:08 Sunset District
49:39 16th Avenue Tiled Steps
50:10 Ocean Beach
50:51 Baker Beach
51:08 Haight-Ashbury
52:05 Grand View Park
53:37 Golden Gate Park
54:04 Alvord Street Bridge
54:20 Strawberry Hill
55:08 Bison Paddock
55:25 Shakespeare Garden
55:45 Japanese Tea Garden
56:45 Conservatory of Flowers
59:46 Columbarium
1:01:38 The People of San Francisco
1:02:53 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
1:03:40 How Weird Street Faire
1:05:06 Land's End
1:07:34 Legion of Honor
1:08:24 Presidio
1:09:02 Palace of Fine Arts
1:10:33 Crissy Field
1:10:59 Golden Gate Bridge
1:14:02 Fort Point
1:16:27 The Night Life
1:17:37 North Beach
1:19:20 Broadway
1:19:51 Map of the City
1:20:17 Outro

This tour video was filmed, edited, written, and narrated by Elias Barboza.
Hugs + kisses!! ♥ ♥ ♥
For DVDs of this video and other questions, e-mail me at:
e-barboza@live.com