The Frank Lloyd Wright Protégé Behind the Most Modern Town in Michigan

Dow Chemical put Midland on the map, architect Alden B. Dow—a local scion and former Taliesin fellow—transformed its landscape.
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A version of this article was originally published in Dwell’s October 2011 issue.

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Aaron Britt
Aaron writes the men’s style column “The Pocket Square” for the San Francisco Chronicle and has written for the New York Times, the Times Magazine, Newsweek, National Geographic and others.

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