Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo

Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo is the story of Wright's long friendship with Buffalo businessman Darwin Martin. Woven into the story is the signature architecture that was created as a result - the Larkin Administration Building, the Darwin Martin Estate, and the Martin summer home, Graycliff - all in Buffalo, New York.
This WNED PBS production premiered on PBS in September 2006.
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[@Gabriel.Ponce.De.Leon.777]

Probably this was a document to show how great of a gentleman was Darwin Martin. Sometimes the real hero is the one who nobody talks about.

[@earthwizz]

And the one talked about isn't a hero.

[@celestepalm6949]

@@earthwizz If anything, Marion Mahoney should be given more credit for the 'Prairie Style.' It was her drawings that first got FLW's Oak Park commissions. FLW had a nasty habit of taking credit for other's work.

[@chriswitt2596]

After watching this I was so happy to see about the restoration of the Martin home made me feel happy

[@chrisgmurray3622]

I can never think in moderation with any of Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings. I remain in a state of innocence and emotional wonder, unable to assess logically anything he has ever done. My strong spiritual reaction to Mr Wright's architecture prevents any critical analysis and always finds me in awe, just contemplating the beauty and artistic profundity of his creations!

[@jmstrsn5148]

well said ,

[@MemeMan_MEMESQUAD]

"What if I make an ugly prison-style japanese house". Look, now I'm as profound as Frank Lloyd Wrong

[@joedaley1878]

@@MemeMan_MEMESQUAD The prison is not on the hill it is of the hill. That makes it so nice!

[@MemeMan_MEMESQUAD]

@@joedaley1878 I hope you're joking. Which house are you talking about? It better not be the one that completely ruins the hill its on by being three rectangles jutting out, like the landscape has been stabbed by industrial civilization. "Of the hill"

[@joedaley1878]

@@MemeMan_MEMESQUAD Falling waters is pretty nice. Rectangles are the ideal architectural shape. Nature guru boy design is a plague. Man is supposed to have dominion over the earth.

[@charlesgallagher1376]

Around 1986 I was on a bicycle ride and came upon the Darwin Martin house. The pergola was long gone and a 1950’s turquoise apartment building was there. I talked to a old lady living there and she told me some history of the run down old house. Years of neglect had taken its toll. So glad it got restored.

[@notseb]

My husband is from Buffalo and my first visit was about that same time! I looked out the back window of my brother-in-law's upstairs apartment and saw the run-down mess next door. I recognized the style and asked if it was a FLW house - so sad to see it in such a state. Since then I have visited it several times through the restoration and it truly is amazing!

[@michaelepp6212]

I was at the fully restored and reconstructed Martin House complex a few years ago. The photographs of the footings for the Barton House, pergola, etc., which were still in existence below-grade, though the constructions they supported were long gone, looked like Roman ruins. But the reconstructions are flawlessly done, and incredible!

[@spactick]

To the people who made this film, I salute you. Great job, I think Mr Wright would have loved to have watched himself. Given his talents maybe he has

[@LindaKing-nq6ut]

Excellent documentary about the history of Buffalo & Frank Loyd Wrigh…I have visited many of his homes..never tire of seeing them ..his philosophy of home & the landscape make sense

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Glad you enjoyed the program.

[@ajdogcurr1]

What a sad ending for Darwin Martin. To have gone from poverty to millions then to pass away in poverty in the end. Sad indeed. His loyalry to his dear friend F L Wright shows you he was a good man and was not worried about repayment so much as he was concerned about the welfare of his friend.

[@strangevisions5162]

53:33 because he expected to be paid back eventually, but he never was. and his poor wife had to leave the home. the scumbag should have paid her the money owed with interest!

[@marylong4693]

Exquisite architect! My father almost bought a house in 1948 that Orsen Welles had built for his then wife, Rita Hayworth, designed by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, in Nepenthe, California. (south of Carmel in the Big Sur coastline area. The large, beautiful house had 5 bedrms, was split leveled, on a 12.5 acre property on a bluff with beautiful ocean views that also included a small private beach. All that for $75,OOO! The family that ended up purchasing it, lived in the original house on the property, and turned the new Orsen Welles house into a restaurant that still exists today...the Nepenthe Restaurant (to see photos, go online to the restaurant's websites. Still fabulous!

[@marylong4693]

I also used to live in Marin County, located north over the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge. Frank Lloyd Wright uniquely designed the County's Office Building hugging the terrain, north of San Raphael in Terra Linda, CA. It looked more like a resort huxury hotel with only the beauty Wright could create!

[@joelroth2550]

SUNY Buffalo was a steward of the house in the 80's and my wife's graduation from the Architecture and Design Department was at the house

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

I visited it during those years. It was hilarious. The house sat empty, was vandalized and then the school took it over. I recall seeing those industrial government issued desks and some of the windows were missing. It’s been restored wonderfully now. They had to buy some of the houses nearby to reclaim the land to rebuild it back to the original design.

[@GottaWannaDance]

Who was Suny? I can't seem to find anything about her.

[@timmer9696]

@@GottaWannaDance State University of New York

[@LindaKing-nq6ut]

With family in Buffalo,I have visited the Martin House & GreYcliff twice…& others in the west…my favourite style of architecture

[@martiner11215]

This documentary was absolutely terrific. Thank you to everyone associated with it.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

We appreciate this wonderful comment!

[@robertmccully2792]

The secret to great designs are finding people who can afford them.

[@paulmezhir8354]

Excellent production. Very informative. Very elegant. Very Buffalo.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@laurafitz2002]

This production still gives me chills. The original music, the words of FLW and DDM and the imagery is positively stunning,!

[@alanconrad8490]

A beautifully done documentary.....highly recommended

[@hernandobalaguera8017]

Thank you for producing such a moving piece of testimony of a firendship between a business man and an artist. It is an ironic paradox that Mr. Martin, who always was a financial support for the architect, ended up in poverty and Mr Wright never honored his debt paying back 70 thousand that would aliviate much the sad situation of his friend. Artists shamelessly use anybody for the sake of their art.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@lennartswenson2690]

Artists always seem to be starving. Hard to know if they are shamelessly promoting their work or just hungry. Still, sad that misers can always "rationalize" why they "can't" repay debts even to friends. It's a "hoarding" of monies...

[@pyrexmaniac]

Back in the early 1980s I used to drive tour North Buffalo and frequently stopped by the then-vacant and sadly dilapidated Martin estate. I found the massive overgrown evergreen foundation plantings to be an ideal privacy screen while i relieved the pressure of my full bladder. These adventures were not among my proudest moments, but they sparked my decision to pursue a career in architecture preservation, restoration and design.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Very cool! We need preservationists like you to help the community to see the beauty within!

[@ToxicCatt-y7c]

I live in Buffalo and we went to the Frank Lloyd Wright house for a class field trip and it just makes me sad looking at what Buffalo had become over the years. My mom use to talk about how Buffalo was when she was a kid. Waking up, Smelling fresh bread being baked from the Wonderbread factory. My grandfather even worked at Chevy before he died.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Thank you for sharing.

[@bonitasilver9379]

It is because of his homes in Buffalo that I am the leading Art Deco Constructivist today.

[@akchemaceshwa]

Kudos to everybody involve in restoration of Martin house. Wright was and is my mentor since I started studying Architecture. The Nature with big "N" is never so evident in any other Architect's work with innovations in materials and design, it inspires me to the present day. I was not aware about the friendship of Mr Martin and Wright, it's good to know how he admired Wright as architect and a friend, and how much impact he had on Wright's life in difficult phases. Today I learned something more, the human side of Architecture. Greetings from Poland!

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@othoapproto9603]

My grandfather was good friends with Wright. My father knew him well and has many unflattering stories of him. Trumps ego would pale in Wrights.

[@johnedward-yk6rt]

😂

[@bethbartlett5692]

*@ **35:16** Her statement is so accurate, to understand it denotes true Wisdom, yet few seem to take stock in its "absolute reality".* His grandson so favors him. I've always thought Frank Lloyd Wright had such an attractive and classy look. His story always moves me to tears and inspires me. God bless his Soul with eternal Positive Energies ...

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Thank you for sharing and for watching! We're thrilled you found us and this story!

[@AintImRite]

Yada yada yada

[@philhoggmusic]

Excellent, thank you for this! I look forward to visiting the Martin House one day... :)

[@MOZAMUSIC2011]

Amazing documentary. I gasp. Lomg live Darwin Martin and now all the people caring for this unique human and architectural legacy.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Couldn't agree more!

[@michaelhealy1590]

I have been to the Martin house. It is an amazing work of art. It is a shame the Larkin building was demolished. An unfortunate sign of those times.

[@WubiWatkins]

People who don't clean house, prepare meals or attend children daily; cannot design a flowing family home. Beauty is indeed wonderful especially Mr Wrights' work. But I'd rather have a shed so I can keep it clean.

[@jamesengland7461]

I disagree that they can't; being able to use a home and able to design a home are two very different things. That being said, the designer must design to the intended purpose to be a truly good designer. This must, at minimum, include learning from those who do use the creation as intended, which is most certainly a homemaker. Humility is the most important characteristic of the designer; knowing that one doesn't know.

[@WubiWatkins]

@@jamesengland7461 Mr. Where in the h*** have you ever seen a man that can follow orders and listen with both ears

[@jamesengland7461]

@@WubiWatkins in the mirror.

[@WubiWatkins]

@@jamesengland7461 Rolflmao. Been married 3 different times to 3 different kind of man and I have not ever found one. Lace my dogs mind

[@RFToob]

Great film; so valuable, insightful and much appreciated.

[@Brian-os9qj]

The rollercoaster ride of even the gifted and hardworking, gives one pause. The hope and personal introspection, into what ultimately brings success and happiness, is a life lived with a friend(s) to lean on and bear their weight as well. Connections and memories are all we have and have to offer posterity.

[@ChipShot1927]

The lack of self awareness that sometimes drives us all in life is often never recognized by the participant. Martin had the empathy and sympathy to continue to help Wright financially who has been described by some as a charlatan. Wright forged ahead in life beyond his bad decisions and poor choices believing in himself as his mother had instilled in him that he was destined for "greatness"! Martin on the other hand who had ignored his wife's input in the first house of "opus" realized that mistake and "Graycliff" was the result and is not as "prairie". The Martin story is indeed sad. Eric Lloyd Wright is now 93 years old and appears to hold his grandfathers legacy in high regard even though Wright left his father and grandmother with nothing but debt. Interesting how we reconcile or wrestle with family and legacy and someone in the family who is considered by many to be great or the best at, in this case architecture. We separate the accomplishments from the personal life I suppose to find peace.

[@sidneysisk225]

Veryt wisely put...thanks...I have comments and will make them at the top of the list soon.....stay tuned. Sidney Sisk, Architect.

[@barbaraflores3506]

Thank you very much, for sharing this.

[@nealrcn]

Why whenever I get invited by youtube to watch a tour of Franks houses. I have to hear his life history for 13th time.

[@luanp.hasnay2600]

Excellent.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Many thanks!

[@meljenkins2043]

Another of my inspirations.

[@karlpatterson8437]

Martin was indeed a better friend than Wright. They do not say if Wright even paid for a headstone for Martin.

[@wtffrank]

He did not. He was such a loathsome jerk to the end

[@williamsauve6058]

Thank you so very much . Love from Canada

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Sending love right back at you! Thank you!

[@chil5150]

Beautiful!

[@barbaramagnoni8059]

Beautiful piece

[@cinemaipswich4636]

The Modernist and Post Modern constructions, in their earlier years, leaked. Concrete, glass and steel were the new materials in the modern age at the start of the 20th Century. Gradually those building methods improved, and if you had one of their plans, you could easily reproduce what they designed today. Making molds for bricks and blocks. Extended cantilevers over large areas. Glass vistas all about. Having motifs for the light fixtures, the leadlight glass, the imprints of wood, furniture, linen and tableware are what architects should do.

[@carolaybob]

Excelente doc ,,, me fascinan los techos en la foresta de lloyd wright

[@ScottAJacob]

I just loved this!

[@joegotz1971]

I believe Mrs Martin was correct, The interior is dark. Still this house is a masterpiece. I worked on house in Princeton, NJ and when it was completed in 1984 the cost was $500.00 per square foot. From initial design to completion was 5 years. Total floor area was 20,000 square feet.

[@bluefidle]

His trip to Japan had a profound effect on him. it seems all Japanese to me.

[@peacefuldaizy5717]

I agree

[@deanpride889]

"One of the fascinating things about architecture is that it exists at this sort of exquisite moment of intersection where the awesome intersects with the everyday." --Paul Goldberger 33:26

[@АндрійПодільский]

Дякую авторам відео було цікаво

[@MomCat6000]

Is Gray Cliff still standing? That was a beautiful & gracious home.

[@karlk9316]

Yes tours are available of Gray Cliff. There are also joint tours with the Wright designed Darwin Martin estate.

[@LindaKing-nq6ut]

Yes,visited for a second time this past summer

[@janlassensession4209]

One wonders why it was named Grey Cliff given that Mrs. Martin wanted a house with more sunny light filled rooms as opposed to the Martin house.

[@slackthompson6984]

please somebody give Martin a tombstone

[@bethbartlett5692]

I had no clue Buffalo was ever the 8th largest City in the USA. Industry had to be the energy behind that, it certainly wasn't the weather. I've heard the Martin story and it is most endearing, the man was magic. I can see how he appealed to FLW. I can see where their bond was very early life and desire for a secure family and harmony. BTW I like this Narrator, and other bio-documentaries he's done.

[@profduck715]

The Erie Canal was the reason behind that. If you wanted anything transported between Chicago and NYC it went down the Erie Canal. It was so busy that there was often a bottleneck at buffalo sometimes up to a week long. So the sailors would get off their ships and spend time in the city. Then business grew from there.

[@harriettemacy7399]

@@profduck715 That is very interesting!

[@AintImRite]

If you didn't have a clue about that, consider how much more you're clueless about.

[@harriettemacy7399]

@@AintImRite You are not arrogant, are you? Lol😹😼

[@danielterry382]

His homes not easy to live in.

[@cherylnagy126]

Here, Wright's philosophy was realized only for the fabulously wealthy

[@chuckminsterTV]

Is the soundtrack available anywhere?

[@joegotz1971]

As we can all see, architecture is very tied to the economy. Ups and downs, it’s a roller coaster ride. The 2009 recession killed many architects as did the depression and the 1929 bust. At times you starve for work. And then what work is available too many are trying for the same projects. Architecture is a great hobby but I am not so sure it is a way to make a living. I was fortunate, i had many friends in universities and construction companies. I managed to keep my head above water during tough times. I made a lot of money and lost an other of money. What I am seeing now is not enough going into architecture and the profession is becoming extremely difficult with over burdening building codes, energy requirements and lawyers. A was also sued 2 times for something I did not do but was caught in a class action lawsuit suit over a failed building material.

[@sidneysisk225]

As an Architect, I agree with much you say but not all. I sympathise with you fully. But I like building codes and energy and eco regs. and do not find them an impediment to thoughful and sensitive design......what's going on now......is a vast explosion of self expression. "I'll get published because of abc...etc." instead of the consideration of the neighborhood,. human scale, and most important humility in design. Hey architects: How about a little reticence and thought. Read H. Allen Brooks' books.

[@jpgillam]

Funny how the story segues from Mrs. Martin complaining the house was too dark to acolytes claiming Wright removed barriers between indoors and outdoors. Outdoors is bright. Indoors is dark. Seems pretty well separated to me.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

The house is very dark. The low ceilings, the large overhangs and almost no electric lighting. One can do a simple calculation on the square footage and the lumpens of the lighting.

[@Bill-xx2yh]

Oooh sounds a BIT ARROGANT. But loved most of his stuff. 😊

[@jamessullivan9992]

what happened to the country house?

[@jmstrsn5148]

Greycliff ?

[@1misticointolerante]

El edificio larken... Como lo veas... Es el tercer templo.. Donde esta el control... Digno de ellos....supongo..

[@ronaldrey8474]

Is F.L.R's Son the inventor of "LINCOLN LOGS"

[@yvonnekneeshaw2784]

Great architecture yet not the character I would aspire to be

[@scclif]

Through all this I wondered who was taking care of his children.

[@merriferrell2818]

I would put Stanford White at the top, Richard Morris Hunt, and Addison Mizner

[@sidneysisk225]

You are a thinking person. How about Purcell and Elmslie....others? However...how about McKim, Mead and Whites' terrible, ugly Columbia Univ. Bldgs....or NYC Admin Bldg. with the hole in the middle to get to the bridge...other. Why such junk? I know. Do you? Give it a try.

[@christinahand973]

Would have felt right at home in Martin’s house….if I was a mole.

[@canyonhaverfield2201]

⛪What a tragic & regretful history..about a man entirely faulting & absent of even the least evidence of any trace of sentiment. His entire existence owed to another..who continued financing Wright even while the recipient failed to show any trace of appropriate & true gratitude. As I see it..FLW was a greater example of a tyrannical ungrateful opportunist then his reputation as a notable designer⛪

[@daltonbedore8396]

damn, never meet your heros 🫣

[@sidneysisk225]

I met him. (Twice),

[@jmstrsn5148]

Artistry is more Appropriate .

[@quarterplay3675]

Watch a great video-

[@ДаниилЕфимов-ц6л]

19:32 parking now

[@jamesengland7461]

Dude designed that furniture? Couldn't even design a useful chair. The emperor had no clothes.

[@vincent7520]

Saying FLR was or is the greatest architect of the world is quite arrogant. He certainly was an exceptional master in architecture, but he was and is not the only one at all. Moreover some of his work did NOT conform to the needs of the client, the most noticeable case being the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. Peggy Guggenheim was never happy with the concept, at one point she almost cancelled FLR's project; then most curators find the concept totally unmanageable as a museum. I feel it is not giving a fair appraisal of Wright's fantastic work to call him "the greatest"… because it doesn't make any sense.

[@realrich7509]

Did I just read fountainhead?

[@sidneysisk225]

A bunch of gibble-gabble by another neo Fascist like Wright (who was America First...I'll bet you didn't know that.)

[@edwardpatrickdetrafford-mo8347]

⚔️As I see it: Some of the graphic architectural style of Mr. Wright was a take off, from the architects’ design, during the early Egyptian Empire. And, oddly; I also get a sense of Japanese design. His work basically reveals an empty but practical space, that is filled with space saving furnishings, that are more like a work space, because of its lack of needed warmth. It’s a perfect environment, for ppl, like me, of whom, are driven within, to be creative, when all that really matters, are the consequences of enough space to spread out; un encumbered by the, otherwise, over whelming superfluous trappings of excessive decorum, perhaps.🛡️

[@strangevisions5162]

it's not odd, there's both Japanese and Chinese design influences, just without all the ornate flourishes

[@grahammorgan3858]

Not troubled by modesty.

[@creeper8647]

What Philistine could trash a FLW property?

[@pyrexmaniac]

Elbert Hubbard, a co-founder of Larkin Soap Company, left the organization to form his Roycroft community and workshops in nearby East Aurora. Hubbard published a Roycroft periodical, it was titled "The Philistine."

[@hillwalker8741]

As I age I am really disgusted with the conspicuous consumption of this era heralded as the impetus for all human endeavor. There is no thought to conservation and distribution of earth's resources. It set up the excesses that we see in our elite today. Glad that many including architects recognize and strive to reduce the human footprint today.

[@sidneysisk225]

Why is some of his late work (Usonian etc.) just comp[lete junk? [That is a real question I pose.] He no longer had Marion Mahoney types around to do the work? Possible? Maybe all he had left were sycophants. I was friends with some of them....some like Edgar Tafel were of a sweet nature and really got the feel of the '20s Style and others.....? The complex in AZ...which is pretty late work is significant. Life is strange: Stalin's daughter landed on the Brow-Of-That-Hill of one of America's early Fascists.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

We have a program called "A Conversation with Edgar Tafel" and will try to post it here for you to enjoy!

[@jameskelly9800]

He gave Pennsylvania Fallingwater. Now "Falling-apart-water". Showing it's age, the Kaufman family donated it to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy where it has cost millions in repair and upkeep and, to top it off ,like much of Wrights work, looks like a parking garage.

[@sidneysisk225]

I don't agree withj you entirely but you got great sense of humor . from An Architect (note: entirely...it covers a lot of territory). You a funny guy.

[@cmcmahon8551]

They speak in reverenced tones about these two men who worship "home" and "family"!!! What the heck?!? Lloyd was a homewrecker, supported by his "friend". Wright had 6 children and his "girlfriend" several more. Did he not care about the children's "home" and "family". I dare say Martin is the better man. Lloyd is a "user", he used his "friends", his lovers, his children, his mother, and his wife! He might be a great architect, but seems a failure as a man, father, husband, friend etc.

[@cynthiamahlin4815]

And he failed to repay his debts to those who LOANED him money. No virtues were shown by him at any time. What a user.

[@cmcmahon8551]

@@cynthiamahlin4815 I agree, he was a user. I felt bad for his friend.

[@chriskappert1365]

If he wanted piece , tranquillity and harmony he should have stayed a bachellor / MGTOW - like I do now for 61 years - and never ever marry AND produce children . It takes real strength to make it alone , and don't mess up others lives !

[@snakeyengel]

Exactly. Well said. No need to couch it in quotes. Wright was an asshole - an arrogant little prick who did not exist in reality. He was lacking in talent and empathy and fully overblown in ambition and personal drive, with no connection to people in any appreciable way, except to drag them down to his own miserable level. If you average all that out, it equals ASSHOLE. I don't think he was a great architect. I saw that first Buffalo office building, and I just thought, holy shit, that's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. Could you imagine working in that fishbowl of no privacy and noise on a scale that must have been unimaginable??? All hard surfaces, and nothing to absorb the constant drone of noise on mechanical typewriters and walking, and talking. smh... I've been in several of his creations and they all absolutely suck. Every one of them is awkward and scaled to him and him alone. Not a one of them felt good, looked good, or was pragmatic in any way. I'm sure all the FLW sycophants will be out to say how I don't know what I'm talking about. Preemptively, imagine me holding both hands up with the middle finger extended. FLW is and always has been an asshole. Carry on, sheeple.

[@cynthiamahlin4815]

@@snakeyengel I completely agree.

[@anellcrews7974]

hey gang, i like your money. give me all of it.

[@AngelaMay66]

Indian War whoop. Really.

[@sidneysisk225]

I have a lot to say but will limit myself. Beautiful and arty docu....without a doubt. Much good commentary but much falsehood which these "experts" Goldberger, Levine, others...know better. They are reading scripts and they know that FLW was one of about 20/30 significant Prarie School Architects...some ran his office....many doing very well without the fanfare . The Historians and experts know better. Read H.Allen Brook's books on the period (which I know they all know) to find out that Purcell and Elmslie, Maher, others were just as good / better than / exploited by FLW but did not have the publicity apparatus........From an architect...p.s. Whilst at U/Chi I was houseboy in house of Mary Elisabeth Droste (Architect/ Mies'style) for room and board.... house in next block to Robie House designed by Smith, Garden and Ericson (Hugh Garden) probably as good as Robie house and studied many days in the library of Robie House (owned the by U/Chi) and never recovered from (love of) both houses. Read Brooks' books!

[@jetstreamx15]

Nonsense it was sin then and it's sin now...and in the old days they said the same..the facts are Hebrews 13 4 fornication and adulterers God will judge and only in Christ alone is there forgiveness

[@leftpastsaturn67]

What a miserable life you must 'live'.

[@derrelllipscomb693]

How does someone who supposedly built all of these fabulous structures stay near broke? Shouldn’t he have been fabulously wealthy? NOTHING about FLR adds up!

[@HBSuccess]

You’re at best naive and at worst mentally challenged. Thousands of great artists and visionaries have died broke for a wide variety of reasons. It’s not uncommon in the least

[@areguapiri]

Like so many people, Wright had no concept of financial management.

[@areguapiri]

Wright was not a good man. A home-wrecker and con artist, I might say.

[@1misticointolerante]

El arquitecto de los codiciosos.... Dueños de la deuda y la ursura... América es grande...

[@BaguaDude]

Why do they try to feed me this garbage?!

[@snakeyengel]

You know why, but don't say it out loud.

[@maxpower6658]

nowadays what FLW did to his family is really not much of an issue. Buffalo's downfall is a result of politicians.