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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The creator of this idea made so much money that he commissioned a Wright House.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092603547.html.[/quote]

Ok, I've figured it out. CTCL hater is Loren Pope's ex wife. Or Loren Pope's son's ex wife. Or someone who has been badly burned by Loren Pope.

From Wikipedia: 
Pope was also known for commissioning the Pope-Leighey House in 1939, designed and constructed originally in Falls Church, Virginia, by Frank Lloyd Wright.[3] Pope, who was working as a $50-a-week copy editor at the Washington Evening Star (his employer financed the construction), convinced Wright to build the small house by writing him a famously flattering letter. Pope opened, "There are certain things a man wants during life, and, of life. Material things and things of the spirit. The writer has one fervent wish that includes both. It is for a house created by you." He closed with the plea, "Will you create a house for us? Will you?" The architect's reply was brief: "Dear Loren Pope: Of course I am ready to give you a house."[4][/quote]

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