It was...polarizing. FLW wasn't invited to to participate in the contest for the new capitol; he hated the proposed designs, and wanted to make a statement all

It was...polarizing. FLW wasn't invited to to participate in the contest for the new capitol; he hated the proposed designs, and wanted to make a statement all his own. As reported in the papers at the time, Arizonans thirty or younger mostly loved it. Older folks, many of whom had lived in the area since before it was a state, were disdainful at best. One old cowboy referred to the drawing as "looking like an Oriental whorehouse". Dropping it in the middle of Papago Park was also a controversial choice. One of the drawings for it is still in FLW's office at Taliesin West.