In response to Jordan Gussin's letter, Save Edith's place (July 2) and others who want a memorial for Edith: remember that her house is the art (a sculpture) and, therefore, should be preserved as the memorial: not a grassy knoll or phony plaque. The house, although she didn't build it, becomes something like Simon Rodea's "Watts Towers" or Facteur Cheval's "Ideal palace."

T. Michael Gardiner

Ballard