tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post1537395034223680914..comments2024-03-28T09:54:05.932-07:00Comments on BIG OLD HOUSES: A Very Big StageJohn Foremanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062464473900774511noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-57695376816133446792022-09-27T14:14:34.623-07:002022-09-27T14:14:34.623-07:00Thank you very much for this fantastic tour! Thank you very much for this fantastic tour! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-31067307519380351342022-09-26T12:42:13.129-07:002022-09-26T12:42:13.129-07:00What I had visitors in New York I always brought t...What I had visitors in New York I always brought them by this beautiful house. Sometimes the door was open so we could walk into the foyer and see the grand staircase. How wonderful that it is still being taken care of. Thank you for all you doAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-24778491119070158172013-02-04T07:32:32.294-08:002013-02-04T07:32:32.294-08:00I teach American history and am quite impressed wi...I teach American history and am quite impressed with your photo essay on the house. I have been looking for 30 years for these images! All too often Gilded Age mansion interior on-line images are evasive. My students were amazed; this site a great way to reach them. Now on to the new quest: Period photos of the house. Thank you so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-21078814738702363482012-05-12T11:25:18.304-07:002012-05-12T11:25:18.304-07:00Thanks for the tour. I found your blog while doing...Thanks for the tour. I found your blog while doing research on the Vanderbilt home at 660 Fifth Avenue and I've just ordered your 1991 book on the Gilded Age mansions and their architecture. Can't wait to get it. Thanks for a great site. I look forward to reading all your back posts.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17074318336477113220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-26816969103711530792012-05-10T06:43:57.228-07:002012-05-10T06:43:57.228-07:00Informative and fascinating! Apparently, this hou...Informative and fascinating! Apparently, this house was built largely for Duke's wife who had a yen to crash NY high society. She succeeded well enough (Duke also bought her a former Vanderbilt estate in Newport which is now a museum) but Doris was less attached to this house and was happy to give it to NYU. Doris enjoyed spending time at her father's huge "farm" near Somerville, NJ, scheduled to open as a public park later this month. Trumbauer's firm designed a stately Louis XIII style mansion for that property as well but it was never built.<br /><br />This house turns up as a location shoot for the occasional movie or TV show. I recently spotted the exterior used as a Paris hotel on "Pan Am".Shawn Cullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270423231633162242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-20550552681885156142012-05-10T06:34:42.004-07:002012-05-10T06:34:42.004-07:00Abele also designed Irvine Auditorium on Penn'...Abele also designed Irvine Auditorium on Penn's campus.CWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714279198511808379noreply@blogger.com