tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post8107190761177202963..comments2024-03-17T00:08:48.923-04:00Comments on Beyond the Gilded Age: 840 Fifth AvenueZach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-12112556320053333972012-08-16T14:19:34.374-04:002012-08-16T14:19:34.374-04:00Manhattan had class and character back then. I wi...Manhattan had class and character back then. I wish I could transport myself back in time one hundred years and take a stroll through the City. <br /><br />LorraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-34448973224150756822012-08-14T01:07:11.281-04:002012-08-14T01:07:11.281-04:00The interior was much improved when renovated as a...The interior was much improved when renovated as a single home for the son highlighted by a skylit courtyard.<br /><br />The view of 5th looking north at its peak is overwhelming. An architectual history book come to lifeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-33000042947495282352012-08-13T23:08:42.516-04:002012-08-13T23:08:42.516-04:00"Richard Morris Hunt's creation was put o..."Richard Morris Hunt's creation was put on display February 1, 1896. A thousand of the elite came to wonder at the marvel achieved by the wedding of the architect's genius and the Astor fortune in the immaculate gold and white ballroom and the gorgeous ebony and gold dining room. <br />Two days later Mrs. Astor gave her annual ball, the first since 1890. The most beautiful cotillions in twenty years, sighed old New Yorkers, while the youngsters looked in hushed awe at Hunt's use of color and form to provide Mrs. Astor with the regal setting she needed. Even Mrs. Astor seemed to have been sobered by the magnificence of it all, for she deserted the purple velvets of yesteryear to appear in a gown of palest grey satin trimmed with embroidery and lace."<br />... From "The Astors", by Harvey O'Connor, published 1941 by Alfred A. Knopf<br />Old Grey Dognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-91056054588822348602012-08-13T22:50:39.115-04:002012-08-13T22:50:39.115-04:00I had no idea floor plans existed somewhere. I...I had no idea floor plans existed somewhere. I've looked through all the Hunt's books. Thank you for the link. I never really liked this one.chauncy primmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099894744964516223noreply@blogger.com