A Closer Look: Millionaire’s Row in Manhattan Then and Now | Cultured Elegance
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- A Closer Look: Millionaire’s Row in Manhattan Then and Now | Cultured Elegance
In this video, we will explore seven gilded age New York mansions and palaces. Discover what happened to Millionaire's Row in Manhattan.
What exactly was life like in Manhattan before skyscrapers covered the skyline? This area of NYC was once home to the wealthiest families and palatial estates in the United States and was located in midtown Manhattan, near Central Park. While many of the mansions that once stood on this street have been demolished there are a select few which still stand today. Now this area is known as Billionaire's Row and is still a very wealthy part of Manhattan.
In this video, we're going to take a look at millionaire's row in Manhattan and see inside the homes of some of the wealthiest people in America during the gilded age. Millionaire's row was once known as a famous stretch of Manhattan where many of the wealthiest Americans in the world lived!
Location: Manhattan, New York
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...and in the end, after all of this magnificence, we're left with a multitude of hideous commercial buildings. Thank goodness Americans didn't have a say in anything having to do with Paris.
So very true! 😢
It’s terribly sad that some of these wildly expensive mansions didn’t stand for more than 20 years, or less. So much history that was torn down to make way for commercial enterprise, however uninspired.
Thank you for uploading this video with these interesting and lovely historic homes that make up so much of New York’s history.
Very sad indeed!! Thank you Glenda for your wonderful comment filled with kind and supportive words!! it means so much!
... all those demolitions.....short-sighted .... truly heartbreaking!
The beauty that was created is no more, magnificent torn down for what is surely valuable land but uninspired architecture. It's wonderful to see the three surviving mansions in one fashion or another. Great thanks to you for bringing us this historic information and beautiful pictures. The Beaux Art architecture is my favourite.
After Senator William A. Clark died, his mansion---sometimes known as Clark's Folly---had to be torn down within a specific number of years as stipulated in his Last Will & Testament. It's wild to think he spent a fortune and years constructing this Gilded Age mansion--9 stories-- then didn't want it to survive for his wife and daughter even though they were left as millionaire heiresses for the rest of their lives.
aww thank you so very much!! your comments always bring me such joy!! Yes tragic what happened to Senator Clark's home!! it is certainly was absolutely incredible! YES, I agree, love beaux art architecture!!
About those 2 Vanderbilt mansions: The idea of making the Willie K Vanderbilt "Petit Chateau" a museum was floated, but the family opted for the money that came with selling it. As to the Cornelius Vanderbilt II mansion, it's a pity that Bergdorf-Goodman couldn't have used it in the same way that Ralph Lauren remade the Rhinelander mansion on Madison into a store while keeping the magnificent interiors intact. Note: Morton Plant's father Henry built the ornate Tampa Bay Hotel which is now part Gilded Age hotel museum and part University of Tampa. Excellent video.
Few of these houses of the gilded age are still around and turned into stores and museums, others are forgotten with built stores, buildings for business, and apartments.
This is so painful to watch. So many beautiful buildings and interiors torn down, it's such a travesty :( Imagine how many people would flock to see them today! Now replaced by SUCH ugly, modern buildings. It just makes you want to cry :(
I HAVE TO TELL YOU! Your channel is like all of my interests combined! Im a tour guide at a historic home in Independence MO and your channel brings me such joy to watch and learn!
Thank you so so much Ben!! Your comment means so much!!! ⚜️🙏 I’m so glad it brings you joy!!
I love watching this
Thank you so so much!!!
You have to hand it to Mary Mason Jones to have foresight to build her elegant house in what could onlly be regarded as something like a wasteland without knowing that it would in due time become a place of elegance.
It's sad that New York companys couldnt build stores and offices in these hisotoric homes rather than distroy so much history. Just embadgine trying on a special occaison dress in once was the lady of the house dressing room. I'm grateful Boston's Becaon Hill today looks much as it did when it was built. And The Newport Manions still stand for our and fewture generaions to enjoy. I agree people would have paid an admission to view these historic New York homes. My understaning is decendence of the Newport Manions stay in a part of the homes still today...
I was born near Kip’s Bay. Love stories about the Island of my birth❣️
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So sad ..so much heritage lost for horrible replacements! Singapore has lost a lot of heritage to build Condo’s!
very tragic isn't it!! Welcome to the channel!!
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Indeed!!!
i wish more had lasted until the present 😢
I agree!!😭😭
How sad these homes were not maintained and kept. It seems like a waste of money how they just demolished them to build something more commercial. The architect is amazing and replaced with bland buildings. At least the Carnegie building is up and a museum.
Beaux-Arts is pronounce as Bo-zar I think 😅
Correct!! I just learned this after uploading🙈 I only ever heard people pronunciating it the way I did
The mansion was demolished and replaced with ugly.
You know it!!
“Sold to developers” = Sold to the Devil.
The Cartier store has an interesting history. The woman that owned it (it was a private home) told Cartier they could have it if they gave her this long 3 strand pearl necklace that was priceless. They agreed and have been there ever since.
Indeed!!! Quite an extraordinary story!!
Just discusting that they just tore down these magnificent homes for commercial space. These homes were PART of nyc.
I’ve made many other videos expressing the significance of these magnificent homes. This video was requested to see what ended up happening to them.