Augustus Mayhew, Author at New York Social Diary

Palm Beach Social Diary: Lost Landscapes at Palm Beach

Palm Beach• August 4, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew takes us on a tour beginning when it was a jungle island in the late 1870s when the shipwreck of the Providencia sailing from Cuba wit... READ MORE

Palm Beach: Black & White

Palm Beach• July 17, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew provides a history of the creation of Palm Beach and the black community that occupied an important place in the original island commu... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: Addison Mizner — The Afterlife

Palm Beach• July 8, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew provides the fascinating details of the work of Addison Mizner, the man who “created” Palm Beach that stands classic today... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: Billionaires Row: Part IV

Palm Beach• June 19, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew continues along Billionaire’s Row to Widener’s Curve to Sloan’s Curve, the history, architectural and otherwise, Part IV... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary — Billionaires Row, Part III: Historic Widener’s Curve to Sloan’s Curve

Palm Beach• June 11, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew takes on a detailed historical tour of the architecture of the rich that gave Palm Beach its international lure in the 20th century up... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: Billionaires Row, Part II

Palm Beach• May 28, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew takes us on a fascinating tour (and history of) Palm Beach real estate from the beginning: names, places, prizes and prices — then a... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: Road Trip — Billionaires Row, Part I

Palm Beach• May 22, 2020.

The Gold Coast, Millionaires Row, Mansion Row, and now Billionaires Row; now we’re talking Palm Beach real estate history. Augustus Mayhew delivers ... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: FORE! Golf Greats @ Seminole for COVID-19 Benefit

Palm Beach• May 17, 2020.

In case you missed it: Today, the Seminole Golf Club is hosting a competitive charity golf event to benefit COVID-19 relief workers. Augustus Mayhew g... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: Preservation Matters

Across the Nation• April 23, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew’s history and photographs of the 1960s Modernist house, Quail High, now an architectural landmark in Palm Beach County... READ MORE

Borromeo Baroque: Lake Maggiore’s Isola Bella & Isola Madre

Travel• April 8, 2020.

With Italy facing one of its most perilous challenges, here is a look back at Primavera on Isola Bella and Isola Madre where timeless architecture and... READ MORE

Oil Swells: The Standard Oil Crowd in Palm Beach

Palm Beach• March 6, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew’s now classic history “Oil Swells: The Standard Oil Crowd in Palm Beach” around the turn of the 19th century to the 20th, when ... READ MORE

Palm Beach Modern: Pitbull + Geoffrey Bradfield + Winslow Homer + Snowbirds

Across the Nation• February 18, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew takes in the seasonal flocks of snowbirds sweeping through the skies of Palm Beach... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: #New Norton: 45th Gala + 1st Pre-Gala ArtBeat

Across the Nation• February 6, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew to the Norton Art Museum’s 2020 Gala — the 45th — with an exhibition “Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern” and 750 supporters ... READ MORE

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