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Big Old Houses: A Whole Lot of Crazy

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We return to John Foreman who gives us the history (and a tour) of the houses on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street as well as the apartment t... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: “The King of New York”

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We return for your comfort and curiosity to the late John Foreman’s visit to the interior and the history of the King of New York, Otto Kahn’s sti... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: Forget Gatsby

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Revisiting a 2012 tour of The Braes given by the late John Foreman, the second great mansion (still standing) of Standard Oil heir Herbert Pratt... READ MORE
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BIG OLD HOUSES: In My Dreams

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We recount the amazing history, thanks to the late John Foreman, of the Morris-Jumel Mansion (1765) in upper Manhattan... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: A Voyage to Staten Island

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John Foreman takes us on one of his encyclopedic and aesthetic visits to a beautiful old house on Staten Island, first built in the late 18th century,... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: Fugitive Chic

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We revisit John Foreman's examination of 12th Street and Fifth Avenue to a block mainly unchanged in a century... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: In a Very Different World

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In a Very Different World, John Foreman visits the palatial estate of George Jay Gould in Lakewood, New Jersey, built at the height of the Victorian a... READ MORE
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BIG OLD HOUSES: A Noble Antique in the Urban Sprawl

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We return to John Foreman’s history of “Liberty Hall,” an 18th century estate in New Jersey embraced by history of the American republic and now... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: Lucky it was Over Here

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With John Foreman, we revisit a 19th century country estate in Waltham, Mass, and the changes that occurred over the next two centuries of family owne... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: A Finale, of Sorts

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We revisit John Foreman’s history of Eagles’ Nest, the Long Island estate of Willie K. Vanderbilt Jr. Plus a 1932 travelogue, “Over the Seven Se... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: Yonkers, of all places

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Returning to John Foreman’s history of a mansion overlooking the Hudson in Yonkers built in 1912 by a tycoon born in a Montana mining camp who made ... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: A Political Mansion

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Every house has a personality. John Foreman takes us on a tour and a history of Morven, once a family house built mid-18th century, into the New Jerse... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: Where Are They Now?

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Looking back at John Foreman’s visit to the grandly fascinating Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx where for the last century and a half so many famous ... READ MORE

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