John Foreman, Author at New York Social Diary

BIG OLD HOUSES: A Noble Antique in the Urban Sprawl

House• February 17, 2021.

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

Big Old Houses: Lucky it was Over Here

House• January 22, 2021.

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

Big Old Houses: A Finale, of Sorts

House• January 15, 2021.

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

Big Old Houses: Yonkers, of all places

House• September 15, 2020.

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

Big Old Houses: A Whole Lot of Crazy

House• August 25, 2020.

John Foreman gives of the history (and a tour) of houses on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street as well as the apartment tower rising high abov... READ MORE

Big Old Houses: A Political Mansion

House• August 20, 2020.

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

Big Old Houses: Where Are They Now?

House• August 10, 2020.

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

Big Old Houses: Stanford White Experiments

House• July 24, 2020.

Big Old House returns to John Foreman’s visit to Naumkeag, the summer estate in Stockbridge of the most distinguished New York lawyer, Joseph Choate... READ MORE

Big Old Houses: A Very Big Stage

House• June 30, 2020.

We revisit John Foreman’s coverage of 1 East 78 Street, the home of James B. Duke, his wife and this legendary daughter, Doris, the richest girl in ... READ MORE

Big Old Houses: Very Rich, and Very Quiet

House• May 7, 2020.

We accompany John Foreman through his tour of one of the great old Fifth Avenue mansions from the Gilded, still standing, the Harkness mansion at 1 Ea... READ MORE

Big Old Houses: Refugee from the Gilded Age

House• May 1, 2020.

The late, great John Foreman sets his eyes and his camera on a refugee from the Gilded Age — Stone House Hill House of Ames family in North Easton,... READ MORE

Big Old Houses: In Defense of Excess

House• April 24, 2020.

John Foreman’s visit to another residence all in the same family, the Burden mansion on East 91st Street, next door to Mrs. Burden’s sister, Mrs. ... READ MORE

Big Old Houses: Another Rescue Story

House• April 10, 2020.

Today on the NYSD we’re running another of our great, late contributor John Foreman’s Big Old Houses. This week’s subject is Elm Court, th... READ MORE

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