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House• June 30, 2020

Big Old Houses: A Very Big Stage

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 the world in the American 20th century...

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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 East 75th Street... READ MORE
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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, Massachusetts built in 1905 by 29-year-old Frederick Lothrop Ames a year after his marriage to New York Society belle Edith Callender Cryder... READ MORE
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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. Hammond... READ MORE
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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, the sprawling country mansion and estate of Mr. and Mrs W. D. Sloane. Mr. Sloane and his brother were heirs to W&J Sloane, a major furniture business in New York.  Coincidentally, last week we featur... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: The Russian Consulate

House• April 2, 2020.
Re-visiting the late John Foreman’s Big Old Houses. The John Henry Hammond Mansion on 9 East 91st Street, childhood home of the legendary man who ushered in American jazz music, now the consulate of the Russian Federation... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: “The King of New York”

House• March 20, 2020.
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 great, still perfectly preserved mansion on 91st Street and Fifth Avenue... READ MORE
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B. Smith

House• February 28, 2020.
We revisit our 2007 House interview with restaurateur, model, author, businesswoman and television host B. Smith, who lost her battle with early-onset Alzheimer's this past Saturday, February 22nd, 2020... READ MORE
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Belvedere: The Town That Time Forgot

House• February 21, 2020.
Paige Peterson gives us a tour of her hometown and surrounding areas developed by a Belvedere company, Hadley Construction, who, for 3 generations, has been keeping the integrity of the architecture and character of this hamlet. ... READ MORE
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Charles Burkhalter

House• February 14, 2020.
Sian, Lesley and Pierre Crosby visit interior designer Charles Burkhalter in his airy TriBeCa loft... READ MORE
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Nina Griscom

House• January 31, 2020.
Revisiting a 2007 interview with Nina Griscom at the first house she shared with her husband Leonel Piraino and daughter Lily Baker, providing insight into the personality and lifestyle of the woman who passed away last Saturday... READ MORE
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Tom Scheerer

House• January 24, 2020.
Sian, Lesley and Pierre Crosby visit interior designer Tom Scheerer at his Manhattan apartment on the 40th floor, And they talk about the business and the life of a man in his profession... READ MORE
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Bentley Meeker

House• January 10, 2020.
Sian Ballen, Lesley Hauge and Jeff Hirsch visit lighting designer and artist Bentley Meeker at his Harlem home where he talks about how "Light" and "Lighting" changed his life... READ MORE

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