tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post2367256589154088202..comments2024-03-28T18:01:17.304-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The Frederick J. Sterner House - 154-156 East 63rd StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-57756269793773214902020-01-30T08:59:22.783-08:002020-01-30T08:59:22.783-08:00Ha! I may be "rarely wrong", but the cor...Ha! I may be "rarely wrong", but the corollary to that is "but not always right." I can no longer find why I thought Cassini lived there, but it must have involved a Google search with transposed numbers, as you say. Amusingly, this time around, I found a 1984 New York Magazine article which said Gypsy Rose Lee owned the house---when, as we both know, she actually owned Sterner's nearby Cyril Hatch house. Getting the facts right in an era when fiction travels faster, is ever more an uphill fight and an art, of which you are master. The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-14150883859729798472020-01-30T01:51:19.933-08:002020-01-30T01:51:19.933-08:00As I said, "rarely wrong"! Thanks so mu...As I said, "rarely wrong"! Thanks so muchTom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-50053120835446773612020-01-29T21:44:33.111-08:002020-01-29T21:44:33.111-08:00After I made this comment, I fact checked myself, ...After I made this comment, I fact checked myself, and looked though my own photos (leap first, look later?). And yes, not only do the floor plans support that narrative, but I discovered I had photos of the front of the studio/salon wing both from Sterner and Thomas eras, and the great arched window also appears later, so yes. <br />The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-62039902993439683672020-01-29T13:53:51.970-08:002020-01-29T13:53:51.970-08:00Interesting. Hoffman's plans do not include a...Interesting. Hoffman's plans do not include anything major like that (and the cost doesn't seem to jive either). But you are rarely wrong on issues like this! I tweaked the caption.Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-37045337181896536282020-01-29T13:48:46.363-08:002020-01-29T13:48:46.363-08:00His name did not come up in my research. Cassini ...His name did not come up in my research. Cassini did live at 15 East 63rd Street, a few blocks closer to Central Park. Maybe that's the address you're thinking of?Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-72266542090531856902020-01-29T13:43:24.624-08:002020-01-29T13:43:24.624-08:00PS, Am I mistaken that this house was latterly own...PS, Am I mistaken that this house was latterly owned by fashion designer Oleg Cassini? The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-39946156846334917432020-01-29T13:39:01.754-08:002020-01-29T13:39:01.754-08:00I've long been fascinated by this house. As ev...I've long been fascinated by this house. As ever, you found fascinating history. I have to respectfully disagree that hhe groin vaults of the drawing room ceiling are by Sterner, although he certainly worked in that style. In the original floorplans, the space shows as two floors, with Sterners office below, and a drafting room above. The Thomases double height room was created by removing the upper level, and I suspect the finish of the room is Hoffman's work, and I believe is so-stated in one of the contemporary articles about the house when the Thomases owned it. The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.com