tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post5302174702891677083..comments2024-03-28T18:01:17.304-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The Lost John T. Pratt Mansion - 7-9 East 61st StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-63272751941633313492017-06-05T04:34:21.623-07:002017-06-05T04:34:21.623-07:00I could be wrong, but I believe that after the Sov...I could be wrong, but I believe that after the Soviets left, the Pratt house was sold to its neighbor, Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge who tore it down and incorporated its site into the ever expanding back yard of her own house. A noted dog breeder and increasingly eccentric as she aged, Mrs. Dodge purchased adjoining properties as they came on the market and eventually owned the entire site of today's 800 Fifth Avenue. By the time she died (in the early 1970's, I believe), her house had been closed for more than a decade, the windows shuttered and the huge back garden a weedy mess. It was the basis of many an urban legend when I was a youngster Magnuspetriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12625586892328226122noreply@blogger.com