tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post8369964690039254456..comments2024-03-27T15:11:31.862-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The Ultimate Family Feud -- The Lost Astor Houses 5th Avenue and 34th St.Tom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-54956677772679095022022-02-05T18:41:07.895-08:002022-02-05T18:41:07.895-08:00I just enjoyed your participation in the
podcast a...I just enjoyed your participation in the<br />podcast about Caroline Astor. Hope to hear some more. <br /><br />Greetings from Puerto RicoMaricarmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06982612087359874177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-597178372464737002016-05-12T18:24:42.704-07:002016-05-12T18:24:42.704-07:00Wow! Glad you had a good time and that the blog h...Wow! Glad you had a good time and that the blog helped at least some!Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-8712287688645042492016-05-12T13:00:43.625-07:002016-05-12T13:00:43.625-07:00Thank you, Tom. We have had so much fun thanks to ...Thank you, Tom. We have had so much fun thanks to your blog. If you show real interest and that you have 'done your homework', New Yorkers will show you their historic homes, doormen will abandon their post to show you secret places in hotels, a member of the Lotos Club gave us a tour, and they treated us like VIP's at the St. Regis bar(although 2 drinks were $65). What fun. Thank you!Phyllis Winchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178700544258809791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-64756389344683296352016-05-11T09:18:13.490-07:002016-05-11T09:18:13.490-07:00That was the John Caswell mansion, renovated for t...That was the John Caswell mansion, renovated for the New York Club. Here is my link:<br /><br />http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-lost-new-york-club-no-370-5th-avenue.htmlTom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-74129626093677101552016-05-11T09:06:05.471-07:002016-05-11T09:06:05.471-07:00Tom, Can you identify the building in the foregrou...Tom, Can you identify the building in the foreground of the last photo? The one with the awnings and ivy?Phyllis Winchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178700544258809791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-17809994341539322892016-02-22T08:04:48.275-08:002016-02-22T08:04:48.275-08:00Where can I find more information on the usage of ...Where can I find more information on the usage of the original "small brick dwelling?"<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855412564178486825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-25868352166856601452012-06-10T02:40:32.670-07:002012-06-10T02:40:32.670-07:00Thanks for the clarification on those two points. ...Thanks for the clarification on those two points. I noticed that Beaulieu was built on a fortune amassed by the guano trade. I wonder how proper Victorians got around that subject!Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-8582690409846622912012-06-09T19:17:37.300-07:002012-06-09T19:17:37.300-07:00I love reading about these social climbing Victori...I love reading about these social climbing Victorians. It's just so fun!<br /><br />Two very minor points:<br />1. The Astors didn't actually build Beaulieu. They purchased it from the Barredas after that Peruvian family lost a good deal of its fortune. I believe they did give that house its current name, though. It's interesting that both of the early Astor houses at Newport, Beechwood and Beaulieu, were designed by the English architect Calvert Vaux.<br />2. Caroline Astor did allow a few Catholics into her version of Society. I'm not aware of any religious Jews who passed muster with her, but there was at least one Irish Catholic on the very first published list of The 400; that being Countess Annie Leary. Before long there were a few others, including some Drexels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-6492574663727839232012-03-04T18:41:30.073-08:002012-03-04T18:41:30.073-08:00Great post. I just read A Season of Splendor : The...Great post. I just read A Season of Splendor : The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York by Greg King. I just made a post about The Gilded Age on my blog.<br />http://bluestockingmusings.blogspot.com/2012/03/gilded-age.htmlQNPoohBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941631487565237299noreply@blogger.com