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Showing posts with label gertrude rhinelander waldo. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 7, 2016

The Rhine and The Kaiser -- Nos. 1716-1722 2nd Avenue

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In 1876 Gertrude Rhinelander married stockbroker Francis Waldo.   It was apparently a marriage sparked by love.   The new husband of ...
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Thursday, August 8, 2013

The Mansion in the Shadow -- No. 28 East 72nd Street

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photo by Alice Lum In 1885 the architectural tradition of Manhattan’s great houses was changing.    William Kissam Vanderbilt’s wife, Al...
Friday, April 9, 2010

The Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion - Madison Avenue at 72nd Street

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photo by Alice Lum When the William K. Vanderbilts broke the brownstone tradition with his French Renaissance Fifth Avenue mansion in ...
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Born in Dayton, Ohio, I relocated to New York city in 1978. An author, blogger, lecturer and historian, I have written the histories of more than 5,000 locations in Manhattan (as of March 2025). I am the author of "Seeking New York" and "Seeking Chicago," and contributed to several other books, and consulted for pieces in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and similar publications..
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