Found somewhere along Columbus Circle
Architecture that Liz Likes:
1. Ostentatious, 2. Old, 3. Colossal, and 4. Superfluous
Jan 08
Nov 06
Jan 19
Milan Cathedral
Largest Gothic Cathedral, second largest Cathedral in the world.
It took five centuries to complete (1386 -1965).
Need to visit. Click to enlarge
Dec 29
Aug 27
The Breakers, Newport, RI.
This is how big my house needs to be, if not larger.
Details of note: Upper and lower loggia facing the sea, Italian portico on the side of the house, arched fish fountain underneath the Great Hall stairs, semi-circle Music Room
Jul 03
SO COOOOOOOOOL. yay for another distraction from studying!
Jun 15
William K Vanderbilt’s 660 Fifth Avenue Mansion
Spanish Revival Architecture
“Past an entrance vestibule lined in delicately carved stone drapery, the long main hall neatly bisected the house. Its walls of finely detailed Caen stone contrasted with the elaborate wood ceiling. Midway through the hall, ont he right, an ornate stone arch opened onto the grand staircase. Around the rest of the hall, the principal entertaining rooms were arranged. A French Renaissance library and a reception room with intricate inlaid paneling faced Fifth Avenue; within a few years, the latter room was redecorated using a set of carved 17th century Grinling gibbons limewood pendants. On the 52nd street side was a gold and white Regence salon with a ceiling painting by Paul Baudry and an ornate beamed-ceiling breakfast room that featured Rembrandt’s portrait The Noble Slav. Across the rear of the house, a two-story stone banquet hall had lower walls paneled in carved, quartered oak. During the day, the large stained-glass windows surrounding the room’s upper walls bathed the 35-by-50-foot space in soft colors. The last room on this level was the exotic Moorish billiard room tucked behind the staircase. All the rooms could be thrown open on gala nights to accommodate the large throngs the Vanderbilts entertained.
Suites for Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt and for their three children occupied the next two floors. Mirrors, hand-painted with blossoming cherry trees, paneled Mrs. Vanderbilt’s bathroom. On the third floor above the great hall, a gymnasium was later converted into an Elizabethan-style supper room.”
1883 - 1926. What a waste of work.
“In February 1926, wreckers leveled Richard Morris Hunt’s beautiful early French Renaissance chateau and carted the remains to an anonymous landfill. Today, a rather mundane office building stands on the site where Alva and William K. Vanderbilt once conquered society’s “400.”
What 5th Avenue used to look like in the early 20th century.
Closest, William H Vanderbilt’s mansion- on the far side with Spanish architecture, William K Vanderbilt’s mansion.
I wish they took pictures of the insides before it got demolished :(
Stupid office buildings.
Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy
Largest baroque fountain in the city. Backdrop is a real palace.
Click to enlarge.
Jun 14
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Floorplan to Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s Mansion.
Who knew there was that much space in NYC? (12 bedrooms, not including the 2 nurseries and separate rooms for closets/bathrooms..)
Originally uploaded by Chauncy.Primm
