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Does anyone know if there are any records regarding the sale of the estate? Perhaps it’s the businessman in me, I would be really interested to see how much it sold for and who bought it. I wonder how real estate prices in the this area compared to Manhattan at the time.
This is such a cool video! Out of curiosity, where is it from? Is it a home movie, or is it some kind of local news story or documentary?
Wow! It’s incredible how different the area was. Wouldn’t mind one of those houses myself…. I wonder if these houses helped inspire the people who built the building I now live in. They were part of that conservationist city ugly movement that wanted to avoid NYC’s urban nature but still enjoy somewhat convenient access.
I know that the people who lived in my building (see the relevant post in the houses of Spuyten Duyvil section) despised the bridge. From what I recall, it seems that most locals did. Odd considering that it would presumably boost property values. Do any of y’all know more about local opposition/support for the HH brdige?
Do you think that we could do some stuff about the estate section of Riverdale here? There are certainly a fairly high number of notable older houses there…..
Do you think that we could do some stuff about the estate section of Riverdale here? There are certainly a fairly high number of notable older houses there…..
I can start this off by talking about the apartment building I live in. I live in the Villa Rosa Bonheur (see my profile picture for an image of it). It was designed by Robert Garner, the same architect as the more famous Villa Charlotte Bronte. The building’s namesake was a notable French painter whose most famous painting is known as the Horse Fair (you can see it at the Met, it’s huge). The building was designed, like the Bronte buildings, to hearken back to a simpler, more rural time. The architect worried about the expansion of what he saw as “the city ugly”, and hoped that Spuyten Duyvil could serve as a refuge. Both of these buildings pre-date the Henry Hudson Bridge, and serve as a charming contrast to the large high-rises for which the area is best known. If you live in an interesting house or know of one, please share!
