Half Pudding Half Sauce

"The appropriation for a house should be divided into two equal parts, one-half for the house, the other for the gardens, pathways, court, approach, terrace and the rest of it, or, as it might be termed, one-half for the pudding, the other for the sauce." Architect Thomas Hastings

Saturday, December 19, 2015

The Tiffany House - The House of a Hundred Flues.

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    The mansion of Mr. Tiffany at Madison avenue and Seventy-second street is virtually completed as to its exterior. It must be almost, if ...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015

DESIGN FOR A CHRISTMAS CARD

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Greville Rickard, 1925        Pulitzer Fountain , with  Cornelius Vanderbilt's mansion and Heckscher Building in the backgro...
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Christmas Card of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss from Dumbarton Oaks

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Christmas Card of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss, 1934. Dumbarton Oaks  Follow THIS LINK for past holiday cards and stories.
Monday, November 23, 2015

FIFTH AVENUE, LOOKING NORTH FROM FIFTY-FIRST STREET, CIRCA 1880'S

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FIFTH AVENUE, LOOKING NORTH FROM FIFTY-FIRST STREET, CIRCA 1880'S      At the corner is William H. Vanderbilt's 640 Fifth Avenue...
Monday, November 9, 2015

If Jay Gatsby Knew Marshall Field III

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    Jay Gatsby lived on the North Shore of Long Island, and if he had existed he would have met Marshall Field III at one party or another;...
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Monday, August 17, 2015

William A. Fisher 1791 Wellesley Drive Detroit, Michigan

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September 21, 1886 – December 1969      William Andrew Fisher was born in 1886 in Norwalk, Ohio. William was the last of the Fisher...
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SUMMER RESIDENCE OF MR. WILLIAM A. FISHER GROSSE ILE, MICHIGAN

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SUMMER RESIDENCE OF MR. WILLIAM A. FISHER RICHARD H. MARR - ARCHITECT  THE WEST ENTRANCE FRONT OF THE HOUSE FROM THE DRIVEWAY LO...
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