The Bloomingdale Brothers store (whose offices were located in the neighborhood south of Union Square) recreated in Troy, NY for HBO’s The Gilded Age. The Gilded Age in New York…
Read MoreThis is the latest installment in our Gilded Village blog series. The Gilded Age was a time of contradictions and change: extreme wealth and desperate poverty; political stability and corruption;…
Read MoreKatharine Fields, an intern at the Neighborhood Preservation Center (where Village Preservation is located), peers into the past. The “Gilded Age” in New York City – roughly 1870 through 1900…
Read MoreShopping in the Gilded Age Walking Tour In her new book The Gilded Age in New York, Esther Crain, the voice behind the popular blog Ephemeral New York, tells the…
Read MoreKnown as the Gilded Age, the period following the Civil War in late nineteenth century New York City was filled with glamour and bold, imaginative aesthetics. However, one person, and…
Read MoreKnown as the Gilded Age, the period following the Civil War in late nineteenth century New York City was filled with glamour and bold, imaginative aesthetics. However, one person, and…
Read MoreOur Gilded Age blog posts have previously looked into some of the major stores and influential people of the era in our neighborhoods South of Union Square. This period, from…
Read MoreThe Decorated Tenement: How Immigrant Builders and Architects Transformed the Slum in the Gilded Age Celebrate the release of The Decorated Tenement by Zachary J. Violette with an illustrated book…
Read More…in the Village, perfectly preserved 19th century interiors that we can still view, especially from the apex of the Gilded Age, are quite rare. Rarer still are they when they…
Read More…into the buildings we see on screen and in our imaginations when we think about the Gilded Age. The book is part photography coffee table book, part guide, and part…
Read MoreMany would be surprised to learn that Charles Tiffany, the founder of Tiffany & Co., known for the manufacture of goods which came to be synonymous with the wealthiest New…
Read MorePurchase “The Man Who Hated Women” Here! The New York Times–bestselling author Amy Sohn presents a narrative history of Anthony Comstock, anti-vice activist and U.S. Postal Inspector, and the remarkable women who…
Read More…New York, who conducted Saturday’s walking tour, recently released a book about this era in New York City, titled “The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910.” The Gilded Age in…
Read More…punks and skinheads and, above all, an emerging gulf between rich and poor. Image courtesy of Amazon. Esther Crain- The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910…
Read More…York. Suddenly, in contrast, the Square began to seem quite shabby. The younger set of the Gilded Age saw Washington Square as old fashioned – the place to visit your…
Read More…“The Gilded Gentleman” (produced by the Bowery Boys), and licensed New York City tour guide who specializes in the work of Edith Wharton and the Gilded Age, among other subjects….
Read More…was the product of eccentric Gilded Age millionaire James Lenox. His father Robert, a Scottish immigrant, became one of the most successful real estate investors and developers in New York…
Read More…can be found along Broadway. Given the street’s history during the gilded age- specifically as part of the “Ladies Mile- it’s no surprise that these buildings were constructed, and can…
Read More…(b. November 9, 1853) grew up at 118 East 10th Street. One of the defining architects of the Gilded Age, White was born into high society (and this row of…
Read MoreGreenwich Village History Contents: 1. Pre Contact, Dutch and the Eighteenth Century 2. The Nineteenth Century 2.1 The Federal Period, 1790-1820 2.2 The Empire Period, 1820-1860 2.3 The Gilded Age,…
Read More…“The Gilded Gentleman” (produced by the Bowery Boys), and licensed New York City tour guide who specializes in the work of Edith Wharton and the Gilded Age, among other subjects….
Read More…as the modern American economy was, in essence, the creation of four men: Andrew Carnegie, Jay Gould, J.P. Morgan, and John D. Rockefeller. All four were giants of the Gilded…
Read More…is a member of the Grolier Club’s board. She often writes about underappreciated Gilded Age women innovators. She is now working on a biography of Zoe Anderson Norris, and her…
Read More…Crain, writer of the popular blog Ephemeral New York and author of the upcoming hardcover The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910, for a walking tour tracing the life of…
Read More…Art History at NYU. Her recently released book, TRIUMVIRATE: McKim, Mead & White–Art, Architecture, Scandal, and Class In America’s Gilded Age, is the inspiration for this lecture and will be…
Read More…and work. Carl Raymond is a writer, lecturer, food and social historian, and licensed New York City tour guide who specializes in the work of Edith Wharton and the Gilded Age, among…
Read More…10th Streets would hardly elicit a second glance from the casual passerby today. But its unassuming looks belie the incredible story of how Gilded Age science and philanthropy converged here…
Read More…baron financiers of the Gilded Age, was shot and killed on the hotel’s staircase by his former partner, Edward Stiles Stokes. The two had been engaged in a bitter lawsuit,…
Read More…Library until the Carrere and Hastings site opened in 1911. The building at 425 Lafayette Street still survives and thrives as home for Joseph Papp’s Public Theatre. Gilded Age millionaire…
Read More…the June 26th, 1906 “New York American.” It’s a term which has been used many times since, but the original “Trial of the Century” for Gilded Age New York came in…
Read More…Why, in the Puck Building of course. L: the shot of the Puck Building’s gilded statues often used on Will & Grace; R: the Puck Building This large, regal structure,…
Read More…a limestone mansion at 25 East 78th Street, designed by Mckim, Mead, and White. He was a prominent member of high society during the Gilded Age. The area South of…
Read More…inequalities from the Gilded Age, reformers pressed for laws for better housing, women’s suffrage, personal income tax, labor protections, and far more. The era saw innovative ways of combatting social…
Read MoreArchitect Stanford White (November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) designed many of New York City’s most beautiful Gilded Age buildings, including the Washington Square Arch and Judson Memorial Church…
Read More…the 1962 dismantling of the Highline, a the interior of a Gilded Age rowhouse, how Veselka turned into a world-famous restaurant, or the historic 1982 Sheridan Square archeological dig. If…
Read More…titled Archie and Amelie: Love and Madness in the Gilded Age give a rather scathing view of the man, presenting him as the stone-faced owner of these blocks who “spent…
Read More…Gilded Age and acts like Patti Smith, The New York Dolls. Traveling from MacDougal Street to Broadway, we’ll learn how the folk and punk scenes were intertwined and interrelated. We’ll…
Read More…out of space. This was the beginning of the Gilded Age, when men of great fortunes with names such as Morgan, Vanderbilt and Frick were donating to New York’s cultural…
Read More…this time. The row remained a prestigious address for New Yorkers throughout the Gilded Age (as evidenced by these interior shots from 1901), though by the early 20th century, the row,…
Read More…1980), and is the author of Triumvirate: McKim Mead & White—Art, Architecture, Scandal and class in America’s Gilded Ages, (Alfred A Knopf, 2010), as well as Fifth Avenue: History of…
Read More…book, The Villard Houses: Life Story of a Landmark (Viking Press, 1980), and is also the author of Triumvirate: McKim Mead & White-Art, Architecture, Scandal and class in America’s Gilded…
Read MoreDuring the Gilded Age, Western artists and designers were looking outside of their own aesthetic traditions for inspiration. A resurgence of intricate, organic forms had taken the design world by…
Read More…and Newport, the social scene at the latter location became tiresome to Edith. The Berkshires, on the other hand, were growing in popularity and would soon see their own Gilded…
Read More…trim and arched windows. A wonderfully open two-story-high interior showcased gilded balconies, floor-to-ceiling cast-iron bookshelves, and alcoves for readers. When it opened, the library on Lafayette Street between East 4th…
Read More…cast-iron store and loft building features a neo-Grec design. In the 1880s, the building was owned by Gilded Age barons Robert and Ogden Goelet. Wheeler & Wilson, which revolutionized clothing…
Read More…Gilded Age, helping to usher in that age of political, economic, and industrial reform known as the Progressive Era. “They had never played fair,” Tarbell wrote of Standard Oil, “and…
Read More…and former Antiques columnist for The New York Times (2008-2016) and a member of the Grolier Club’s board. She often writes about underappreciated Gilded Age women innovators. She is now…
Read More…First female recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and renowned chronicler of life in Gilded Age New York. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney — Sculptor, art patron and collector who founded…
Read More…First female recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and renowned chronicler of life in Gilded Age New York. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney — Sculptor, art patron and collector who founded…
Read More…Edith Wharton — First female recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and renowned chronicler of life in Gilded Age New York. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney — Sculptor, art patron and…
Read More…is a member of the Grolier Club’s board. She often writes about underappreciated Gilded Age women innovators. She is now working on a biography of Zoe Anderson Norris, and her…
Read More…your bidding (dates are the week of March 1-8, 2024 or Memorial Day week, May 24-31, 2024). The Whiteface Lodge evokes the Gilded Age splendor of the historic Adirondack Great…
Read More…630 rooms — making it the largest in the nation at the time — along with three grand dining rooms. The hotel became a major draw during the Gilded Age…
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