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Millionaires Row, Riverside Drive, Riverside Park, I Love Nyc, Hudson River, The New York Times, Walking Tour, The Row, New York City

In the early 1900s, Riverside Drive almost eclipsed Fifth Avenue as New York City's most opulent millionaire's row. Many free-standing mansions were built along this breezy, leafy road for Gilded Age business barons and titans of industry, with unspoiled views of Riverside Park and the Hudson River. More than a century later, only two of…

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James A. Burden Jr. House 1905, No. 7 East 91st Street, Upper East Side Second Empire House Exterior, Manhattan Buildings Architecture, New York Victorian Homes, Nyc Mansions, 1920s Architecture New York, Historic Main Street Buildings, St Street, Modern Small Bathrooms, American Mansions

photo by Americasroof In 1898 Andrew Carnegie surprised New York’s wealthy class when he chose to buy land at 91st Street for his new mansion, far north of Millionaire’s Row. Carnegie had no intention that his proposed residence would be surrounded by neighbors of whom he did not approve; so he purchased several plots nearby that he could sell to whomever he chose. Houses already stood on 91st Street, just off Fifth Avenue. At No. 7 was the home of Martin and Margaret Mulvey. It had been the…

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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum‚ Smithsonian Institution - NYC-ARTS Carnegie Mansion, Miniature Train, National Building Museum, Museums In Nyc, Andrew Carnegie, Cooper Hewitt, Structural Steel, Protest Art, Walker Art Center

A branch of the Smithsonian Institution, this is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design. The museum possesses one of the largest design collections in the world. The collection is international in scope and ranges from one-of-a-kind to mass-produced items and includes rare books, furniture, ceramics, glassware, architectural drawings, metalwork and jewelry.

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