They’re both so lovely for different reasons, and the fact that they’ve both survived given their locations is practically a miracle,

I’m always so relieved to hear that these amazing structures are still intact

The second one was far better. The first one felt like a mausoleum! Thanks, Ken!

The second one. The first one was too cold!

Definitely the 2nd house. Although having an open courtyard would be the ultimate luxury feature for a Manhattan home.

I liked the second mansion. Warm and inviting. The first one was too austere! Glad they survived, Ken!

So many artisans got to live out their dreams by being hired to ply their craft inside these beautiful homes! (Architects + garden designers included.) Thanks again!

I love the second house, but the central courtyard in the first one was amazing!

The loss of such beautiful buildings you feature really depress me. It’s just so sad how so much of American history has been destroyed. It was so refreshing to see two beautiful homes retained and well cared for.

The Millionaire’s Row House was my favorite.

The second one is beautiful and functional. A place where, despite being very grand, it’s a liveable space.

The first house looks institutional, like a bank or a library. The second house is charming and seems very comfortable.

Great video. A history told that might be lost otherwise. Thank you for sharing.

Both are equally beautiful ! Think the one on Millionaires Row is my favorite. It is good that both have survived .

Ziegler had impeccable taste and it is astonishing that his houses survived. I wouldn't describe the English house as a progression from the Italian one though, just very different & top quality work from two sophisticated architects with a sophisticated client. I had never seen these pics before - thank you for finding them & linking the two houses - as they should be. Excellent vid as always! Looking forward to you doing 7 E. 95th street, the Edith Fabbri house!

His last mansion looked more like home to me. The first one was nice, but rather big and empty. I’m glad they both survive.

I preferred the second house - it seemed much more livable - the first house was dark and heavy - and stuffy!! I guess that was the style but it was too dark and gloomy with all that marble and dark wood. I’m really glad that these two homes have survived as when I watch your videos, I’m always wondering what is currently built there - I’ve only visited NYC a few times and it pretty much drives me crazy😀🥴🥴

love them both. I hurts that so many incredible homes, built by the elite from those days, have been torn down. Your channel gives us insight and educates us about what these beautiful homes looked like, back in the day. Thank you

Finally a mansion (or 2) that survives! ♥

Glad they still stand!! Since I am a Philadelphia gal….the second home is more to my liking..always had a love for our country’s early architectural styling!!

OMG, everything I love in a great home! Symmetry, logic, historical accuracy, balanced proportions, and luxurious without being over-ripe and garish. So splendid, thanks for sharing as always, Ken!

Excellent video. I would have to say that the midtown house is more to my taste.

Just love your videos. I pause and rewind twenty times per video to see details again.

very interesting story and beautiful home. Thank you for bringing this to us

I love your channel, was glad to see both homes still standing

I loved the second mansion. It looked like a luxurious but warm and welcoming home. The first one looked like an institution from the outside and inside.

Excellent detail and thought put into this video. Easy to follow the flow of the house.

Both! Thx for another GREAT Tour👏😎

Another great video and I like that it covered two different houses. I was so surprised at the end to find they were both still standing. I didn't care for the first one, all the stone on the interior would have made it feel cold. The second house was nicer, especially that amazing staircase.

@michaelplunkett8059

19 күн бұрын

Just needed tapestries.

Whew. Glad they made it.

Love his taste in both houses.

I could live in the 2nd house, the first one was cold and dark. Thank Ken!

If you google Academy Mansion NYC you can see current color photos of the first mansion. It really is quite spectacular.

@gandfgandf5826

4 ай бұрын

Yes. Those interiors are very grand and seem to still be intact.

@gandfgandf5826

4 ай бұрын

Street address is 2 E 63rd St, New York, NY 10065, USA and for those who like to see floor plans the halfpuddinghalfsauce blog has them. Can't post a link because YT deletes them when I try.

My favorite house, so far. The first house, that is.

It’s amazing that two of these man’s homes survived. Thank you for the beautifully executed double feature.

I live on 55th St. just a few blocks from the second house and have walked past it a hundred times. It is still in beautiful shape, although it now has a commercial client.

I enjoyed the first mansion more than the second yet liked both !!

The second one was my favorite, loved that spiral staircase.

Both magnificent and both still standing! I choose the second one I think. The first one really needs to be at the centre of a huge garden.

That second house is so lovely. There’s a house on Park Avenue that looks similar, I think it’s still privately owned today.

I loved both mansions

Hard choice bc i like features of both. I prefer crystal chandeliers overdressed Italiana ones and I love libraries.

I love them both

Nice video. Who owns these homes now in the present time?

They were both nice in their own way, but for me my Mansion "I wish" would have to have front, back and side yards. Thanks for your time, work and posting.....

I love both of them. I pass the 5th Avenue house everyday.

The second house for me and in particular the living room. I could spend many happy hours there alone or with friends.

Both are wonderful. I liked that they weren't so desperately ostentatious and were practical enough to remain standing to this day. Still just as wonderful. He lucked out having an Uncle rescue him from an orphanage but paid that life debt back in full by having an ungrateful first wife. I love all the grandiosity this channel brings. Thank you. 😊

I have to say, I prefer his _first_ mansion... Not that there's anything wrong with the second one. The first one just has that bit more of opulence 🥰🥰

The second, federal-style mansion is much cozier. I prefer it. ❤

I'm just realizing how difficult it would be to build a private home in the middle of a business district and not appear out of place. h, I think I like the second mansion better. No particular reason. Good report, Ken. Thanks.

The house he shared with wife #2 looked cozier and more livable.

N.Y. could have been so beautiful..

I like the dining room in the first house. I have a cast iron standing candelabra that would fit there perfectly. I love the stairs in the second one they're sexy and sleek.

The second one by far was warmer and more stylish.

I don't know I really love the first one! the second one is beautiful but that central courtyard !

Who lives in the last mansion today, one wonders? Strange to see air conditioners sticking out the windows of such a house. Wouldn't a more subtle system be affordable to someone living in that building? Also, imagine how nice to have that courtyard these days?

1st one ❤ but liked them both

Talk about turning lemons into lemonade! The man came so close to being an orphan.

I liked the library in the first house, but I really liked most of the second house better!

💛💛💛

I’m making note of both the addresses so the next time I venture into the City, I can visit them.

What are the mansions used for now?

Can we go in to see one or both of these houses?

Is this house open for tours?

I'll take the second one.

OUCH! At :34 "his father put he and Mrs. Brandt's kids up for adoption" should be "his father put his and Mrs. Brandt's kids up for adoption". That error really surprised me

Heaven on Fifth! 😌

❤😊

It is something it still stands. US will do a tear down to build a mickey dees. Is the first still a private resident, multi-unit or commercial property?

FYI--Millionaire's Row was upper 5th Avenue.

AH, Fitzgerald!

I prefer the second mansion. It's more my personal style. The first is nice but just too opulent for my taste. Though both are beautiful.

I prefer the last existing mansion. I'm glad that it wasn't demolished.

This last mansion wasn't as extravagant as the others in NYC, especially not in comparison to Clark's house, but still delightfully luxurious. I am glad it wasn't demolished, although making way for a hospital is at least for a good cause, unlike some disgusting brutalist appartment block or an upteenth skyscraper. I hate skyscrapers, the blandest building type, mostly characterized by a hard-on for heights. Corporate symbols are always terrible.

It's great they are both still standing. Are they both still used as homes? Or offices? Great video Ken. I liked both houses, though the first was my favorite.

@ThisHouse

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Neither of them are used as homes anymore, but they each (surprisingly) retain many of their original interior finishes!

5th Avenue

The 2nd house.

Was one of these mansions exteriors used in the movie "Kate and Leopold"?

@ThisHouse

4 ай бұрын

I haven’t seen the movie, but I don’t remember reading that either of them were used as backdrops

@judithmitchell4667

4 ай бұрын

@@ThisHouse I was just curious. One of them looks like it. It takes place in modern times NYC about a rich character who grows up in the house in the 1800's when the Brooklyn bridge was being built and accidentally falls off it into a time wormhole and finds himself in modern times at the same part of NYC. They mention that his house is one of the few mansions still standing and is now a museum. It starred Hugh Jackman and Meg Ryan - Excellent film. Check it out sometime. Have a lovely day. Blessings - Judith 🎤🎭

@ThisHouse

4 ай бұрын

@@judithmitchell4667 sounds like a movie I’d enjoy, thanks for recommending it!

First house

The second one by far. The first was too cold and sterile with no sense of livability, like living in a tomb. The second one felt like you could move in and be comfortable.

Who owns them now?

@nottera

3 ай бұрын

The first one was bought by Leonard Blavatnik years ago

Please consider doing the Jerome Mansion in Manhattan. Jerome was Winston Churchill's maternal grandfather. On East 26th Street, it later was the location for the legendary Manhattan Club - politicians, horse breeders, millionaires, some scandals. Thanks 🙏

@ThisHouse

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the suggestion, cheers!

WHO OWNS THEM NOW..... YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR A LOOK INSIDE

Italian derived words with "zz" are pronounced TZ, eg pizza, You dont say Peeza do you? same with palazzo = pronounced "palatzo"

I actually think the second house was/is nicer. It was more traditional and "warmer" than the first. The first was too sterile, no paintings hanging anywhere and didn't show any kind of character. Kind of " blah."

Luckily, that millionaire's mansion didn't get bulldozed and replaced with a hospital. We just have too many hospitals around. And not enough signs of opulent wealth.

@neoream3606

2 ай бұрын

Just kidding I do love your channel

can someone explain how 30 million (inheritance) is the "modern day equivalent" of more than a billion dollars and the 1 million (cost of the house) is the modern day equivalent of 18 million dollars?

@ThisHouse

4 ай бұрын

Great question! His inheritance not only included cash, but a controlling interest in Sr.’s companies. Also, the dollar inflated significantly between the time of Sr.’s passing and when junior built the house

Best not to say "modern day"as a synonym for " today" . All UsA history is modern really.

Pronounced “ Warrick-shir (as in shirt).

@ThisHouse

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

It's pronounced 'wah rick sha' not 'war wick shy er'. I know that doesn't make sense but that's the way it is.🙃

@ThisHouse

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the clarification

You could improve your presentation tremendously with an explanation of where millionaire’s row actually is in Manhattan. A small map shot plus diagram.