Wednesday, August 8, 2012

'Oheka' Aerial

'Oheka', the Otto Hermann Kahn estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1915 in Cold Spring Harbor.  Click HERE for more on 'Oheka' and HERE to see the brochure from when the estate was for sale.  Photo from American Country Homes of Today, 1928.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's like having a tune stuck in my head, this is now and forevermore going to be Gatsby's house for me. Of course, yes, it is perfect for Gatsby. Just followed your links back through time and found this slideshow of what the restoration of Oheka looked like from the 80s:

http://www.oheka.com/index.php?page=restoration_gallery

-F

Anonymous said...

Zach - Any chance that you can get a hold of the original floor plans of OHEKA? I noticed that the website has one, but it appears changed given it's new life as a wedding venue.

http://www.oheka.com/floorplans/

I'm also curious how the indoor pool was situated? I'm assuming it was technically on the basement level, accessed via a passage under the courtyard.

archibuff said...

The perfect Gatsby spread indeed. The extensive formal gardens were wonderful. The quintessential Long Island Gilded Age estate.

Anonymous said...

"I'm also curious how the indoor pool was situated?"

I found this slide labeled "Indoor Pool" under the Restoration Photos slideshow on the Oheka website. If this attempt to link you there fails, go to the site.

http://www.oheka.com/uploads/SuperSizerTmp/Chapter-6-036.-w550-h550-p0-q85-F-----S1-ctrue.jpg?1292441307

-F

Kellsboro Jack said...

Was the PreViews brochure created before it was acquired by the sanitation department?

Aside, props to Gary for the link to The Great Gatsby (1949) movie ... I enjoyed watching it last night.

Reverting back to yesterday's topic, I do wish there had been more of a Merchant & Ivory attempt to visually capture the Gatsby era as they did so well with 'Remains of The Day' and its pre-WWII era .

The Down East Dilettante said...

LOL, I agree, Kellsboro--although even better, whatever the authenticity of the settings, would be a script and production that get to the heart of the deeply nuanced story, rather than just a line reading in fancy sets

l'il gay boy said...

Anybody else recall that an aerial image of Oheka was used to depict "Xanadu" during the opening sequence of Citizen Kane?

Perfect Gatsby, indeed -- even with limited bygone technology, I wonder why it never occur to any producer/director to use it?

More pointedly, is it just possible that such an American classic simply cannot be translated well to the screen? Each time I read The Great Gatsby, I envision something just a little different, and never quite what I've seen onscreen.

Anonymous said...

link to some more arial shots
http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ryr&CISOPTR=562&CISOBOX=1&REC=4

http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ryr&CISOPTR=562&CISOBOX=1&REC=4

also had a house in Palm Beach with same name.
http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ryr&CISOPTR=562&CISOBOX=1&REC=4

Anonymous said...

The Palm Beach Kahn house featured on the right.

http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ryr&CISOPTR=471&CISOBOX=1&REC=2

Anonymous said...

another L.I. shot of Oheka

http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ryr&CISOPTR=561&CISOBOX=1&REC=3