tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post4389177059800465152..comments2024-03-02T21:28:03.033-05:00Comments on Old Long Island: 'Midland Farm'Zach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-58743189928327064562010-11-17T23:22:00.754-05:002010-11-17T23:22:00.754-05:00this boring blockhouse survives and buckmeadow is ...this boring blockhouse survives and buckmeadow is demolished. ah, welladay, twas always thus. i guess brain damage isn't limited to the lower classes such as i.<br />if nothing else, i fell off my chair laughing at DED's third comment in the sept 29 post on this mindless contraption.<br /><br />security word def - "misan" - colloquial southern US word indicating sadness over the absence of something or someone e.g. "Ah shore am misan that hound dog."Turner Pack Ratshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611044946684881118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-85634999147511236752010-11-17T22:14:07.020-05:002010-11-17T22:14:07.020-05:00Poor Brenda Frazier, she must be turning in her gr...Poor Brenda Frazier, she must be turning in her grave seeing what these people did to her "Meadowood" (what she called the estate when she owned it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-12027367226313049302010-11-17T13:19:30.330-05:002010-11-17T13:19:30.330-05:00Alas, criticizing the interiors of these houses as...Alas, criticizing the interiors of these houses as decorated by their current owners is a delightful spectator sport that is as easy as "shooting fish in a barrel". Will we ever see one that is appropriately and attractively decorated? I am losing hope. And note that the current owner has made an addition to the already enormous house. What say you that it is an awful, overscaled "great room" off the kitchen in which the family spend all their time, eschewing the never used, but far more delightful and appropriate public rooms of the original house.magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181183756484194127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-5860346415718908552010-11-17T10:00:45.674-05:002010-11-17T10:00:45.674-05:00British real estate giant Knight Frank is also pit...British real estate giant Knight Frank is also pitching the house but with a $15,500,000 tag - maybe for half a million more you get some British regency charm tossed in ;><br /><br />http://search.knightfrank.com/us1084835 <br /><br />I do adore the fine wood paneling, moldings and ceiling of that dining room. Then sadly you go to the all-white kitchen ones stomach churns.Kellsboro Jacknoreply@blogger.com