tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post758016730871859583..comments2024-03-22T16:14:12.974-04:00Comments on Old Long Island: The Henry F. Atherton EstateZach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-70808731391397269052013-01-13T08:48:14.762-05:002013-01-13T08:48:14.762-05:00Sorry, that's 21 acresSorry, that's 21 acresJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903164977353718719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-80783695294155113802013-01-13T08:38:05.449-05:002013-01-13T08:38:05.449-05:00Re: Alida Livingston's octagon house.
2 adjac...Re: Alida Livingston's octagon house. <br />2 adjacent lots totaling 11acres on the market for $3m, unsure of existence of the house, but the listing makes no mention of it. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903164977353718719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-86623414180942227362013-01-09T21:03:09.622-05:002013-01-09T21:03:09.622-05:00Since no one's said it outright --
I think t...Since no one's said it outright -- <br /><br />I think this is a lovely house. Very Long Island, and representative of much of what was built elsewhere over the next forty or fifty years. Who knows what's become of the interiors, but a succession of owners have kept something of the grounds intact, and the exterior seems fairly pristine.<br /><br />Nowadays, it would be unfair to ask anything more.The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-43010674065575564092013-01-08T02:46:30.268-05:002013-01-08T02:46:30.268-05:00NSP
Anyone know the fate of the Alida Livingston h...NSP<br />Anyone know the fate of the Alida Livingston house further East on Remsens, near Donna drive? Wonderful, manageable, octagon Delahanty that was for sale with no protection?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-8437936337597906362013-01-07T23:48:46.646-05:002013-01-07T23:48:46.646-05:00Anon
Bel Air Ct & Fairway Ct were subdivided s...Anon<br />Bel Air Ct & Fairway Ct were subdivided simultaneously with preserved acreage deeded to the village. Not disagreeable at all considering what's typically done. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-67360600893873740922013-01-07T23:30:04.934-05:002013-01-07T23:30:04.934-05:00Zach (and everyone else) --
By way of Obit...
ht...Zach (and everyone else) --<br /><br />By way of Obit...<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/arts/design/ada-louise-huxtable-architecture-critic-dies-at-91.html?hp&_r=0The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-28906945630181341962013-01-07T22:57:58.981-05:002013-01-07T22:57:58.981-05:00HPHS once again makes the decisive post.
HPHS -- ...HPHS once again makes the decisive post.<br /><br />HPHS -- Since you seem to have magical powers with maps that I don't begin to understand, please consider my suggestion about the imposition of old maps with original roads.<br />The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-10050011259397043982013-01-07T22:33:13.795-05:002013-01-07T22:33:13.795-05:00Actually, the owners of the house in the woods see...Actually, the owners of the house in the woods seem to have some taste. I didn't even notice the other Carbuncles (oh, Ancient, how do I love thee? Let me count the carbuncles...) because I was so startled by the ugliness of the one with the orange tile roof. <br /><br />Are there no landscape architects practicing on Long Island who know how to do anything but those damned forecourt driveways?<br /><br />Ada Louise Huxtable has died. She's have known what to say about such things.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-20345184573173738072013-01-07T18:57:24.547-05:002013-01-07T18:57:24.547-05:00Anon --
I'm not sure. I couldn't tell whe...Anon --<br /><br />I'm not sure. I couldn't tell whether it was older or just small. But it looks as if it's been modernized -- at least -- within the not too distant past, don't you think?<br /><br />Anyone familiar with the neighborhood?<br /><br />AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-27134485809203133342013-01-07T18:49:59.284-05:002013-01-07T18:49:59.284-05:00The area in question was a open field in 1966 -
ht...The area in question was a open field in 1966 -<br />http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=1.6E-05&lat=40.8398879540821&lon=-73.5643230000002&year=1966<br /><br />The house buried in the trees was built in 1994.HalfPuddingHalfSaucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05322213537553774149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-60547465787288189382013-01-07T17:37:21.418-05:002013-01-07T17:37:21.418-05:00Ancient -
What do you make of the fact that Carbun...Ancient -<br />What do you make of the fact that Carbuncle # 2 seems to have an older roofline and is set in a more densely treed lot?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-22971751191196119762013-01-07T14:02:44.406-05:002013-01-07T14:02:44.406-05:00And those seven carbuncles on Bel Air Ct -- are th...And those seven carbuncles on Bel Air Ct -- are they occupying the former front acreage?<br /><br />(It would be fun to be able to superimpose pre-War road maps on the current satellite pictures from Google and Bing...)The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-37806010430573559252013-01-07T11:03:31.226-05:002013-01-07T11:03:31.226-05:00I would concur.I would concur.Zach L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-12265799891613628942013-01-07T10:06:27.391-05:002013-01-07T10:06:27.391-05:00 Re 9:24 i would lean in that direction, Re 9:24 i would lean in that direction, chipon1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-29265345622068286812013-01-07T09:24:20.572-05:002013-01-07T09:24:20.572-05:00Any chance the property to the west is the stables...Any chance the property to the west is the stables/farm group from the estate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com