tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post8543374690232195057..comments2024-03-22T16:14:12.974-04:00Comments on Old Long Island: 'The Creeks'Zach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-88709043391770788002010-06-17T11:30:28.845-04:002010-06-17T11:30:28.845-04:00The house was very unconventional, The Herter'...The house was very unconventional, The Herter's were great artists and it is the home of an artist. It was a very colorful house, inside and out. Had extremely elaborate gardens. But, yes, not your typical grand house. There is a chapter in the " Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930, book that tells all about it.Gary Lawrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375743235145440915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-43685475559027724692010-06-15T23:54:50.227-04:002010-06-15T23:54:50.227-04:00Bland? No, no, no....perhaps it's because the...Bland? No, no, no....perhaps it's because they're being seen in black & white---they actually have a Whistleresque quality to them....serious artistic decoration of the timeThe Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-209737957607067472010-06-15T21:38:39.075-04:002010-06-15T21:38:39.075-04:00bad DED whup him soundly with a book of english gr...bad DED whup him soundly with a book of english grammar<br /><br />do my eyes deceive me. did someone actually design a house on li that wasn't a classical european pile. not that i don't like those grandiose piles but this one shows some initiative anyway. except for that strange but wonderful chimney piece, the interior in these pix is a bit bland but if DED sez it was better later, i'll believe him.<br /><br />security word def - "mudenti" - archaic Italian word referring to a cows quality by looking at her teethTurner Pack Ratshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611044946684881118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-34911397208928689362010-06-15T08:44:15.484-04:002010-06-15T08:44:15.484-04:00*groan*, I type too fast. I don't believe I u...*groan*, I type too fast. I don't believe I used an apostrophe in the possessive form of 'it'. E.B. White would be very annoyed.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-48628557437873253142010-06-15T08:42:58.032-04:002010-06-15T08:42:58.032-04:00When this place was owned by Alfonso Ossorio, it w...When this place was owned by Alfonso Ossorio, it was a marvelous strange sight, quite wonderful in it's way, purple, black, amazing sculpture in the grounds, surrealist gardens---so much more interesting that good taste, and the architecture was left alone, for another round of 'good taste' repaint later. Perelman undoubtedly has changed it more.<br /><br />Side note: Herter's brother, Christian, had a summer house, also by Grosvenor Atterbury, up near here in Seal Harbor, across from the Ford (now Martha Stewart) estate. The Herter place in Seal Harbor has never been altered, and includes original decoration inside. Most recently owned by James Murphy, Happy Rockefeller's first husband, who I believe was Herter's grandson?The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.com