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A low two-story "lanai" wing in the form of a motel was added next to the swimming pool in 1957. Meanwhile, affluent suburban home buyers bypassed the area and the planned shopping and entertainment center was never built (although McCarthy's concept influenced the successful Houston Galleria which opened near an intersection of freeways on the ...
Designed by the Beaux-Arts architect Horace Trumbauer between 1916 and 1921, Whitemarsh Hall included six stories (three of which were partly or fully underground). There were 147 rooms across 100,000 square feet (9,300 m 2), which included 45 bathrooms, in addition to specialty rooms such as a ballroom, gymnasium, movie theatre, and a refrigerating plant.
The Empire Room was the largest and most lavishly adorned room in the Waldorf, and soon after opening it became one of the best restaurants in New York, rivaling Delmonico's and Sherry's. The Astoria Hotel opened in 1897 on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, next door to the Waldorf.
The high demand for luxury rooms has allowed sellers to increase the price of establishments, resulting in investors dishing out millions for some hotels. 4 hotels that are worth more than $1 ...
The Low Memorial Library (nicknamed Low) is a building at the center of Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus in Upper Manhattan in New York City. The building, located near 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue , was designed by Charles Follen McKim of the firm McKim, Mead & White .
Tarpon Island on Palm Beach was listed at $187.5 million when it sold. Here are 10 facts about this private island. Sold for $150 million! 10 must-know facts about Palm Beach's only private island
This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes.
The original 1753 collection has grown to over 13 million objects at the British Museum, 70 million at the Natural History Museum and 150 million at the British Library. The Round Reading Room, which was designed by the architect Sydney Smirke, opened in 1857. For almost 150 years researchers came here to consult the museum's vast library.