10 Lost MANSIONS of RIVERSIDE DRIVE

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10 Lost MANSIONS of RIVERSIDE DRIVE

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@bindilove3899 10 ай бұрын

Can you imagine the tourism these mansions would have attracted if they still remained. Such a shame that they’re gone.

@desertsunman5880 10 ай бұрын

The magnificent Arch hidden behind an Autobody Shop, covered in graffiti, broke my old-fashioned heart - wish I hadn't seen it ... Delusions of Vanished Grandeur

@ladyprudence6 9 ай бұрын

Urban decline.

@celticqueen9762 9 ай бұрын

Same here. 😢

@kealani6535 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely criminal to demolish those works of brililant architecture. At least now we have historical societies that have enough influence to save some. At the very least, the shells could have remained and the interiors repurposed for multi family or multi use. Very good video from historical and informational standpoints.

@Christina-71 10 ай бұрын

I was going to say the same thing! I'm just sick! Who will ever remember those ugly apartment buildings?

@charlesbarboza8591 10 ай бұрын

I live on Riverside Drive and it’s still a beautiful area in upper Manhattan. The Hudson River has been built up and there are soccer fields, handball courts a basketball court etc. it’s a great place to take your family for a picnic or to go fishing. The view of the George Washington Bridge is amazing. Also the view across the river of New Jersey is pretty spectacular. The buildings are beautiful and the tree lined streets gives the impression of days gone by. It would be nice if some of these buildings could have been restored and still existed. Washington Heights (157th Street and Broadway) went from Cocaine central to a diverse neighborhood that still has the vibe of being in the Dominican Republic. On a hot summer day you hear Spanish Music and people dancing, vendors selling their wares and amazing Spanish food. It’s a great place to visit if you’re ever in New York City. Boy how times change. Thanks for sharing. Be well.

@user-ml8ud6qd2u 10 ай бұрын

Go to Boston. To commonwealth Avenue. Amazing how all those buildings and housing are preserved protected and maintained. Also Newbury st. I lived on Melrose st. For 10 years and the streets and street lamps are well maintained. It is like going back in time. Small narrow streets. Maybe Boston has more money to protect the past. Or better land mark law. The south end also maintained and protected alot of its architecture.

@mariecolette9066 9 ай бұрын

You’re absolutely right about Boston. The lack of pathetic money hungry developers who destroy everything in Nyc don’t seem to reign supreme over those who treasure history over there. Also it’s the Nyc layout and the tightness of space that dooms itself. Consider ur city lucky. Especially in baseball/basketball lol

@brettsinger9565 9 ай бұрын

@@mariecolette9066 Yes, I'm sure they love all those last place finishes by the Red Sox, as long as you're talking delusions of grandeur.

@angelapleasants8285 10 ай бұрын

One would never have guessed these magnificent mansions ever existed. The exquisite details of each home are certainly not found today. It would have been so nice to see these nostalgic homes preserved. 😞

@schmancy2978 10 ай бұрын

Well said.

@chemokiki 10 ай бұрын

They should have saved everyone of them! They could have been our NEWPORT with millions of paying visitors yearly to support them. I know I am not the only one who finds the destruction of them deplorable.

@donaldrichardson9132 10 ай бұрын

My African paternal Grandmother who was born in 1908 In Macon Bibb County Georgia 31201 and Died in Macon Bibb County Georgia in 2001, Relocated to Harlem New York City in 1931 and lived with an African American Mullatoo Woman who was from Brunswick Georgia. The Woman from Burnswick Georgia was the Personal Maid and Companion to the Famous Jewish Female Ziefield Follies Vaudervile Starr Fannie Bryce. My grandmother often mentioned that there were remanents of the Gilded Age Mansions were standing on Fifth ave and Riverside Drive When She Arrived in New York in 1932; However the Redeveloped process had become when she arrive in Manhattan with the construct of the Apartment Buildings. Thanks for the video.

@susanpage8315 10 ай бұрын

That’s an awesome family story!

@donaldrichardson9132 10 ай бұрын

@@susanpage8315 Thankyou.

@Tootsie806 9 ай бұрын

What a fascinating family history.

@usmarinewannab1 10 ай бұрын

I grew up in Washington Heights. Knowing those mansions where there and demolished is so sad.

@ladyprudence6 9 ай бұрын

Washington Heights was a very elegant and revived neighborhood before urban decline of the 70s. Not the Heights that Lin Miranda knew (who was from Inwoid).

@jaclynroth1440 10 ай бұрын

The sarcasm In the adjectives used in this narration is hilarious. “This glorious apartment building” 😂😂

@BookZealots 10 ай бұрын

such a great loss to architecture. I noticed the first three apartment buildings were basically the same cookie cutter plan of each other . =/ Excellent history. Thank you for including the map. That was much appreciated. It's sad that what ever remains has been defaced.

@MORENA0807 10 ай бұрын

I wish this mansion was still available. The beauty of Rich Richest. The details of each rooms. Probably was breathtaking!

@rosiemcnaughton9933 10 ай бұрын

You are right that no one features these forgotten and lost mansions. I understand how they became "white elephants" that were no longer practical or affordable in upkeep, but the new buildings that replaced them certainly are boring and lack character. Great video. Very informative.

@PepitaBlue2 10 ай бұрын

Oh you mean like the apartment buildings of today ? 😂 As always, make way for progress...!

@rosiemcnaughton9933 10 ай бұрын

@@PepitaBlue2 👍

@rosepelzel4244 10 ай бұрын

That's so sad to see that arch sadly standing there bereft of its former glory. Overlooking the sad state of the world 😢 ....

@jcsgodmother 10 ай бұрын

I made a trip there just to see it when I lived in NYC.

@neilafacci5833 10 ай бұрын

They need to open up the arch

@teishahowlett6342 10 ай бұрын

Me and my Mom was just driving over on the Beautiful Riverside Drive yesterday, it’s so peaceful and scenic views…A very nice stretch of beauty..Expensive..

@meg7915 10 ай бұрын

I can't get over how crazy these houses looked amongst all the buildings around them. The houses are simply stunning but they never seemed to blend in with their surroundings... as if they were always going to be temporary.

@LJB103 10 ай бұрын

I like the Mrs. Clark and Schwab mansions. Neither should have been demolished.

@celiadileone2841 10 ай бұрын

It’s sad that the families of the properties sold for profit. Beautiful architecture lost forever

@annehersey9895 10 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed seeing NYC estates with names attached that were NOT Vanderbilt or Astor! These Riverside mansions were built much earlier in many cases than those on 5th Avenue which seemed built in the 80's whereas many of these were built in the 50's. I guess the 'Castle' look was very popular then!

@ilener1698 10 ай бұрын

Well finally a video that explains those massive stone walls under the buildings along the riverside highway. I’m a native New Yorker and even I didn’t understand why traveling by there feels like passing through Renaissance history.

@Dee_Vibe01 9 ай бұрын

It really did. Even reading your last line took me back (thank you 💝) to when i was a kid growing up passing by the wall, running my hands across it thinking. Wow this was once something magnificent ✨💕✨ oh how I miss NYC ❤ it’s just not the same.

@patricksmith2274 10 ай бұрын

They were too quick to demolish these buildings. Damn those developers!!!! LOL 😂😂😂

@veronicaroach3667 10 ай бұрын

Well - homes for a lot of prople, but what nasty, depressing looking buildings were put up in the place of the mansions. I think that a lot of that sort of demolition did not happen so much in major cities in Europe, which is why NYC is a pretty depressing place full of dreary blocks with no character, and Paris is Paris !!!

@patricksmith2274 10 ай бұрын

@veronicaroach3667 I have to disagree, New York is NOT dreary and depressing. Everyday I walk the streets in New York I see it's history/ strength/ diversity/ energy/ and beauty.

@710MaryJane 10 ай бұрын

😊 I lived at 894 Riverside Drive for many years! The topography and the scenery is amazing. Loved looking at the Hudson River on my daily walks. Now, I live in Troy, NY, near the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers. Sad, that so many mansions were torn down! You brought back many good memories. ❤

@pigoff123 10 ай бұрын

So sad to see such waste and loss of beautiful buildings

@peterruddick1952 10 ай бұрын

All the mansions were more beautiful than their replacement apartment buildings... only the ones that gave way to Fort Tryon Park saw something better in its place

@pmn2821 10 ай бұрын

So sad, such losses

@zuzuspetals38 10 ай бұрын

I wish they had incorporated the old mansions into the new apt bldgs 😔

@AliceLee-rj2ew 10 ай бұрын

Cool. Nice to learn about the fancy mansions of the past.

@lisacav6916 10 ай бұрын

All this money spent on beautiful homes just to be torn down. So upsetting. They should of just made them into apartments and kept the structures.

@grannyweatherwax8005 10 ай бұрын

Reminds me of what they still do in LA - buy gorgeous homes with interesting histories just to gut them or tear them down. Lots of people have more money than sense.

@agathamoldovan4028 10 ай бұрын

Yes but how many apartments could have been done though? Compare with the high rises buildings Clearly those villas were beautiful but replaced by “progress “

@kristenconrad8123 10 ай бұрын

I think they ALL should have been preserved. It's a shame that none of the Gilded Age mansions of NYC survive. And to be replaced by ugly apartment blocks! Sad. As much as I love Manhattan, their attitude toward preserving the past leaves much to be desired.

@grannyweatherwax8005 10 ай бұрын

There are few that still do exist

@lapislazulii141 10 ай бұрын

Had to make way for diversity

@soyyo143 10 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you for this great video! I had no idea! Keep up the good work!

@user-xd8pj2mm4t 10 ай бұрын

Unbelievable that they destroyed the magnificent homes

@Linda-pw8gx 10 ай бұрын

Wow! Great video! So much history there. I wish you would do a book on this

@CarlaGolden 9 ай бұрын

Try Heaven on the Hudson by Stephanie Azzarone

@ricdowning2283 10 ай бұрын

What an amazing time for Architecture that was. Sad to see such magnificent structures demolished so prematurely. The expense of such creations to build and maintain could put a wealthy person into the poor house. Thank you for sharing these glorious memories of the past, and its rich history of wealth.

@Suntan38 10 ай бұрын

All these mansions were so gorgeous but so close to each other, even knowing that these mansions had more space. I would def choose to spend my wealth in my privacy

@user-ml8ud6qd2u 10 ай бұрын

Great video. Fantastic job. 😊. Excellent narration. Grew up in long island. Lived in forest hills for 9 years. Lived in boston 10 years. Appreciate architecture and history. This was informative and 😔 sad. All those beautiful mansions were torn down for profit. But I guess that is the way the world works. Sad 😔. Wish we could preserve more beautiful mansions and buildings. Once I wrote something called departure. A beautiful old building being replaced with a new one. And the same men that put it together now have to tear it down. Departure. 😢😢😢😢. Nice video.

@user-ue2jf7mk5p 10 ай бұрын

They should not have been so quick in demolishing such beautiful homes! So much history gone! And in its place ugly appartment buildings! Such a shame!

@AuroraCAquinostar 10 ай бұрын

Fabulous , I knew that Riverside Dr. is somewhat important right by the Hudson Bay. What not to like it's a perfect settings for a private residence . To bad nothing lasts in this world and NYC is continuesly changing. I enjoy the area and live by Riverside 30 years +

@j1st633 10 ай бұрын

Born and raised 71st and B'day one block from Riverside Dr. and the park. Beautiful area. Go North to the 200 Street area, Terrible.

@colleent610 10 ай бұрын

Love the mansions and their history. I particularly liked the Elizabeth Clark mansion, as her family now owns most of Cooperstown NY in central Upstate. Strong line of strong women, as Jane Clark is in Cooperstown.

@smrk2452 10 ай бұрын

These kinds of structures could last for centuries in Europe, but in America only for a few decades.

@2012photograph 10 ай бұрын

It shame we cannot more preseve our City past compare cities who just as old New York

@CPWHUNTERGUY 10 ай бұрын

Amazing history Manhattan I love it so much!

@sugarcookiecube 10 ай бұрын

Anyone who says they wouldn’t want to be that rich and live in a home like those is lying!!!🤔🤔🤔

@grannyweatherwax8005 10 ай бұрын

I would love to be rich but no desire for a home like that. I like small and manageable. I’d rather have an average sized home on tons of land 😄

@antidoteify 10 ай бұрын

exactly

@paulrosa6173 10 ай бұрын

Paterno was the sharpest builder of the lot. That enormous retaining wall and platform (taller than the house) wasn't built for his estate. That was built for when he knew the city would reach that area and he would replace the house with apartments he could finally rent. The man was a realist.

@violetblue4317 10 ай бұрын

Pronounced Pa-turn-o

@paulrosa6173 10 ай бұрын

@@violetblue4317 -You mean accent on the first syllable? I forgot to use a phrase I learned in grad school. Paterno's was the only house of the lot that seemed to recognize the value of using the property for its "highest and best use" (available at the time). The sumptuous architectural detail in the surviving apartment buildings was/is as well done as the older mansions. It even looks like it was much better than the former house. They certainly cost more than all the "estate" buildings on the platform. I'll bet he didn't spend more on the house and stable than to make a suitably dignified home for a person of his wealth. If he had done anything less people might have thought he was nuts. Remember Edith's Wharton's Mrs. Manson Mingot in "Age of Innocence ". She was considered "very unusual" simply for building a town house so far about the existing development of the time.

@Equaliser9955 10 ай бұрын

Great show. Loved it thank you

@schmancy2978 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.

@GodsRemnant917 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video! To see the before and after is mind blowing. Thank you for sharing!

@schmancy2978 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@louisa4295 9 ай бұрын

I lived between West End Avenue & Riverside Drive for over 10 years. I know the monument at the foot of West 100 street very well. I jogged in Riverside Park. I had no Idea of the storied history. Large apartment buildings had replaced all the mansions mentioned here. What a loss. Great neighborhood though. Fond memories.

@mr.x8259 10 ай бұрын

You should set these types of videos to Chopin’s Funeral March.

@marionavellaneda7547 10 ай бұрын

😮😢 ¡cuánto desperdicio! Gracias por el video, muy bonito e interesante ❤

@hallie3183 10 ай бұрын

I grew up in The Hamilton! Its crazy to see what was there before my building. What a great video! thanks for posting!

@schmancy2978 10 ай бұрын

So cool! Thanks for watching!

@robinwilliams9979 9 ай бұрын

My my this is the most incredible Manhattan Mansion Homes that I every breath!

@shauncampbell969 10 ай бұрын

Hello; I was born and raised at 740 Riverside Drive, Circa, 1962. I know some of the mansions, that you are speak. This is a nice, surprise video. All the best Shaun 🦉 of NYC 🎉

@schmancy2978 9 ай бұрын

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

@Abijah12411 10 ай бұрын

Such beautiful architecture has gone away...at least there are pictures.

@petermendoza1170 10 ай бұрын

Excellent. Thank you. Yes I loved the homed on Riverside and the 90s

@schmancy2978 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!

@mottawa1 9 ай бұрын

There are still some lovely buildings on Riverside Drive which overlook the Hudson River. Many have wood burning fireplaces.

@uglyrose2019 9 ай бұрын

One of my favorite places in NY was the Riverside Park. I believe It is a great place to live in NY.

@diastoleny 10 ай бұрын

So glad I fled the city. Suburban life is very good.

@mariecolette9066 9 ай бұрын

The old arch is actually on Broadway and 193st and Broadway, not 216st. The mansion stood on what is now Bennet avenue. Fort Tryon park and Riverside park were places we grew up playing and hanging out as teenagers. Although the nearby schools never mentioned a word of the castles that once existed, if you explore enough and sneak over fences we definitely got the idea that something really big once stood there from certain clues in the layout of the street grid and blocked off areas with different types of really heavy looking discarded stone that matched nothing in the areas nearby. Growing up in Washington Heights was so much fun. Just too bad they should leave markers with photos of these amazing homes on the location that now stand there so everyone can know the history.

@smartdoctorphysicist3095 10 ай бұрын

Hi thank you great news, I will do a walk up there one day soon.

@HORSEYANIME2024 10 ай бұрын

Pls do historical mansions of Milwaukee Wisconsin

@schmancy2978 10 ай бұрын

Will add it to our list. Thank you.

@AuthorLHollingsworth 10 ай бұрын

Such beautiful homes, but it's so sad that the homes are gone.😢

@Lucky2beme 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating 🎉

@RichManhattanite11 10 ай бұрын

Some real good real estate still on that street…. I’d invest there

@CRs304dp 10 ай бұрын

Verrry rare OR cannot see these styles of beauties now

@Dee_Vibe01 9 ай бұрын

I always wondered how did such beautiful views become the projects? It’s so sad to see the beauty that was lost 😢

@Walker983 10 ай бұрын

XLNT Video. You're doing NYer's a favor by producing this . . . 😺😺😺

@313pookie313 9 ай бұрын

what a travesty to knock down such gorgeous mansions.

@Richardsonprincess00 10 ай бұрын

Never knew of these mansions on the Upper West Side before it's been demolished of the start of the roaring twenties

@m.f.richardson1602 9 ай бұрын

I loved all of them.

@user-th8hr3kt2x 10 ай бұрын

Amazing apartments. Discussing apartments. How could you compare the two as beautiful?

@familyiseverything1617 10 ай бұрын

Wow really

@larrygrimaldi1400 10 ай бұрын

Great! Riverside Drive is still full of nice housing---This year the Kips Bay Boys club Decorator Show house had one on the corner of 109th Street, used to belong to a turn of the century actress--- I was surprised how thin the house was, butted up against the next house to the south, but still certainly a mansion.

@doggydogdaily Ай бұрын

1)Charles M Schwab House. 2)Cyrus Clark Mansion. 3)Elizabeth Clark House. 4)John H Matthews House. 5)Doelger Mansion. 6)Samuel G Bayne Mansions. 7)Carrigan Mansion. 8)Paterno Castle. 9)Libby Castle. 10)Tryon Hall. 11)Seaman Drake Estate.

@frederica1977 9 ай бұрын

My great-great grandfather lived at 155 Riverside Drive in a fancy-schmancy apartment building in the late teens-twenties, which probably replaced some beautiful old-timey estate. While I enjoyed the video, it’s really depressing to see what was and the sometimes ugly buildings that replaced them.

@deniseboiselle6621 9 ай бұрын

I wish they were all still there!

@HORSEYANIME2024 9 ай бұрын

Please do a video on the historical Estates of LakeGeneva Wisconsin

@bettydoughtery3920 10 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@schmancy2978 10 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@angelrivera8558 10 ай бұрын

Wow all

@CRs304dp 10 ай бұрын

BEAUTIFUL 🤩 yes, very very sad 😢 for them to be demolished & burnt. Also to see graffiti on the remains of standing arch, where the auto shop is now.

@FyrFytr998 10 ай бұрын

That final one was sad. I can figure not one person in that neighborhood knows a single thing about how glorious that arch once was.

@luiszuluaga6575 Ай бұрын

That’s where I grew up and I always wondered how some of the buildings got their names.

@laurahosler1771 10 ай бұрын

This is just so depressing! 😢

@MONEYAINTATHANG100 10 ай бұрын

poor Marc, denied

@388Caroline 10 ай бұрын

Fascinating and sad also.

@jonathanpeterson1984 10 ай бұрын

Sad. Now they’re literally sinking into the harbor from tearing these dwellings down And replacing them with towers no one wants to live in. In Jacksonville Fl we have a area of town we call Riverside. They are the most beautiful pieces of property in all of north Florida I think. I imagine they got inspiration for the name from these beautiful mansions.

@fredjones3327 10 ай бұрын

From the wonderful ancient buildings , to the horrible modern buildings of today !

@Jett777 9 ай бұрын

I want to see the photos of them being built.

@kemrenae 9 ай бұрын

WOW!!!💕💕💕

@user-sr9se8pd1d 10 ай бұрын

Those damn developers they were even a problem 100 years ago nothings changed, right?

@hewitc 10 ай бұрын

Without them where would the rest of us live?

@baldeh4 10 ай бұрын

Some of my professors live there it is mostly Columbia University own now.

@Currygoatpapi 9 ай бұрын

Wow ok soo many of these mansions were converted to Buildings & parks

@tylerthompson1842 10 ай бұрын

Smart move for the one guy to have bought the house next door in anticipation for new development

@hewitc 10 ай бұрын

Schwab was born poor, worked his way up to be CEO of Bethlehem Steel but died poor.

@suzukibn1131 9 ай бұрын

They should’ve ALL been preserved!!!!

@MONEYAINTATHANG100 10 ай бұрын

FANCY Schmancy Indeed, gentlemen within!

@ceasarandrepont5331 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting this New York City history. Because I am from here New York City and know where all these landmarks are. They were all beautiful places at the time but so many are not kept up.

@schmancy2978 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.