Tallest in the world for 41 years and saved by King Kong… Location: 350 5th Ave between 33rd and 34th StreetsBuilt: 1931Architect: William F. Lamb of Shreve, Lamb & Harmon The first in the world to rise over 100 stories, and constructed in mere 14 months, the Empire State Building stood as the tallest in…
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Consuelo Vanderbilt – A Wedding on Fifth Avenue
The most Gilded Wedding of the Gilded Age The main American export of the Gilded Age was not cotton, not tobacco, not flaxseed, rice, tar, or turpentine… it was the American bride. Refined, educated, and groomed for every social situation, exquisitely dressed, beautiful, and fantastically wealthy – the American heiresses, joined in matrimony with the…
Tiffany Blue
If you ever wanted to paint a room with that delicate shade of robin egg blue – you are fresh out of luck! Pantone color No. 1837, called Tiffany Blue, is trademarked by Tiffany and Co and not commercially available. Also trademarked is a little blue box with the white satin ribbon tied around it:…
Alva Vanderbilt’s Party of the Century
When Alva Vanderbilt built a home, she built a castle, and when she threw a housewarming party, it was the party of the century. Alva Vanderbilt, the wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt (Cornelius Vanderbilt’s grandson), had a mission: to carve out her own rightful place in Gilded Age society. At the time the undisputed leader…