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- Published on Nov 13, 2025
- Enormous mansions of Long Island's North Shore, nicknamed the Gold Coast, once represented America's largest concentration of wealth. From 1890 to 1930, the richest New Yorkers hired leading architects and landscape designers to build estates within 40 miles of New York City. At Oheka Castle, Planting Fields and Old Westbury Gardens, cost was no obstacle. Some families only kept the house for one generation. Several mansions are open to the public today - have a look at their past and present.
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Production credits for Treasures of New York: Gold Coast Mansions:
PRODUCER
Ally Gimbel
EDITOR
Darren Peister
NARRATOR
Susan Murphy
CAMERA
Bob Hawanczak
John Havas
AUDIO
Mark Kaufman
Dave Anton
Phil Antonucci
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Liz Muentes
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Kaitlyn Leidl
RE-RECORDING MIXER
Jon Berman
GRAPHICS
David Chomowicz
GRAPHICS PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Daena McBride
SENIOR PRODUCTION MANAGER
Judy Moy
PRODUCTION SERVICES
Manny Santiago
POST PRODUCTION COORDINATORS
John Garcia
Nadir Nelson
Jermaine Pinnock
PUBLICITY
Lindsey Bernstein
LEGAL
Antonia Carew-Watts
TREASURES OF NEW YORK
THEME MUSIC
Lenny Williams
MUSIC SERVICES
Rosie Fishel
Emily Lee
PRODUCTION INTERNS
Ayan Bramwell
Mackenzie Brewster
Lauren Clement
Wendy Faiola
ADDITIONAL IMAGES AND FOOTAGE COURTESY:
North Shore Long Island Country Houses 1840-1950 by Paul J. Mateyunas (all rights reserved)
Long Island’s Gold Coast by Paul J. Mateyunas (all rights reserved)
Collection of Paul J. Mateyunas (all rights reserved)
Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities
Planting Fields Foundation Archives
Old Westbury Gardens
Halcyon Days by Peggie Phipps Boegner & Richard Gachot
OHEKA CASTLE
Library of Congress
Prelinger Archives
National Archives and Records Administration
The Majors Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Diane Masciale
EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE
John Servidio
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I was born in Huntington in 1949. My best friend's daughter was married at Oheka Castle and I was a guest. I spent the night in a huge room with the most comfortable bed I have ever slept in. A wonderful experience.
Hi from a Minnesotan but former New Yorker who lived in Huntingto too
Get over they're lives they're all dead try to get some satisfaction in Your lives make it better looking forward to better yourselves
You should tell HBO
Dose that makes you better than those who were not there ?
@DeborahRunnellsQuit talking to yourself in the mirror!!
I love it when someone buys an old run down house and restores it to its former glory instead of demolishing it!!!! Thank you
So do I! If I had the money, that's exactly what I would do.
@DiannaGrable-fm8jd So would I, along with so many other things that were positive or good.
I am proud that I was able to buy and restore Old Revolution in Quogue, NY in the 1970s. William Ofgant-Brooke
Yeah, I would hardly call that an old worn down house but, I guess in a way it was. But it certainly wasn’t something someone poor could just buy and fix it up.
story of my life.
It bothers me that so few people will ever get to see and appreciate the beautiful interiors of these homes. So many artesians worked so hard on every detail.
Then provide funding
How wonderful that these beautiful old houses were preserved.
Good for you Mr. Melissa for buying Oheka and restoring it to its former glory. Now many will be able to appreciate it
The man who bought Oheka, is Gary Melius.
I'm so glad Oheka Castle was saved. Beautiful place.
Thank you, Amazing story. I was raised on 320 acres in Colorado. There wasn't any Mansion. Oh, but what freedom I had to roam any direction with my dog. Never see a human, find amazing plants, see Wildlife, and gaze at the Rockies. I loved that feeling... Freedom!
I hope that acreage still remains in your family.
FREEDOM all the way! 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦🇺🇸💙🇺🇸🌹
imagine the freedom the Natives lived on the land where you enjoyed your youth without the worry that the army or Government was going to kill you for that land only to use it for the money gotten for its sale and eturnel taxation.
@DS-nv8bi Please. You're a privileged first-world oppressor like the rest of us.
I hope you still have it.
Wow! This couple saved this beautiful mansion. Thank you for looking beyond a crumbling building, seeing what it could be and making it beautiful once again!
I had a blessed childhood living next door to the Vanderbilt Eagle's Nest estate. The whole area there was magical. I used to love walking down Little Neck Road in the winter in the snow, which sparkled like diamonds in the lights. One of our favorite summertime activities was driving around Eaton's Neck to Sand City and being mischievous teenagers at the beach and boating. Our neighbors had horses. I loved them! There are too many fantastic stories to tell here. My aunt still lives there nearby our old home.
Not wanting to ask a person's age, when were you growing up there.
@panam7472 In the 60's and 70's. Then I got married and moved to Boca Raton, Florida.
Wow what did your family do? I live on the north shore but out in Suffolk county , nice area but worlds apart lol
I was born on Staten Island, moved to Levittown, North Babylon, Fort Salonga, near Northport, then married and we went to England with USAF. NOW Colorado!😊. It took awhile to get used to being landlocked 😊My Dad was on the Long Island State Police Force and his office was at Belmont Lake State Park. So long ago😊❤
@HotSeat17 You must have amazing stories! Thank you for sharing ❤
I have fond memories of the Phipps estate as a child. My mother was good friend was married to the gardner. We spent many Thanksgiving and Christmas with Aunt Jessie and Uncle Ewan. Skating on the pond by the stables.
I love that. Grew up in NJ skating on private ponds. It hasn’t been the same living in PA. My poor son never got the chance.
Blessing to those who put so much effort in preserving these works of art
And to the craftsmanship and skills rarely seem today...
I really enjoyed watching this historical program. I love gardens & architecture & the history of how they came to be. I had no idea just how many glorious estates & gardens were once located on Long Island.
Was born there and lived there (Suffolk County) until my 40's and even I didn't know about these homes and their history. Of course I've seen and know all about the wealthy areas on Long Island, but it was always the Hamptons that stole all of the fame and glory. Fantastic video.
Growing up on North Shore of Long Island in the 60s and being able to visit those wonderful homes is something one can never forget. Still living on Long Island makes it possible to still see the Gardens and these truly magnificent homes.
If you want to know a great story. Approximately 10 years ago I went to an auction here in Pennsylvania where an auction company got a hold of the contents of a demolished mansion on Long Island from years ago. Sitting on the table was a massive turn of the century Nippon Palace urn made of porcelain and hand-painted, very elaborate. It had damage to the base. Nobody knew what it was but I knew what it was since I'm a porcelain expert. I got it for my starting bid of a mere $300 because of the damage. I put it on the internet and a millionaire from Japan was bidding against a millionaire Palm Beach Florida both were Nippon collectors for only the best of Nippon. They both purchased off of me in the past. Even though it was damaged it's still fetched $7000. That was my best Nippon story but not my best antique porcelain story. ❤
Hurray for you, THATS AWESOME!!!
Wow. Tell us your other story.
Great story! Talk about using your expertise. 😊
@DDBb993 You mean my very best story?
@voyaristika5673 Thank you. I have many great stories. Pays to have many many years of experience.
i grew up in Centerport, on the Long Island Sound, and our house was less than a mile's walk from the Vanderbilt summer home called Eagle's Nest. It had long been a museum when we lived in Centerport in the 50s and 60s, and we never tired of visiting it. Truly gorgeous and unique. How lucky we were to grow up there!
It’s still there and just as lovely.
Unfortunately Manhasset was not able to save Inisfada. I had the privilege to work there 13 years. Sold to developers in 2013 and they demolished this incredible mansion. Truly, unbelievable. It was a magnificient Elizabethan Tudor mansions in North Hills of Manhasset on the Gold Coast, the Brady mansion, built in 1921, I still remember such beauty of architecture and the grounds, amazing. Even though it is gone, wish you would include in this segment. So important part of Long Island history.
That broke my heart. The house had a beautiful chapel inside. The craftsmanship was unbelievable. Shame on Nassau County for not finding a way to save it. These Jewels MUST be saved.
Thank you for sharing that. What a loss.
Thank you for sharing this history here. For anywhere wondering at the name of the mansion - Inisfada - it is Gaelic for Long Island! Inisfada and its fate is covered here, by @ThisHouse: ruclips.net/video/wIlva2bK5fE/video.htmlfeature=shared
@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669 Thank you for addressing preservation. Fordham University received Inisfada's disassembled Saint Genevieve’s Chapel and in January 2024, commented on what might come next in the Fordham Ram: fordhamram.com/2013/09/19/fordham-receives-chapel-from-closing-jesuit-retreat-house/
It is a crying shame that these mansions are bring torn down to be replaced by crap.
I love this black and white retro footage. Evokes thoughts of "The House of Mirth" and "The Great Gatsby" 💗💗💗
This is one of the better documentations I've seen. Good narration, good interviews, well documented, and beautifully photographed. Thank you.
Thank you for POSTING REALLY ENJOYED IT. NEVER HAD SEEN A GREAT DOCUMENTARY LOVE LOVE IT. WHAT A LOST TO HISTORY THAT SOME WERE TORN DOWN. MONEY AND GREED CAN OVER COME ANYTHING😢😢😢😢😢😢😮
Any of the PBS ones are good
I hate the robot voice. Too cheap to pay for a reader, awful imo.
As an amateur history buff, I am fascinated at this bygone era of unimaginable wealth and status, the total isolation on Long Island that is now cluttered with suburbia. It is indeed a bygone era, never to be seen again.
I still try to imagine them building those elaborately intricate stone, marble, brick and hardwood mansions with horse and buggy and zero modern tools or technology. For some reason, it seems like a piece of the puzzle has been withheld from us because I just can't wrap my head around how they did it!! Now that we have all the equipment, the buildings and houses look like soul-less boxes with drywall or cardboard like walls and cheap, weak young pine wood studs that are spaced way too far apart.
With so much history it would be nice if all these properties could be restored. I truly enjoyed watching this video
Thank you for your Outstanding presentation about these Glorious Mansions. It breaks my heart to know that so many were destroyed. New York State should help to preserve our Long Island heritage and not allow such losses.
Thank you to those who work so hard to preserve our Long Island heritage ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤
INSTEAD OF ILLEGALS
The unity is just wonderful! Beautiful landmarks, interior and exterior designs. Loved the documentary, thanks for your hardwork!
Nice that the home was restored
Very interesting ! I didn’t know anything of its history ! Thank you for sharing 👏👏
I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEEEE THIS GENRE OF DOCUMENTARY. Brilliantly researched and presented. Thank you ❤️🕊️
Thank you for watching! This is part of the series Treasures of New York. If you'd like to see more, here's a selection of the series in a playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLZRf9OqttPLM2C_UhWSmHNj_Dc8BbWuli
@ThirteenWNET oh thank you .. I'll check them out xx 🕊️❤️
Wonderful story with vivid history of a bygone era. Thank you.
*The Gold Coast Mansions* -- i.e. *the* " *Before federal income tax homes!* " All joking aside, those that remain are gorgeous!
[The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution (ratified 1913) brought the federal income tax and the I.R.S. into existence]
I am glad that Oheka was restored. Coe Hall and the Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park (Oyster Bay, L.I., NY) are fabulous!
Old Westbury Museum and Gardens are amazing!
As Long Island became more popular as a place for well-to-do NYC city residents to have a summer and (at times used as) weekend
homes more and more of the original, local, fishing villages along the shore and the farming villages inland became enclaves servicing
the elite. To this day in places like the Hamptons, individual families still let out rooms to tourists from NYC.
After WW2, Levittown, Hicksville and other developments became places for the middle class to leave the city.
[The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution (ratified 1913) brought the federal income tax and the I.R.S. into existence] And that was the beginning of our enslavement and the beginning of the end of America.
I'm not into riches however, This is real Beauty! So glad they've been restored & enjoyed by all! It's a part of our History! 😁💕
Stunning homes. Thank you!
Thanks for watching. These families must have had some well pampered pets, too.
This is a fascinating program! As I get older, 70, I appreciate history more and more.
I prefer true history, not the mostly rewritten narratives our controllers have forced on us. You have to dig for the truth.
I have always felt that Old Westbury Gardens is one of the most beautiful homes that I have been lucky enough to tour. The North Shore of Boston is also called "the Gold Coast" for the same reason, as it was where the wealthy of Boston (and others like Henry Clay Frick: Eagle Rock and Edward C. Swift: Swiftmoore) built their summer "cottages."
I loved this documentary! I have visited a few of these homes but old westbury gardens property remains my favorite, the entrance, the gardens and the location all come together and become greater than the sum of their parts. I loved learning about these homes and the unique history of it all.
I was very fortunate to attend school in one of these great houses in the late 70s, early 80s. East Woods School in Oyster Bay was a remarkably beautiful mansion in brick and stone with large grounds big enough for woodland, a pond, sportsfeilds and vast lawns, with lanes of majestic old trees and huge magnolias on the south side. A surrounding wall, and a small caretakers house where my Englosh teacher lived.
I particularly remember the fantastic library on two open levels. It's still there, a small school (then only around 30 students in each grade with lessons held mostly in half classes) and as far as I know as lovely a school as it was in my day. Some of the kids lived in grand estates too, evident from the schoolbuds scenery, but many in more modest houses. My family had a small 3 bedroom home in North Port, Huntington, originally a Victorian whalers house, very snug for a family of 6 with only one full bath and a downstairs loo, but incredibly charming in a very quaint little town much like an old Norman Rockwell illustration. I remember visiting the planetarium too. It was a very different country back then.
I was very lucky indeed. 🙏❤️
I went to school at Dowling College in Oakdale, which was the original Idle Hour mansion built by Vanderbilt in 1882, that I just found out closed in 2016. There is an aura around showing up to the campus of an historic mansion every day.
I love finding treasures mostly vintage jewelry and vintage decor. Especially rare treasures! What a blessing and beauty to be to share my treasures with the world. These videos give me inspiration for my passion to keep selling here on RUclips, TY! Such beauty.🌎 👑🧚🏻♂️
I'm so happy that magnificent home was restored❤
I was born & raised on the north shore of Long Island. We used to fish and dig for clams where several of these estates are. Every now and then someone would come out and watch us, we would hold up fish or a handful of clams, they would usually smile and give a thumbs up. Don't think they realized what was in their backyard. FLY NAVY!!!
😍😍🥰
Long Island has some of the most beautiful homes in this world! I'm not just being a biased NYer. We are really blessed to have such beautiful landscape and homes. ❤
We always considered it be one big long garden. It's a very unique landscape.
I grew up on the North Shore of Long Island. It was an absolutely bucolic setting. I could not have asked for a more stunning environment in which to live.
I also grew up on the north shore of Long Island. It is a truly magical and magnificently beautiful place to enjoy nature at it's finest.
I feel extremely honored to live in such a beautiful and historic landscape surrounded by serene beauty and nature.
I cherish every moment that I am allowed to live in such a breathtaking and truly magical part of Long Island.
I would never want to live without the nature and serenity of this beautiful part of Long Island.
I feel privileged to have the opportunity to have lived and raised my children in such a beautiful place.
The music is driving me crazy.
I've always loved the documentaries on PBS, and I've always loved beautiful architecture. Kudos to Gary Melius for saving the beautiful Oheka mansion and grounds! If I'm ever in New York, I'd love to come visit the mansion.
Both of my Grandfathers worked at mansions. Lot's of great memories as a kid rooming around these estates.
Oh. Did a NYC resident write this? It's "on Long Island". Not "in".
HISTORY MUST BE PRESERVED!!!!!! SO FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN LEARN FROM IT!!!! JUST LIKE CASTLES IN EUROPE!!!! THEY ARE NATIONAL TREASURES!!!!!
What an amazing program I have just watched I live on Long Island and I have never seen any of these mansions I live in Nassau County. I plan to go visit these surviving mansions very soon. I regret not going all these years please please do not demolish these homes they are valuable in an emotional way more so than in a financial way thank you
These homes are stunning. I hope you will do a series on each one with more in-depth history and tours.
I agree, that would be fun.
❤
Are tours available for most homes?
Thanks for the history
These are fantastic, magnificent works of art. Mr. Melissa did a great thing by bringing back Oheka. Seeing it in decay was heartbreaking, and he could have done many other things with that money. Instead he gave us all something beautiful to appreciate. I can just hear the gratitude Oheka is feeling! 😊
I’m blessed to have visited some of this beautiful and historical mansions of the past and imagine how they used to be and how they have been preserved today. I hope to see more! Thank you for this documentary.
There is so much money in this country! I’d rather live in one of these than the junk they are building now. Come on people, it’s class and built the way things should be built.
_'Come on people, why isn't your taste like my taste!?'_
There are places built like this….you just can’t afford them, exactly like you wouldn’t have had one of these, either
Thank you from Scotland
You're welcome! Thanks for watching. You can visit the Fifth Avenue mansion of Andrew Carnegie (born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1835) if you come to NYC. It is now home to the @cooperhewitt - the Smithsonian Design Museum.
I used to live on the Gold Coast and these mansions are wonderful parks! I just returned from a visit to Coe Hall over the holidays, and walked through the Italian garden behind the main house one cold winter morning. You literally forget you are in New York, it’s so quiet and peaceful. After being away for almost 8 years I am so happy to return to visit. Thank goodness the few that are standing today are still well maintained, they really are a part of US history.
I hope the remaining homes can be saved and put to good use.
Planting Fields is stunning!..lets keep the World a "green & pleasant Land" for ourselves and all the other creatures we share the Earth with 🇬🇧 🇺🇲
Amazing story! I liked it so much. Congratulations to y 👏
I’m so blown away by the architects who designed these stunning mansions. Who were these geniuses? Love this video. Thank You!
They are obviously extinct judging by todays ugly and soul-less excuse for architecture.
What a cool man. To restore Oheka
Wow, the stained glass windows imported from Hever Castle now that is very impressive!
These Gold Coast mansions are like time machines wrapped in marble and ivy.
I use to go to Planting Fields in my youth circa 1970’s it had so many fantastic plants & trees.I love the area behind the pool where the paths are lined with roses and the footpath has a violet color. Absolutely beautiful
Oheka is beautiful!
Oheka Castle's original owner Otto Kahn had easter egg hunts where children found eggs containing $1000.00 bills! ❤️🙏
That’s a surprise! Do you know what families would typically be invited?
@ThirteenWNET It was originally covered on America's Castle's. I have the entire DVD collection so I'll check to see if they say. I communicated with the narrator for a while many years ago... I'm not sure if he's still alive. He lived on the Hudson River. ❤️🙏
Otto Herman Kahn
@BluesBoy-ij2rb Merci beaucoup! I combined him with Albert Vanderbilt. ❤️🙏
We grew up on Long Island in the 60's and 70's bobbing for apples on Halloween that had nickels, dimes, and quarters inserted -- we were rich if we got one of the quarters! 🙂
Wow! The Great Gatsby setting! I been waiting for you! Thank you PBS.
It's great to have you along for the tour!
16:49 Compliments to the Narrator wearing the Beatles tie. Now that's a find😂!!!
Wow!. Such a great mini documentary!. Loved the whirlwind tour!.
Yea, and these all stand as testament to 2 facts - man's pride!. And, ya cant take it with ya!. Wonder what they said to God when they met Him. Hmmmmm......
Thank you for sharing American influential, historical architecture ,❤
You are very welcome! You might also enjoy our Treasures of New York film on the Gilded Age architect Stanford White: ruclips.net/video/yv25Kx0dKBU/video.htmlfeature=shared
Amazing mansions all beauiful
I grew up near Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia and have lived in Florida for decades. This brought me back to the much-missed rolling hills and lush greenery of another place and time that was so much part of my childhood. Even the lovely brick walls and stone floors are a reminder of the grace and beauty of the North. Florida has none of this history and nature.
What a lovely documentary. I live in the UK and not far from beautiful historic houses, which thankfully are well looked after by devoted families and Historic England and The National Trust. It’s good to see that what remains of these North Island Mansions are being conserved and renovated and being repurposed for future generations.
The Power Broker, great book about this.
And a pleasure to see my favorite author, Nelson DeMille, in this.
Excellent
I think of Cora's mom who said she has a "cottage" there. Then I remembered the people we know and love from Downton Abbey aren't real. Lol they did such a great job on that show we can easily forget they weren't real people.
Hello again!! I was very pleased to see this video because when I went to school in Motorola and spent the summer, we did not get to that island. Instead we did Pátzcuaro, Irapuato, Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. I know that’s a busy place during the Day of the Dead celebrations! As you were showing going up to Morelos, it reminded me of some areas in Taxco, the silver city in the state of Guerrero. Mexico has so many beautiful places to visit. I’m so glad to have been able to visit them in the early 2000’s, before they were all redone for tourism. They’re still beautiful and probably even more accessible, but the quaintness is largely stifled.
Terrific video. I had the great pleasure of living in a Thomas Hastings home in Old Westbury called Stone Arches Estate. It has quite the storied past. Hastings is accredited to the NY public library, Arlington Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown, Manhattan Bridge, many estates not mentioned here except in the beginning. SAE was sorta saved by Pierre in 1977(?), but didn't undergo a full restoration until the 2000s. There's quite a lot of ghost stories regarding this beautiful property. The ghosts were a tad aggressive so I moved out...👻
Very interesting! I had no idea these homes existed on Long Island. You only hear about The Hamptons.
the Hamptons are located in Long Island.
long island is crazy rich. all over there’s rich people
Loved the video. Thank you. Excellent narration and background information. History is very important. I grew up on long island south shore. Went to grad. School in stony brook. Had the chance to go to port Jefferson. Montauk. Greenport. Take the ferry to shelter island. And visit roslyn great neck etc. Beautiful and affluent. Good job on the video. Thanks. 😊😊😊
I made a video about Port Hefferson. I used to take riding lessons on the north shore, went to Stony Brook for college. Still have an part interest in the family place in Montauk and friends in East Hampton and Wainscott. Took the ferry to Shelter Island when a friend lived there.
A different world.
My aunt graduated from Stony Brook college I grew up in Nassau county I grew up in Baldwin
We were neighbors. Grew up in north bellmore. Left in 1974 to go to college 🎓. Lived in 5 states. Now in the sunshine ☀ state.
We love Oheka Castle, and have stayed there many times. What an absolutely gorgeous place.
How marvellous of Mr Kahn to have his own Hill constructed!...much better than moving an entire village as happened several times in this Country (UK)...the unashamed Ostentation is a joy to behold...no Virtue Signalling on the Gold Coast
BRAVO GARY!! Thank you for Saving such a Beautiful old lady you are a TRUE GENTLEMAN.
I was fortunate to attend a Christmas Party at Oheka Castle 6 years ago.
Live in Muttontown on 4 acres absolutely love this area.
I visited all these mansions, and it was great to hear all these details and historic backgrounds 😊
Awesome narrator. I love PBS. Thank you ❤❤❤
Thank you for this wonderful documentary it is my favorite genre. I love the narrator is voice so sad to see those pictures of the crumbling castle but so happy that this man bought it and we built it!
"to create their own privileged society" -- to which I say, good for them! They made a lot of money and what a beautiful thing to create such lovely homes and culture!
There are so many more which could be talked about. I have even been into several of them.
These are all stunning homes, but it’s crazy how they spend so much money so much time and effort storing treasures on earth and then they died in these buildings are just left and owned by the state.
God bless the right person came thru and brought it back to its old glory ❤ all these buildings are sooo beautiful built during a time people cared and had pride ❤ unfortunately that lifestyle no longer exist, but it’s cool to see the beautiful buildings that they left behind
Fabulous
My first time at OHEKA it was still being restored-birds and squirrels were inside. Not Long after Gary would hold "gatherings," with everyone from politicians to artist (me) for lunch and conversation-sort of like what Lorenzo The Magnificent used to do in Italy. The most incredible home I've ever seen/had the pleasure of being a guest in...then some fool shot Gary :(
I grew up in Boyds Maryland, please see General Wedemyer Estate,my childhood home, i never thought we were wealthy,hundreds of acres to ride our ponies on,i was blessed!
I don’t believe they were happier than I am.
Very grateful for this extremely well done documentry
Very interesting, and very well narrated.
Love history good, bad, truth, and untruths. We are not perfect but we need to cherish our history so some of it is not repeated. 🇺🇸
i visited old westbury gardens and it was so so pretty
I grew up here, Great Neck, Manhasset.
Beautiful to look at, but horrifying to think of how all that wealth was concentrated on a selected few while others suffer.
"Was?"
@lindastill isc6919
"Royal Pains" was mostly filmed at OHEKA Castle.
Wealth it can be useful, when creat ,and build art,and beauty. I am glad they have so much money to spend so lavishly !
Yes blessing to all those who has presered this wonderful works.. that we can always rediscover this..
They should be preserved as part of history.