How Did Solomon Guggenheim Live? Inside Villa Carola
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Dive into the opulent life of Solomon Guggenheim and his magnificent home, Villa Carola. Discover the rich history behind the multicolored brick mansion, its grand gardens, and stunning interiors. From his beginnings in the mining industry to his transformation into an art collector, Guggenheim's story is one of passion and legacy. Don't miss this fascinating journey through a house that is itself a work of art. Subscribe now and explore This House with us!
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Lovely house. Side note... Solomon's younger brother, Benjamin, went down with the Titanic in 1912.
I can honestly say this house was my absolute favorite!!!
It’s always great to hear that one of the grand places has survived. I loved the courtyard.
I love that doorways were all unique, and not repetitive. Very creative way to add to the home's splendor!
I am so happy this house has survived
What I wouldn't do for a tour! The Guggenheims get overlooked when it comes to the most important business families of The Gilded Age, but in some ways, they are even more important than the Vanderbilts and the Astors, and are at least as important to our national cultural life as The Rockefellers. Thanks for another amazing video, Ken!
I try to never miss an episode of "This House", I just don't comment very often!
0:12 That is one Wicked House...I can only be in awe of the colourful combination outcome.
I am so glad this house survives! I love that entry grill with the bird of paradise design and the checkerboard entry hall. And the gardens! And those fountains!
2:20 😳👀😳
What a Grand Entrance!
Would loved 🥰 to seen the colourful gardens.
Amazing!
There are some great current photos online of the Village Club of Sands Point. Really beautiful building; the old home is living it's best life over 100 years later. :D
This is my favorite house so far! I've been watching for years but this really sends me!👍
As always, stellar research and commentary. (Thank god for Peggy and the art she saved from destruction.)
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PLEASE!
Never 🛑 entertaining us with new fantastically addictive viewing.
I always love ♥️ seeing when you have posted. 😊
Have a truly wonderful, safe weekend.
I’m so glad you enjoyed this, cheers!
5:49 YES! 🙌🏼
Thank you so much 😊 I worried the entire time about it’s demise.
This was a Fairytale Story...
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Totally 💯% Amazing 🤩 that he still had a vast amount of accrued wealth.
To continue his passion during The Great Depression.
I WISH I could have heard the Pipe Organ playing!
Beautiful mansion; tastefully designed and decorated. It’s hard to even imagine being able to live there! Thank Heavens it was repurposed and saved!
Ohhh!!. Can't wait to see the Duke house!!!. There's still one left standing!. Still facing central park too!. And it's still a private residence.
Wow wow wow magnificent
There are not many brick homes where I live, so I've only recently seen (online video tours) homes with colored brick. This must have been stunning. I like the whole restrained Mediterranean vibe, and the extra artistic touches, such as the iron grille, fancy unique door surrounds, and the paneling in that room. There is something more 'grounded' in the feel of this home, which I greatly prefer to the slick marble and gold everything in many of the Gilded Age mansions. I'm happy to hear that the building is still in use, though from the aerial photo the footprint appears different. I'll have to check it out. Thanks, Ken. :)
The terracotta carvings and rosettes around the windows reminds me of the majestic theater in East Saint Louis.
Love the exterior and gardens!
I love the brick on the outside of the house.
Fascinating history.
Thanks Ken, for another great tour. I have been to Villa Carola on the outside, so it was fascinating to see how beautiful it is on the inside! The Carriage House is another architectural beauty by itself as well. Sands Point is a hotspot of beautiful old mansions.
C
There seems to have been a society created formula for such houses of that period. (Ex. Vizcaya in Miami)
All those grand boxes to be checked! ✅
I love a limestone vestibule.
There is another house that was purchased by Solomon Guggenheim around 1900, it was located on Ocean Ave in Elberon NJ, and known as Aladdin's palace. He summered there with his wife Mary. He had three brothers who also had summer residences in Elberon. Mary was forced from the house for unpaid property taxes circa 1940, and the house was demolished almost immediately afterwards. I would love it if you could find more information about this place. Thanks.
I love the villa and I love the museum! Thank you for including the floor plans for the villa! So interesting and fascinating to learn about the construction of homes of the time. I really enjoy your videos Ken. Thank you!
love this house
KEN, NO USE HERE FOR THE MODERN MUSEUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT AS FOR THE HOUSE, ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE ANOTHER NON-DEMOLITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The room it love the most was the music room
I love that they used different bricks to construct the house
Very interesting Ken, much enjoyed this! I wish there were some colored photographs from around the time of opening! Best. J
Look online. There are several. Historic homes WordPress has some close ups.😊
Thanks! Love your vlogs!
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Frank Lloyd Wright?!
This only becomes much more fascinating.
Something so futuristic winding down the era: Art Deco.
One of the most Beautiful periods of Our Time.
I’m not particularly a fan of “ grand mansions”, but I do appreciate their place in time. My favorite buildings are much simpler in decoration and detail.
I would say the music room, but it was highly philanthropic to open his NYC showing his new acquisitions by appointment. Glad the building has been used in stead of being torn down.
Thanks Ken! Loved the episode. I did not know he married a Rothschild!
I loved the idea of using imperfect and distressed bricks.... But my favourite area would have to be hallway with the wrought iron gate, the checkered floor and limestone walls. I'm sure the staircase must have been quite impressive as they usually are... Did I miss that in the clip? 🤔
Check out the English Inn in Eaton Rapids, MI. I think it was built by the general manager of Oldsmobile and then passed to the Catholic Church and now is a B&B. It’s gorgeous. I had my wedding there. It’s on the Grand River.
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Always marvelously interesting.
You present us to so many pieces of History I wholeheartedly want to Thank You! ☺️
Daniel
Bonita peroxide muy crande
Peggy Guggenheim’s Venetian home on the Grand Canal is in my top 3 museums. It’s a house museum, and when one walks inside, there is a Calder mobile in the vestibule. The only object in the vestibule. It’s timeless. And the guggenheims saved modern art from Nazis by secretly transporting it out of Europe. Peggy is a hero on non-objective art/
My Great Uncle Charles " Chick" Mckinley married Hazel Guggenheim. Unfortunately he died flying planes during the War. Sigh...so close...
I love looking at floor plans, but their quality is sometimes terrible, as in this case. Is there any way you can enhance them?
I enhanced them, the problem is that they were scanned from a 100+ year old magazine. If I ever find a cleaner/better preserved copy I’ll make sure to post it in the community tab.
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I knew as meticulously done your work is.
You’d done your best.
I for one am so glad 🙂 you included the Guggenheim Museum.
❤😊🎉😊❤
Guggenheim & Rothschild? That's like having a Carnegie, Morgan, Pullman or Kennedy in the same family.
Funny, my first thought about the house is that it looks like a club house for some gulf course.
Can't see the house because u got the words covering the photo
Sorry, I just gotta point out the obvious here… If anyone was ever to play Solomon Guggenheim in a film, it would definitely have to be Robert Dinero.
Villa carola would look amazing in colour footage, I don't think you really get a full understanding of it in black-and-white. Maybe this is another one that you could have applied your AI colouring skills to!
Love the content. But the speaker's affectation with dropping the tone at the end of each sentence is robotic and almost sounds AI generated. I suspect he thinks it sound professional. Regardless, it's annoying.
some of that art was absolutely hideous and soul crushing, one can only imagine that is the intent. truly mediocre stuff pervading as something intellectual
I didn't like any of it. Money is wasted on the rich. They just don't know how to spend it.