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Title: The Mansions of Long Island's Gold Coast by Monica Randall ISBN: 0-8478-0821-1 Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: July, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Revisiting Decaying Grandeur
Comment: I grew up in the Gold Coast area and go back to visit every year. I ordered this book after coming back this year. I remember many of these places from when I was a boy decades ago and it was wonderful to see some of the photos and descriptions of places I have been, and even better to see the interiors of places I have not been in. It is hard to imagine what these places were like if you have never been there. The scale of living is almost unimaginable today, and to have that much money and power concentrated in one place will likely never happen again. This book helps recreate that time and place and feeling. As it is almost 20 years old now I would like to see an update on this book. For instance, Oak Point in Bayville, mentioned in the chapter on Play Houses, has been completed subdivided now. On the other hand Planting Fields in MIll Neck is almost completely restored and is a wonderful place to visit, although it was a bit disconcerting to go on a tour of the mansion and view rooms and objects that you couldn't touch when I had actually sat in some of those chairs in those same rooms thirty years ago. My only criticisms would be that I would have liked to see more color photos, more detail on a few of the places, and more exact location info on all the places. If you have any interest in this era or this area buy this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Authority on Long Island's Mansions
Comment: If you are interested in the mansions of Long Island's lost Gold Coast, don't hesitate to order this book. Ms. Randall packs this book with plenty of excellent photographs and facts to entertain the casual admirer, or the aficionado.
She has lived in these houses, worked on them, and thankfully cataloged them (many that have already disappeared), with due reverence to last the ages. Bravo.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Photos & Stories
Comment: The BEST book on the mansions of Long Island. Great photos & stories by the author. She even periodically gives lectures which are well worth attending. Extremely interesting facts.
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Title: Winfield: Living in the Shadow of the Woolworths by Monica Randall ISBN: 0312309821 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Long Island Country Houses and Their Architects, 1860-1940 by Robert B. MacKay, Anthony K. Baker, Carol A. Traynor, Brendan Gill ISBN: 0393038564 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $85.00 |
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Title: Nassau County, Long Island, in Early Photographs by Bette Weidman, Linda Martin ISBN: 048624136X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: July, 1981 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: National Geographic Guide to America's Great Houses: More Than 150 Outstanding Mansions Open to the Public by Henry Wiencek, Donna M. Lucey, National Geographic Society (U.S.) ISBN: 0792274245 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Phantoms of the Hudson Valley: The Glorious Estates of a Lost Era by Monica Randall ISBN: 0879516178 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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