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Monday, August 1, 2011, by Sara Polsky
We’re big fans of the 1858 Steinway Mansion, the 5BR, 4.5BA house at 18-33 41st Street in Astoria. It’s got plenty of personality, with that billiard room, pub, and sauna (not to mention that the grounds were also once home to a Steinway piano factory). But those same goodies limit the prospective buyer pool. The mansion’s most recent attempt at a sale, with a price of $4.5 million, ended in failure. It’s ready to try, t… (View original article)
As if Gov. Dannel P. Malloy doesn’t have enough to worry about, there is a minor controversy brewing regarding efforts to renovate the governor’s residence that have taken place since Gov. Malloy assumed office last January.
As
I
said in my Jan. 26 post “Connecticut’s first house,” the Georgian Colonial that stands at 990 Prospect Ave. in Hartford was built in 1909 and has served as home to Connecticut’s governors since the mid-1940… (View original article)
In his quest for authenticity, Tempest has refurnished the castle with
pictures in the style of a cultured 18th- or 19th-century connoisseur. One
starting point was a small number of paintings and drawings by Mary Seton
Watts, a member of the Fraser-Tytler family who married the eminent
Victorian artist George Frederick Watts, which had been left behind at the
castle. Another was a collection of old family portraits that Tempest
acquired from the estate of his cousin, Viscount M… (View original article)
Windsor Castle’s famous round tower reopens to the public
By
Lily La
Last updated at 6:26 PM on 1st August 2011
Windsor Castle’s world-famous round tower is opening to the public today for the first time in almost four decades.
The tower was closed to visitors in 1975 for major construction work and was under-pinned to prevent subsidence, but instead of reopening to visitors, it was later converted into office space for the Ro… (View original article)
Hartlebury Castle filmed for Michael Portillo documentary
4:46pm Monday 1st August 2011
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HARTLEBURY Castle has been filmed for a tv documentary presented by Michael Portillo.
Filming for The Great British Railway Journeys took place last month and is scheduled to be aired in early 2012.
Travelling around the UK by train, Michael Portillo uses a copy of Victorian carto… (View original article)
Eve
August 1st, 2011
I was lucky enough to spend a few days at the stunning Fairmont Chateau Whistler in April and needless to say when my time was up, I didn’t want to leave…
Without a shadow of a doubt, this hotel deserves it reputation, it’s Whistler’s flagship property but it’s more than just another luxury hotel. It really does have a great slope side location – I don’t think I’ve ever ac… (View original article)
Achaemenid palace found in Iran
The Dahaneh Gholaman site, in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan
Archeologists have unearthed an ancient palace dating back to the Achaemenid dynasty in Dahaneh Gholaman located in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
Comparing the structure in the Dahaneh Gholaman site with Achaemenid palaces in Takht-e Jamshid and Pasargaad proved that the newly-found site dates to the Achaemenid era, said Kourosh Moham… (View original article)
This English Manor home is located at 855 Rosemary Road in Lake Forest, IL. Built in 1909, this noteworthy residence was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw and is situated on 1.92 landscaped acres. It boasts 6 bedrooms, 6 full and 2 half bathrooms, circular driveway and courtyard, rich hardwood floors throughout, entry foyer with barrel ceiling and curved staircase, formal living and dining rooms, Christopher Peacock kitchen, family room, wood paneled library with fireplace, sunroom, scre… (View original article)
Craigdarroch Castle’s garden party celebrates renovation project
By Erin McCracken – Victoria News
Published: July 31, 2011 10:00 AM
Updated: August 01, 2011 10:06 PM
Strolling minstrels, jugglers, the lilting strains of live music, ladies and gentlemen partaking of cake and sipping tea – the decadence of the Victorian era will soon come alive on the newly refurbished s… (View original article)
Downton’s war of the labradors: Show’s canine star is hounded out by castle’s very unwelcoming rival
By
Christopher Hastings and Peter Robertson
Last updated at 10:15 PM on 30th July 2011
Downton Abbey – as its millions of fans know only too well – is a house seething with tension at the best of times.
But now it seems there is another source of rivalry every bit as fierce as the c… (View original article)
