Mansions

Monday, August 15, 2011, by Rob Bear Back in 2006, financier and Boston Red Sox owner John Henry paid $16M for a 6.3-acre plot in the Boston suburb of Brookline, Mass. He then proceeded to knock down the existing 13,000-square-foot Georgian estate built by baseball rival Frank McCourt and start fresh with this columned giant … Continue reading »

The spirit of Mary Glover Chase haunts a wire sculpture wearing her 130-year-old wedding dress at tea time. Artist Shawn Panepinto recreated the shape and tea set of Chase, the daughter of a prominent ship’s captain who, in 1880, married the son of a peg-legged stowaway who landed in Portsmouth and founded a successful clothing … Continue reading »

A newly revamped membership program is now available at Loyola University Chicago’s Cuneo Mansion and Gardens in Vernon Hills, Illinois. The program, which was closed temporarily after the University acquired the estate from the Cuneo Foundation in December 2009, was officially reintroduced on July 1, 2011. The Cuneo membership program, which features five levels of … Continue reading »

A classic stone home on North Bowman Avenue in Merion Station used to showcase the country’s largest collection of Wedgwood china. “It was 15 to 20 years into our marriage before I ever had any other dishes but Wedgwood,” recalls Max Buten. As most families of the 1950s and 1960s were discovering the convenience of … Continue reading »

When William J. Chadwick, a managing director of Chadwick Saylor & Co., a Malibu, Calif.-based real estate investment banking firm, put his Malibu mansion on the sale block in 2008 it caused quite a stir among real estate enthusiasts. The 10,500-square foot Carbon Beach estate was asking a hefty $65 million — and just as … Continue reading »

Santa Clara History: The James Lick MansionBy Cynthia Cheng A drive through Santa Clara’s Rivermark neighborhood will yield the charming sights of new houses and apartment complexes. Many local residents don’t know that tucked away on the grounds of the Mansion Grove Apartments is the historic James Lick Mansion on 4750 Lick Mill Boulevard. James … Continue reading »

You Too Can Rent A $90 Million Mansion 2:59 pm, August 9th | by Sylvie Krekow …if you have $165,000 a month to spare, that is. The notoriously pricey former Manhattan pad of Lucille Roberts (of the women’s fitness empire, Lucille Roberts) has decided to make its rental cost a little more affordable, according to … Continue reading »

Tuesday, August 9, 2011, by Sara Polsky Denizens of the Curbediverse, we know you’ve all got bets going on when the $90 million mansion at 4 East 80th Street will invite the PriceChopper for a visit. For those of you who had money on today—sorry. But the building did receive a visit from PriceChopper cousin … Continue reading »

Tuesday, August 9, 2011, by Bilal Khan The Wall Street Journal chose the recently pricechopped but unquestionably stunning Steinway Mansion (asking $3.5M) as its House of the Day, and they’ve got some beautiful never seen before interior shots. Private ball room anyone? Also that antique refrigerator is one of the coolest things we’ve seen in … Continue reading »

Even if it wasn’t sunny out, this yard would be pleasantly dry. By Anika Anand Listing: 12-bedroom, 15 bathroom technologically advanced mansion estateLocation: Alpine, New JerseyPrice: $52 million It’s the perfect blend of old world architecture and new world technology. And now it can be yours for $16 million less than the original asking price. … Continue reading »