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Kykuit (/ ˈ k aɪ k ə t / KY-kət), [3] [4] known also as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, is a 40-room historic house museum in Pocantico Hills, a hamlet in the town of Mount Pleasant, New York 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City. The house was built for oil tycoon and Rockefeller family patriarch John D. Rockefeller.
The house was designated a New York City landmark in 1979 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The house was listed for sale by Christie’s Real Estate in April 2022 for $33 million. [3] The owner at the time was Bassam Alghanim, the Kuwaiti billionaire co-owner of the Alghanim Industries conglomerate. [4]
Built beginning in 1805, with a number of later alterations, it remains a prominent example of Federal architecture in New York City. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974 [ 2 ] for its association with Matthew C. Perry , commandant of the adjacent Brooklyn Navy Yard 1841–1843, whose opening of Japan to the West in 1854 ...
Cypress Hills Houses: East New York: 15 7 1,442 May 31, 1955: East New York City Line Houses: East New York: 33 3 63 March 31, 1976: Farragut Houses: Downtown Brooklyn: 10 13 and 14 1,390 April 30, 1952: Fenimore Houses: East Flatbush: 18 2 36 September 30, 1969: Fiorentino Houses: East New York: 8 4 160 October 31, 1971: Glenmore Plaza ...
Meet the members of the House of Xtravaganza, NYC's premiere underground ballroom house. We talked to members of the famous house about their history, present, and future.
Buildings owned by the family include One Astor Place, 210 Fifth Avenue, 201 East 12th Street, Empire House (located at 200 East 71st Street), New York Tower at East 39th Street, the Caroline at 60 West 23rd Street, and New York Plaza at 2 Water Street. The family also owned the New York Health & Racquet Club, which permanently closed in 2020.
The New York City Fire Department shut down a haunted house that the department called a 'death trap' Thursday. "A Haunting in Hollis" was closed after the Bureau of Fire Prevention found a litany ...
New York's squatter's rights laws have once again become the focus of public attention. Adele Andaloro inherited her family’s home in Flushing, Queens after her parents passed away.