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The Carnegie Hill Historic District Slide Show Presentations

Carnegie Hill Historic District Presentation part I   view slide show  (a minute to load)
Carnegie Hill Historic District Presentation part II   view slide show  (a minute to load)
Architecture -- History -- Interesting Pictures and Stories

The slide show / tour features the architecture & history of the Carnegie Hill Historic District
which at the turn of last century was part of a Upper East Side neighborhood known as Millionaire's Mile.

This Slide Show Presentation of Carnegie Hill's Past & Present Features:

An exploration of the Carnegie Hill Historic District as we discover its diverse architectural gems - its 19th & early 20th century mansions
& its surviving 1 family 19th century working class clapboard homes. We will see such distinct architecture as a Baroque styled cathedral
& a neo-Georgian style church. There is a Francis I Chateau style mansion & a neo-Regency style mansion + a number of neo-French
Renaissance mansions & much more. Included are interesting pictures & stories that will help us understand the neighborhoodıs past.

Some of the slideshow's highlights:

  • Saint Nicholas Rusisan Orthodox Cathedral and much more
  • The Lucy Dahlgren Mansion
  • The Livingston Mansion
  • The Ogden Codman Mansion
  • The Mrs. Amory S. Carhart Mansion
  • The Edith and Earnest Fabbri Mansion
  • William and Dorothy Whitney Straight Mansion
  • Frank Lloyd Wright And The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
  • The National Academy Of Design - Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington Mansion
  • Andrew Carnegie And His Mansion
  • Felix M. Warburg Mansion
  • James A. & Florence Vanderbilt Burden Mansion
  • John Henry & Emily Vanderbilt Sloan Hammond Mansion
  • John B. & Caroline Trevor Mansion
  • Emily Trevor Mansion
  • William and Louise McAlpin Mansion
  • Margaret Carnegie Miller Mansion
  • Wanamaker Munn Town House
  • Otto Kahn Mansion
  • William Starr Miller Mansion
  • John Purroy Mitchell Memorial (one of New York City's youngest mayors)>
  • landmark remnant of the Squadron A Armory
  • A row of Romanesque Revival Row Houses
  • The Buttinger House and Research Library, find out who "Julia" really was
  • The Church of the Heavenly Rest
  • The Stele commerates William Thomas Stead
  • Find out about the James & Nellie Speyer mansion
    & how Nellie got away with breaking the rules of Caroline Astor's 400 elite.
  • Find out about the Henry Phipps mansion and see "Polyhymnia"
  • Landmark wood frame homes from the mid 19th century
  • A Neo Federal Urban Complex of 3 landmark mansions
  • Virginia Graham Vanderbilt Mansion
  • William Goodley and Florence Baker Loew Mansion
  • "Night Presence IV" by Louise Nevelson
  • the block & address where the Marx Brothers lived and more

The slideshows are hosted by Alfred Pommer a college graduate, an author, an informative native New Yorker & a licensed New York City guide, who has spent over 30 years researching, creating & leading tours in Manhattan's many diverse neighborhoods.

Links to Alfred Pommer's author page at: amazon.com & at: goodreads for information about 4 Manhattan neighborhood walking tour guide books authored by Alfred Pommer & published by The History Press (Arcadia Publishing)

Publisher needed for new nonfiction neighborhood walking tour guide books.

Interested in a Private Consulation or Slide Show Presentation? — Call: (212) 979-2388 for details  -   e mail
www.nycwalk.com - www.nycslideshow.com

All photographs on this web site are by Alfred Pommer
& all content on this web site, such as graphics, logos, button icons and images
is the property of Alfred Pommer and protected by United States and international copyright laws.
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