Richer than the Rothschilds: Inside the Manhattan Mansion of James Speyer

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@elephantintheroom5678
@elephantintheroom5678 5 ай бұрын
How fabulous! It's so sad America has lost this heritage! The Museum of the city of New York should be ashamed of themselves!
@ms.g.1189
@ms.g.1189 4 ай бұрын
I agree a damn shame!
@Chicagohitman000
@Chicagohitman000 4 ай бұрын
agreed, however there is no shame in profit for some people
@sergpie
@sergpie 5 ай бұрын
This home’s interior was truly something else; the conservatory with incorporated running water to keep the plants humid, the paneled frescoes, and recessed/hidden lighting, which I had no idea was a practice in homes during late 1800s or early 1900s. Truly a tasteful architectural masterpiece.
@whigparty6180
@whigparty6180 5 ай бұрын
Whilst the exterior is relatively unremarkable I think the interior of the Speyer mansion is one of the most beautiful and tasteful you have ever presented. So chic, light open and airy! I could move right in and feel instantly at home! Thank you! 👏🏻
@matthewpatriquin7359
@matthewpatriquin7359 5 ай бұрын
I second that opinion.Utterly beautiful!
@LJB103
@LJB103 5 ай бұрын
This is the style of NYC mansion that I fantasize about living in. If I had lived back then, and had the money to build a great mansion, Horace Trumbauer's firm would have received my commission. Excellent video.
@David-tm8sl
@David-tm8sl 5 ай бұрын
One of the more elegant houses I have seen. Loved the conservatory. What a loss😮
@garygloska7396
@garygloska7396 5 ай бұрын
I love the water feature in the conservatories
@Laura-i2r9r
@Laura-i2r9r 5 ай бұрын
Absolutely Stunning interior design and lavish rooms and furnishings . Love the beautiful staircases and the Large columns and fountains . Beautiful Chandeliers !! Cannot believe New York allowed this stunning Mansion to be demolished . What is with New York ?? They are terrible for giving the go ahead to tear down everything . A terrible loss😢
@amandab.recondwith8006
@amandab.recondwith8006 5 ай бұрын
It's tragic how these incredible mansions were torn down only to be replaced with dull soulless apartment towers that have no class and no architectural importance. They're built to be torn down and replaced by another greedy investor, while the solid granite and marble palaces of the Victorian and Gilded age were built to last forever. But it's New York, and nothing is permanent there.
@roystrickland3363
@roystrickland3363 5 ай бұрын
A Jewish millionaire. His Protestant wife. Their Black architect. A real New York story.
@ghostmantagshome-er6pb
@ghostmantagshome-er6pb Ай бұрын
they all want white women
@johnsonrepp
@johnsonrepp 5 ай бұрын
Beautiful home and story, such a sad ending. Worked his entire life and accumulated so much wealth for it all to be gone in less than 1 generation. Wow.
@GreatDataVideos
@GreatDataVideos 5 ай бұрын
Went to 5th avenue around 1979 and there was still one or two mansions left, as far as I remember. I looked on Google Maps, Street View and don't see what I remember to have been there. Such a shame that such beautiful mansions were torn down to put ugly buildings in their place.
@hewitc
@hewitc 5 ай бұрын
Many are still there but they are not private homes.
@madjanetramerez2383
@madjanetramerez2383 3 ай бұрын
many many of them still exist in which most people don’t know about. they may not be in excess next to the park anymore but the same streets next to those addresses are still lined with blocks of these stunning homes, and about a block span next to the ukrainian institute, some in front of the MET, the duke mansion, and others, with many others across the coty
@GreatDataVideos
@GreatDataVideos 3 ай бұрын
@@madjanetramerez2383 Thanks. That's great to know.
@Keifsanderson
@Keifsanderson 5 ай бұрын
I love the historical backgrounds you interweave. Great content.
@anteeker
@anteeker 5 ай бұрын
I see no good reason why this mansion should have been demolished. As it was left to the museum, it should have been their responsibility to see to it's preservation. Can you imagine what a beautiful library or art gallery this would have made? Or even the entrance and lobby it would have made to a grand hotel like they have in Europe. Now it's just one more ugly highrise that nobody would give a second look. I always thought I'd like to leave some of my antigue collection to a museum, thinking it would be appreciated and become part of their permanent collection. But more and more I find that's not true, that they often sell bequeaths without a second thought. So I will never leave anything to a museum. Instead I'll leave it to someone who will appreciate it.
@diannshoemaker6419
@diannshoemaker6419 5 ай бұрын
Yeah, and when the bill came into the tax payers for it's massive maintenance costs, you would have been screaming about that, to. The costs of even a new building this size, can be enormous. Disconnected from it's original source of funding, which produced vast sums of new money, yearly, now left with a trust that shrinks yearly instead. The heating and lighting bill alone had to be monsterous. Yet an unheated building decays rapidly, due to damp, and rapid temperature changes. Paint and paper peels, plaster crumbles, rot sets in woodwork. Vermin move in...Not in 100yrs, but sometimes 10 or less. And an aging building requires so much more than this. Anyone who's ever bought a large period building will tell you it's a money pit. A rich guy's toy. You either gut to the studs.. trying to save as much original as you can. Which is a Restoration, not a simple gut. Requiring skilled expensive labor. Which can add another 100yrs to the life of the building. Or you can spend the rest of your life patching things, a never ending chore and expense. (And that's just an antique house, not THIS place). Wiring alone is a nightmare. Not cheap wallboard. PLASTERERS. Etc. It can be a no win situation. And museums are rarely over funded. If anything, they often scramble, yearly. This was a lovely, enormous albatross. And yes, it's sad so many couldn't be saved.
@diannshoemaker6419
@diannshoemaker6419 4 ай бұрын
@@WinterberryThyme-3333 Having been a high end dealer of 18th and 19th Century Paintings, Furniture and Accessories for 13yrs, i can agree with you on most things. But often it comes down to the cold hard reality of money and budgets. These buildings, even in near mint condition, require immense maintenence, and are labor intensive. Few who actually understand this are willing, or can afford to take them on. And people oddly think that Museums are somehow financially self sufficient. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Odds are they probably did try to sell the building but had no takers. But the land itself only proved saleable. I've never met a Museum yet that didn't cntinuously need cash. Most Museum donations of any importance, come with caveats. It is a legal contract often with specifics that can cause the Museum to refuse them. And this agreement or refusal comes when the will is made, not AFTER DEATH, if you have particular demands to make. Hoping someone will do something is not the same as a contractual agreement. When these buildings were built, labor, even skilled labor was dirt cheap. While it's nice that has improved, todays cost's means every building needs sponsors...like the old theaters in Times Square renovation, that were saved, by literally cantilevering the new structures over them. As well as the efforts of many people. Sadly there are many worthy causes. And many prefer to spend their time and money on other charities. But that shouldn't stop you from joining a group trying to save a specific building. It can work, but at some point there is always a question of money. Even if it's only the group's expenses...which aren't always negligible. Even mailing can be expensive. And lawyers aren't free.
@claireburkus8497
@claireburkus8497 5 ай бұрын
Another Traumbauer beauty lost to us!!!
@MatthewHall
@MatthewHall 5 ай бұрын
I always wonder when these videos get to the statement that the mansion was, "...torn down" - how did the demolition crews feel going about their jobs dismantling / destroying such fine building and such incredible craftmanship? What became of the floors, paneling, mirrors, mantles, chandeliers, etc...?
@dmd5645
@dmd5645 5 ай бұрын
The other thing i cant get over--the hidden lighting above the moulding in the white and gold room!!. People at the time must've been amazed!. And i thought this was a modern invention. Go figure.
@pmm3112
@pmm3112 5 ай бұрын
😮 OK!! 😮 There will never be a good day to hear of yet another palace destroyed in Manhattan for another high rise residential building, but this video has done its job at making it obvious that nothing is safe from the wrecking ball in NYC!!! For some reason Ken, this mansion in particular, out of the majority of your highlighted properties either still standing or not, …… This One Hurt! 😢 I really really liked “this house” for its beautifully designed exterior, as well as its palatial interior design, decoration, architecture and embellishments, as well as its coveted location! This House, which now ceases to exist after such a short life span, just Kills Me!! Stop the Madness!! 😮 But to just think of the man hours invested into these homes, to gather such fine and unique talent from true artisans where they worked diligently to produce the fine work desired and demanded by the style and scale of such spaces and to create these unique works for the families who were fortunate enough to live within the walls of such fine artistry, now gone; 🤔😞🙃🌧️disassembled or destroyed just makes this rainy day even more gloomy!😢
@williamcordell38
@williamcordell38 5 ай бұрын
Does anyone know if any of the wood work paneling was saved and put into other mansions when this new mansions were torn down? Cant believe ive never thought to ask that before. Current day people are always installing paneling that was sourced from european estates or palaces that were falling into disrepair or the family needed money etc. i hoping that this was done with some of the gilded age mansions that were tragically torn down back in the day
@StamperWendy
@StamperWendy 5 ай бұрын
I love the historical aspect. Great job, as always. Thanks, Ken!
@williamstringer6519
@williamstringer6519 5 ай бұрын
Whereas as an Australian with no personal stake in US heritage, I regret the loss of so much irreplacable splendour, making way for gigantic apartment blocks. How I would love to wander through these opulent rooms which give an inspiration to better things in life. My egalitarian Australian personality has no envy of the wealthy creators of these mansions, but it is a shame that they have been demolished, depriving us of partaking of an extravagant lifestyle, if only in our imaginations.
@jeffpeelman2627
@jeffpeelman2627 5 ай бұрын
You're my favorite channel on all of KZbin!
@sapereaude5476
@sapereaude5476 5 ай бұрын
Ого, какое изящество! Редкий пример стилистического единства - стиль Людовика XVI во всём: в фасадах, интерьерах и мебели. Хозяин точно знал чего хотел, часто старинные особняки во многих странах эклектичны, а тут один стиль. Фасад явно ссылается на Малый Трианон, а интерьеры уже уникальнее. Особенно хороши просторные залы в два этажа и зимний сад
@jeffpowanda8821
@jeffpowanda8821 5 ай бұрын
Every billionaire should unwind their fortune as sensibly and philanthropically as Speyer, who cared more about the institutions he supported than the preservation of his stunning 5th Avenue mansion. As this channel repeatedly shows, most mansions enjoy a fleeting existence.
@dougcargill6730
@dougcargill6730 5 ай бұрын
One of my favorite NYC mansion. My other favorite is another Trumbauer creation, the Eleanor Elkins Widener Rice mansion just up from the Frick.
@richardgraham5598
@richardgraham5598 5 ай бұрын
breathtaking doubleheight entry hall !!!!!!!
@BusyBob6971
@BusyBob6971 5 ай бұрын
Now that is a house to live in and enjoy. Was this the house that had the fire? Thank you for your vids.
@johnvonundzu2170
@johnvonundzu2170 5 ай бұрын
A wonderful house with a very understated exterior. Inside it's mostly Edwardian Louis XVI - nothing particularly original, almost to the point of deja vu. What makes the dining room ceiling mural ecclesiastical? To me it looks like some Tiepolo style flying folks having a good time. (Happy to be corrected). Many thanks again for bringing a vanished place back to life.
@andynixon2820
@andynixon2820 5 ай бұрын
I'm thinking that this part of new York would look a lot more London today if they hadn't torn down this era of buildings . The wealthy residential areas of London like Belgravia , Kensington and Mayfair are certainly comparible but apart from war damage remain pretty unaffected by change over time .
@sdavidleigh6642
@sdavidleigh6642 2 ай бұрын
Excellent vid. Thx. The mansion seemed modest compared to others that you talked about. Interesting though.
@lmk1966
@lmk1966 5 ай бұрын
Beautiful Mansion
@rbsmith3365
@rbsmith3365 5 ай бұрын
So bright inside and wonderful! I know that NYC 5th avenue used to be millionaire row. Few saved and lot have been razed. That not right.
@MrMigueldelaO
@MrMigueldelaO 5 ай бұрын
I am always frustrated when the location of the house is not given. i.e where on 5th ave???
@garryferrington811
@garryferrington811 5 ай бұрын
This was one nice building, replaced by some bland block. Sad. Is there anything interesting left in NYC?
@tamieckert4548
@tamieckert4548 5 ай бұрын
Agreed that high rises can be put up anywhere else but why do they always have to pick on historical treasured places? Is it because of other countries monies ? It’d seem jealous to not let the special places stay that could’ve had many other uses.
@hrantgeorge2444
@hrantgeorge2444 5 ай бұрын
Seems like the exterior is reminiscent of the Petit Trianon, which would make it Neoclassic instead of Louis XIV-Baroque.
@deancameron6370
@deancameron6370 5 ай бұрын
Absolutely fabulous ❤
@kleinbogen
@kleinbogen 5 ай бұрын
The Museum of the city of New York betrayed him!!! What a shame!!!
@divox9pqr
@divox9pqr 5 ай бұрын
Another example of the evolutionary tendency to replace brilliance, style, opulence with the tastelessness. That mansion with its gorgeous conservatory with gardens and running water should have been maintained to this very day by the city of New York. It just breaks my heart that this prime example of the guided age was destroyed. If anything the fact that the mansion was designed by an African American architect should have been paramount in it being maintained. But, typical of America, this fact probably added to its destruction, along with no apparent heirs.
@suebecker2893
@suebecker2893 5 ай бұрын
Beautiful
@g.v.hedgpeth2602
@g.v.hedgpeth2602 5 ай бұрын
My favorite room is the lovely conservatory (which seems to be my fave in a lot of the mansions!)
@kathleenadams3770
@kathleenadams3770 5 ай бұрын
I love the dinning room
@traluf1466
@traluf1466 5 ай бұрын
Great videoi, except for the fact that the mansion and interiors are much more Louis XVl than XIV...
@maxwnielsen
@maxwnielsen 5 ай бұрын
Would you ever do Houses from Australia?
@lisadolan689
@lisadolan689 5 ай бұрын
Thanks Ken
@edcomedian357
@edcomedian357 5 ай бұрын
Wonderful house, such a loss
@tonithenightowl1836
@tonithenightowl1836 4 ай бұрын
It's a pity they had no children where future generations could have made sure this beautiful building stayed intact. How they kept these places warm in winter with such high ceilings baffles me. However, you will see where their personal space had much lower ceilings, smaller and cozier. I live in a Post Civil War Folk Victorian built in 1886. We didn't restore but kept everything we could while opting for modern materials, opening up the small kitchen and adding on footage to make a big kitchen/ dining room. Rather than replace the 400 sq ft front porch we enclosed it adding windows. We also added a balcony off the middle bedroom which is perfect for star gazing. This house needed everything bc not much was done since it was built. All I knew was I had to save it bc they just don't make them like this anymore. My daughter thinks it will make a nice B&B but after I'm gone whatever she and her brother decide is up to them. I'm thankful we got to renovate it and live here over 20 yrs. I lost my husband of 49 yrs last Nov. He always said the place was barely big enough for the two of us. lol Now it's just me and I still feel that way.
@BigBirdy100
@BigBirdy100 5 ай бұрын
You entrust a house to an organization and they disrespect you. 🙄 Crappy.
@Naveandlaen
@Naveandlaen 4 ай бұрын
It’s wild how someone can create a massive fortune and have the foresight to donate it to a museum; all for that museum to sell out and not even care about your legacy. A shame.
@jakecavendish3470
@jakecavendish3470 5 ай бұрын
They actually pronounced their name "Spay-er" rather than "Spire." Also, it is in the neo-Grec style which is pretty much the tail end of the French monarchy and into the Directoire so if it can be said to be "Louis" at all it's Louis XVI
@crisf69
@crisf69 5 ай бұрын
I think the tapestries still exist in the MET.
@singularseeker
@singularseeker 5 ай бұрын
LOVE THE Plants...I assume they were also Horticulturalists...
@abialo2010
@abialo2010 5 ай бұрын
strange youtube would add that banner saying theyre jewish. why on earth would that make a difference?
@BlaineShire
@BlaineShire 5 ай бұрын
My name is Charity and thank you James!
@fidelaroche9511
@fidelaroche9511 2 ай бұрын
Where Washington it. Whats the address?
@seb7dagreat
@seb7dagreat 3 ай бұрын
If I was rich today this is the type of mansion I would build. Just amazing.
@paco7992
@paco7992 5 ай бұрын
It was a sin to build it and an even bigger sin to tear it down once built.
@michaelplunkett8059
@michaelplunkett8059 5 ай бұрын
What sin to accomplish a majestic, artistic creation, employing gifted artisans doing their best work?
@bethbartlett5692
@bethbartlett5692 4 ай бұрын
These older houses just have so many walls and clutter ...
@jperez7893
@jperez7893 Ай бұрын
Tragic that the mansion was demolished
@sandypompilii6901
@sandypompilii6901 4 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful mansion. So sad to be demolished to build that modern building with no character.
@loumcast
@loumcast 5 ай бұрын
Shame on those who were behind the sale of the house at the Museum on New York.
@sergiohqz
@sergiohqz 5 ай бұрын
Uma das mais agradáveis e aconchegantes mansões, sem deixar de ser imponente.
@thomascoffin4799
@thomascoffin4799 5 ай бұрын
the carbuncle that replaced the mansion should be an embarrassment to New York.
@thefanone
@thefanone 5 ай бұрын
Gosh 😮😮
@Au_Ag_ratio5021
@Au_Ag_ratio5021 4 ай бұрын
2.4 billion in 1913 is about 290 billion today.
@ronwalker4849
@ronwalker4849 5 ай бұрын
THE MANSION IS A BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN-FRENCH WORK OF ARCHITECTURE IT MAKES ME FURIOUS WHEN I SEE THAT THESE MANSIONS WERE DESTROYED TO MAKE DEHUMANIZED AND STERILE BAUHAUS JUNK. NEW YORK LOST SO MUCH CULTURE DURING THE JEWISH DEMOLUTION OF THE MANSIONS. FORTUNATELY THE DEKOTA BUILDING STILL EXISTS. GRAND CENTRAL STATION GONE WAS A ROMAN MONUMENTAL BATH.
@daveweiss5647
@daveweiss5647 5 ай бұрын
Absolutely disgraceful that they tore it down for such an ugly midrise...
@dmd5645
@dmd5645 5 ай бұрын
It's surprisingly sparsely decorated. I guess if you have more money than the Rothschild's, you've seen it all, and been around it all. Stuff just becomes more stuff. It looks like it's been pared down to essentials-only those pieces that are necessary for living -a chair, a lamp, a desk, etc. As far as it's current look, just another boring concrete valley. Yuck!.
@Karate-Roddy
@Karate-Roddy 5 ай бұрын
Sadly no comparison to Rothschild !
@kellymcclendon6601
@kellymcclendon6601 5 ай бұрын
Who?
@jrgnc1
@jrgnc1 5 ай бұрын
And another beautiful, old mansion is torn down in favor of an apt. bldg...Capitalism can suck!
@peterwalton438
@peterwalton438 5 ай бұрын
interesting comment about capitalism, what do you think built this in the first place?
@jrgnc1
@jrgnc1 5 ай бұрын
@@peterwalton438 Big difference. A beautiful home vs. a rental bldg. for income of the owner.
@VincentWilliams007
@VincentWilliams007 5 ай бұрын
The destroyed it! This is why you don't leave your things into to the hands of those you don't know. SMH
@laurielaurie8280
@laurielaurie8280 5 ай бұрын
Another beauty lost.
@bradbutcher3984
@bradbutcher3984 3 ай бұрын
He couldn't touch the Rothschilds.
@carloslx
@carloslx 4 ай бұрын
Of course it was destroyed to give way to another hideous skyscraper. It's still what we see today, the constant erasure of beauty.
@BellaCroyda
@BellaCroyda 5 ай бұрын
Another grand beauty GONE.
@BRIGHTJUS
@BRIGHTJUS 5 ай бұрын
Architecture Made By a American Indian Bronze Men Not no African American Stop The Cap !
@Waveluth
@Waveluth 5 ай бұрын
These episodes are fun to watch but so very sad at the same time. To demolish such works of art is criminal. The USA has no affection for our amazing architectural heritage. Why must they take down a part of our historic landscape and just replace them with stupid looking Modernist structures. The Architecture universities in America no longer teach budding architects a single thing about these wonderfully appointed homes. They are teaching generations of future architects to design BOXES. It’s a damn joke!! Have you seen the architectural swill they are teaching students now. It’s truly pathetic. These new architects have ZERO knowledge about these mansions. The building techniques are a forgotten art. If we don’t teach people how to build, restore and appreciate the work done in our past then we are being stupid. I hate to see these wonders torn down to replace it with garbage. What a damn shame. ✌️🙏🇺🇸
@madjanetramerez2383
@madjanetramerez2383 3 ай бұрын
actually the US has some of the only schools of architecture that teach classical and older forms of architecture. only a handful, but there are 0 in all european countries that entirely do. some places need to do better preserving what they have and we have the resources and education to assist and create new buildings in those styles as well
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