Long Island’s Gilded Age Mansions
The Great Gatsby was published 100 years ago when Gatsby and Daisy enjoyed the over-the-top Gold Coast parties. At its heyday peak, Long Island’s Gold Coast had about 1,200 mansions and many were located on large lots of 50 acres and more. Famous owners included the Vanderbilts, Roosevelts and Astor
Home of the Legendary George Plimpton
George Plimpton was a Renaissance man who seemed to be everywhere from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was expelled from high school but graduated from Harvard. He was appointed by President John F. Kennedy as U.S. deputy ambassador to the United Nations; participated in major sports, including the NFL a
Tour Beyoncé and Jay-Z Homes
Yahoo has a tour of the Beyoncé and Jay-Z homes starting with Beyoncé’s childhood homes in the suburbs of Houston, Jay-Z’s Brooklyn apartment that was the inspiration for his huge hit song Empire State of Mind, Beyoncé’s $5 million Manhattan apartment, their Tribeca penthouse, two rental mansions in
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