Long Islands Gold Coast

Author : Paul J. Mateyunas
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738591319
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Long Island's Gold Coast written by Paul J. Mateyunas and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spotlight with the publication of The Great Gatsby, the North Shore's Gold Coast boasted perhaps the greatest concentration of wealth in the country during the first half of the 20th century. In its heyday, over 1,200 grand homes lined the shoreline from Eaton's Neck to Great Neck and as far south as Old Westbury. With inspiration from around the globe, as well as the development of many new American styles, an architectural renaissance occurred, bringing together the greatest artisans, architects, landscape architects, and designers to create an exclusive enclave that flourished until World War II. Captains of industry, founding families, and even royalty called Long Island home. Everyone from Morgan, Woolworth, Vanderbilt, Hearst, Field, and Phipps to the Duke of Windsor resided here. Lavish parties celebrated weddings, Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, and other events. Today, approximately one-third of these houses still survive in various states, providing a glimpse of what was the Gold Coast.

Author : Monica Randall
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mansions of Long Island's Gold Coast written by Monica Randall and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs detailing architectural features and interior design, accompanied by a text capturing early twentieth-century ways of life explore the lavish houses built by the Vanderbilts, Morgans, and others on Long Island's North Shore, in an expanded, beautifully illustrated celebration of the desi

Author : Nelson DeMille
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780759522626
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gold Coast written by Nelson DeMille and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Gatsby meets The Godfather in this #1 New York Times bestselling story of friendship and seduction, love and betrayal. "[Demille is] a true master." - Dan Brown, #1 bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code Welcome to the fabled Gold Coast, that stretch on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. Here two men are destined for an explosive collision: John Sutter, Wall Street lawyer, holding fast to a fading aristocratic legacy; and Frank Bellarosa, the Mafia don who seizes his piece of the staid and unprepared Gold Coast like a latter-day barbarian chief and draws Sutter and his regally beautiful wife, Susan, into his violent world. Told from Sutter's sardonic and often hilarious point of view, The Gold Coast is Nelson DeMille's captivating story laced with sexual passion and suspense.

Author : Raymond E. Spinzia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781949756708
Total Pages : 822 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Long Island's Prominent North Shore Families written by Raymond E. Spinzia and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an update of the comprehensive analysis of the prominent residents of Long Island's famed North Shore Gold Coast, first published by the Spinzias in 2006. Over 1,700 estate owners are documented by surname in a modified "Who's Who" forma, including 1,394 estate photographs.

Author : Jacqueline Singer
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1504973909
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prohibition on the Gold Coast of Long Island written by Jacqueline Singer and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boats were used to transport the liquor that came from outside the United States, predominately from Canada and the Bahamas. Long Island had irregular coastlines with an abundance of discrete inlets for boats to hide, facilitating the smuggling of liquor to the island and Manhattan. With some of the wealthiest communities in the country and the close proximity to Manhattan, Long Island was a natural spot for the illegal activity. Long Island soon became the one of the largest areas of transport and consumption. Prohibition on the Gold Coast offers readers a glimpse of what life was like on Long Island during the 1920's. Readers will be provided with a view of the underground passages during prohibition, rum running from the waters and brought through underground tunnels to mansions, speakeasies and pickups for the gangster routes into Manhattan, the remnants of Gatsby Country today, and introduced to colorful figures who contributed to organized crime, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nicky Ornstein, Arnold Rothstein, Leggs Diamond, Bugsy Siegel, and the Real McCoy. In this new perspective of the history of Long Island readers will find hidden secrets about our beloved Gold Coast.

Author : Phil Carlucci
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467123595
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Long Island Golf written by Phil Carlucci and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictorial history of golf on Long Island, from the earliest country clubs to public courses of note. When the European sport of golf found its way to Long Island and took root in the Hamptons at Shinnecock Hills in 1891, its journey across the Atlantic served as the opening drive of a recreational era that now spans three centuries. Home to more than 130 golf courses, the area boasts prestigious American clubs overlooking picturesque Atlantic bays and inlets, along with public layouts climbing and descending the region's sloping terrain. Long Island is home to the most popular municipal golf facility in the country, the centerpiece of which is Bethpage Black, "the People's Country Club." Celebrated architects like A.W. Tillinghast, Devereux Emmet, Seth Raynor, and C.B. Macdonald built many of Long Island's famous courses, which have challenged the brightest of golf's stars. International tournaments and star-studded exhibitions have all been decided on Long Island turf, helping it grow into one of the world's most prominent golf settings.

Author : Richard Welch
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467147036
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Long Island's Gold Coast Elite and the Great War written by Richard Welch and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the outbreak of World War I, the Gold Coast of Long Island was home to the most concentrated combination of financial, political and social clout in the country. Bankers, movie producers, society glitterati, government officials and an ex-president mobilized to arrange massive loans, send supplies and advocate for the Allied cause. The efforts undercut the Wilson administration's official policy of neutrality and set the country on a course to war with Germany. Members of the activist families--including Morgans, Davisons, Phippses, Martins, Hitchcocks, Stimsons and Roosevelts--served in key positions or fought at the front. Historian Richard F. Welch reveals how a potent combination of ethno-sociological solidarity, clear-eyed geopolitical calculation and financial self-interest inspired the North Shore elite to pressure the nation into war.

Author : Brendan Gill
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780393038569
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Long Island Country Houses and Their Architects, 1860-1940 written by Brendan Gill and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1997 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated treasury of the most magnificent Long Island mansions and a compendium of the architects who designed them.

Author : Gary Lawrance
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930 written by Gary Lawrance and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Houses of the Hamptons offers a fascinating glimpse into the

Author : Kevin Durst
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781412049405
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glitter That Was Once Gold written by Kevin Durst and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy-to-read trivia about the mansions, the wealthy residents and social history associated with Long Island's Gold Coast.