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House• September 5, 2023

Beauregard Houston-Montgomery

We revisit a 2015 interview with Beauregard Houston-Montgomery, whose apartment in the East Village is filled with his massive collections of fashion dolls and dollhouses. He has a lot to say about Barbie, too!...

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Lansing Moore

House• March 31, 2023.
We revisit our interview with art restorer and President of Center Art Studio, Lansing Moore, who died recently. His Memorial Service will be held at 11AM on April 1st at Episcopal Church of the Resurrection (119 East 74th Street). As you will learn, Lansing was a Renaissance man, an artist, a musician, father, husband, a kind friend, a person who ... READ MORE
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Kitty Hawks

House• February 24, 2023.
We go back in time to 2014 to revisit one of our favorite country homes, the Westchester house of Kitty Hawks and husband Larry Lederman. Pure perfection... READ MORE
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Remembering John Barman

House• November 21, 2022.
... In paying our respects to our recently departed friend, John Barman, who left us last week... READ MORE
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John Barman

House• November 21, 2022.
Sian, Lesley, and JH's first interview of John Barman, published July 1, 2011... READ MORE
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Memories abound at Clouds Hill as it celebrates its 150th anniversary

House• September 19, 2022.
Charles Burns takes us back in time to the second half of the 19th century when landmark homes, along the shoreline of Narragansett Bay, served as summer retreats for Rhode Island industrialists... READ MORE
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Expand your mind and dope decor will follow

Guest Diary• April 21, 2022.
Barbara Hodes goes on the hunt for some spring treats to spruce up the home, as well as all kinds of interesting gifts for all occasions and sensibilities, including the “can’t resists.” ... READ MORE
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Gaetano Pesce

House• March 4, 2022.
We revisit the chat by Sian and Lesley with JH photographing of Italian architect and design pioneer Gaetano Pesce. Wonderful interview... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: A Whole Lot of Crazy

House• February 4, 2022.
We return to John Foreman who gives us the history (and a tour) of the houses on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street as well as the apartment tower rising high above them all... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: “The King of New York”

House• January 27, 2022.
We return for your comfort and curiosity to the late John Foreman’s visit to the interior and the history of the King of New York, Otto Kahn’s still perfectly preserved mansion on 91st Street and Fifth Avenue... READ MORE
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Be it ever so palatial, there’s no place like home — If you’re a billionairess like this lady

House• January 24, 2022.
The 54-room, three-story penthouse on Fifth Avenue, built for a legendary American heiress on land replacing the mansion she owned and now divided into nine separate and spacious residences... READ MORE
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Pierre Durand

House• January 21, 2022.
A look back at our 2011 interview of Pierre Durand in his exquisite 5th Avenue home. Much of his collection is up for auction next week at Christie's New York... READ MORE
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1015 Park — A History of One of Park Avenue’s Most Distinct Private Residences

House• November 9, 2021.
A personal history of the red brick house on the corner of Park and 85th, completed for its family in 1915, who lived there for the next 50 years... READ MORE

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