Mansions and private mansions to visit New York (Manhattan)

The Waldorf Astoria, built in 1931, provisionally closed its doors on March 1, 2017 for important work. For 86 years, it was one of the most beautiful hotels in New York, and certainly the most luxurious. Marilyn Monroe to Audrey Hepburn, along with Franck Sinatra, Charlie Chaplin and all American presidents, the most prestigious and richest tenants (15 000 US $ after all) have won in his suites. The gangsters of the large Italian families also had their habits at the hotel during the Prohibition. This iconic building that appears in many films and series - weekend at the Waldorf (1945), the Tenenbaum family (2001), The Sopranos - will unfortunately lose its splendour to the great regret of the New Yorkers. The Chinese insurance company that bought the building decided to renovate it fully, including part of its facade. The hotel part will be tiny and most of the rooms will be converted into luxury shops on the ground floor and apartments on the upper floors.

Built in 1908, it was at the time the most luxurious residential building in New York, and it is still one of the most beautiful. The twelve-story building, Renaissance style, was more or less deserted in the 1930 s, when the neighborhood became malfamed. He obtained the status of historic building in the national register in 1979 and was restored in the 1980 s and 1990 s. It has lost nothing from its superb and remains one of Manhattan's most prominent addresses. It now houses the restaurant Petrossian.

Since 1886, this beautiful house is the seat of a club of actors who count (or included) among its members John Lionel Barrymore, Frank Sinatra, Keith Carradine, Walter Cronkite, Jack Lemmon, Sir Laurence Olivier, Richard Gere…