How A Bitter Family Feud Resulted in Gilded Age New York’s Most Luxurious Hotel
byThe Waldorf-Astoria was born from a feud. As we explored in the discussion of New York’s Four Hundred, after the death of her father-in-law,…
New York City
The New York Social Season
byDuring the 1870s and 1880s, the social season was divided into two: winter and summer. The winter season stretched from mid-November until the onset…
The Four Hundred
byBoston had its Brahmins, Philadelphia its Main Line, and Virginia its First Families; however, the upper class of New York, unlike those venerable cities,…