Comments on: The Mansions that the Railroad Built, Part 2: Hyde Park https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/05/08/the-mansions-that-the-railroad-built-part-2-hyde-park/ Art, history, railroad, & photography adventures from Harlem & beyond. Sun, 21 Jul 2013 01:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Al Brecken https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/05/08/the-mansions-that-the-railroad-built-part-2-hyde-park/comment-page-1/#comment-338163 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:28:50 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8647#comment-338163 CG ; I was working at the SONO Switch Tower last Sunday, and found as antique close by on Washington St. I purchased a quality book titled “The Vanderbilts in the Gilded Age”

Be glad to give it to you as a gift to your ever-expanding archive ; for a dedicated researcher , there is not such thing as too much information on the chosen subject of interest.Mine is the Cos Cob Power Plant and the NH electrification.

Best Regards , Al B,

]]> By: Emily https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/05/08/the-mansions-that-the-railroad-built-part-2-hyde-park/comment-page-1/#comment-338139 Fri, 10 May 2013 01:47:48 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8647#comment-338139 In reply to T Man.

Ok fixed. So glad you said something. I can’t believe I did that… especially after all that stuff I wrote about Grand Central -_-

]]> By: Emily https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/05/08/the-mansions-that-the-railroad-built-part-2-hyde-park/comment-page-1/#comment-338138 Fri, 10 May 2013 01:39:17 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8647#comment-338138 In reply to T Man.

OMG, shit. That is a major brain fart.

]]> By: T Man https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/05/08/the-mansions-that-the-railroad-built-part-2-hyde-park/comment-page-1/#comment-338137 Thu, 09 May 2013 03:24:58 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8647#comment-338137 It was actually Warren & Wetmore that designed GCT. McKim, Mead, and White designed the ill fated Pennsylvania Station.

]]> By: James Lamkin https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/05/08/the-mansions-that-the-railroad-built-part-2-hyde-park/comment-page-1/#comment-338136 Thu, 09 May 2013 02:27:57 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8647#comment-338136 This is awesome, the Vanderbilts definitely had some clout and money, who could build their own railroad today, except maybe Warren Buffet!

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