Great Houses of the Queen City
Author | : Walter E. Langsam |
Publisher | : Cincinnati Museum Center |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Walter E. Langsam |
Publisher | : Cincinnati Museum Center |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Art |
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Author | : Rob MacKay |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2021-05-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 146710678X |
Queens, New York, boasts a rich history that includes dozens of poorly publicized but historically impressive houses. A mix of farmsteads, mansions, seaside escapes, and architecturally significant community dwellings, these homes were owned by America's forefathers, nouveau riche industrialists, Wall Street tycoons, and prominent African American entertainers from the Jazz Age. Rufus King, a senator and the youngest signer of the US Constitution, operated a large family farm in Jamaica, while piano manufacturer extraordinaire William Steinway lived in a 27-room, granite and bluestone Italianate villa in Astoria. Local musicians include Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, and Lena Horne. Through more than 200 photographs, Historic Houses of Queens explores the borough's most notable residences--their architecture, owners, surrounding neighborhoods, peculiarities, and even their fates as some vanished due to financial problems or fires.
Author | : Dann Woellert |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 1467117641 |
Cincinnati is the home to food inventions, rivalries and restaurants that stand the test of time. The Queen City boasts the invention of both Cincinnati chili and goetta. Mecklenburg Gardens, Arnold's, Izzy's and Scotti's have all operated for over a century. The French restaurant Maisonette was the epitome of fine dining, and Wong Yie's Famous Restaurant took Chinese cuisine from street fare to an exotic experience. Busken Bakery and Frisch's vied for Cincinnati pumpkin pie supremacy by taking digs at each other through billboards and redecorating a Big Boy statue in Busken attire. Author Dann Woellert explores the most iconic eateries, the German influence on Queen City food and what makes dining so unique in Cincinnati.
Author | : David Pearce |
Publisher | : Vendome Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2001-11 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
The Great Houses of London is an account of extraordinary buildings, most of which no longer exist, of such great designers as Robert Adam, and of the enormously rich English aristocratic grandees who commissioned these houses. When Queen Victoria remarked to her neighbor, the Duchess of Sutherland, I have come from my house to your palace, she was by no means exaggerating. The palaces of the nobility were second only to churches in architectural and aesthetic significance, and defied comparison with the chateaux of France or the palazzi of Venice. Filled with astonishing French and English furniture, generally equipped with a large private picture gallery to display priceless paintings bought on the Grand Tour, staffed by between 50 and 60 servants, these houses expressed the taste and aspiration of a single person, and usually one rich and powerful enough to have his own way. A distinguished designer, large rooms for entertaining formally, an imposing facade to impress passers by and visitors were the background for the endless balls and costume and garden parties, and formal dinners that made the dazzling London Season one of the high points for European royalty and society from June through August. This book, the only publication on a fascinating subject, covers some 40 major home and 100 lesser ones, starting in the 13th century in the walled city of London and moving on to the then suburbs of Bloomsbury, Holborn, Soho, Piccadilly and St. James, finishing in Park Lane from which the aristocrats were driven by the noises of motor traffic. This is a book that will fascinate architects, decorators, Anglophiles and social historians.
Author | : Edna Healey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Edna Healey has had complete access to the Royal Archives and co-operation from the Royal Family to produce a history of the changes that have occurred since 1763, including the war years and the protocol complications of a new Labour administration.
Author | : |
Publisher | : US History Publishers |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Cincinnati (Ohio) |
ISBN | : 1603540512 |
Author | : Danny Korman |
Publisher | : Wilderness Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2015-04-28 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0899977227 |
Walking Cincinnati by Danny Korman and Katie Meyer is the first book in decades for local history fanatics and adventurers wanting a more hands-on approach to Cincinnati history and culture. This guide literally walks readers through the city's renowned historical, architectural, and culinary sites. The unique character comes alive through Walking Cincinnati's focus on human-interest, and gives the readers surprise after surprise in its 32 walks. Never before has such an extensive book been written that highlights not only the architecture, art, and food, but also touches upon Greater Cincinnati’s darker side. Tales and locations of crimes, hauntings, illegal casinos, mob bosses, and brothels will astonish readers and unveil secrets of the city that have long been overlooked by traditional local history books.
Author | : Cuvier Press Club (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Cincinnati (Ohio) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bob Wilhelm |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 93 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Barns |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2006-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Cincinnati Magazine taps into the DNA of the city, exploring shopping, dining, living, and culture and giving readers a ringside seat on the issues shaping the region.