Kykuit, The Rockefeller Estate – Weekend Getaways from NYC
Ah, the Rockefeller family. John D., founder of Standard Oil, was a simple man. No drinking, no smoking, no gambling, no dancing. Actually that last one I could see. When he commissioned Kykuit, named for the hill where it sat/sits (and dutch for “lookout”), John D. envisioned a modest 32-bedroom farmhouse surrounded by porches. […]
Lyndhurst
635 S Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591 If you like your conspicuous consumption the way I like mine, you like it Old School. The Hudson Valley is the Mecca for the outsized estates of the American magnates and robber-barons we’ve all read about in history class. Rockefeller. Roosevelt. A generation of self-made American royalty whose […]
Storm King Art Center
1 Museum Rd, New Windsor, NY If you like your Thomas Cole landscapes with a dash of Rene Magritte surrealism, the Storm King Art Center (website) is the place for you. It’s an art installation writ-large, using an entire natural landscape as its grounds. It’s also the perfect plug-and-play romantic getaway, within easy […]
