THE PASSING OF FAMOUS NYC MANSIONS. NEW YORK CITY. 8/24/25.
FAMOUS HOUSES ON 5TH AVENUE ARE TO BE SOLD TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. BEAUTIFUL NYC MANSION HOUSES ALL WITH DIFFERENT BUT ORNATE ARCHITECTURE. UNIDENTIFIED HOUSES INCLUDE: HOUSE OF COLIN F. HUNTINGTON AT 57TH STREET TO BE RAZED & THE F.W. WOOLWORTH HOUSE AT 80TH STREET (WHICH WILL BE REPLACED BY 15 STORY BUILDING.
HIGHLIGHTS: 02 01 03 CONSTRUCTION SITE: EARLY STEAM-SHOVEL IN
HOLE ON NYC STREET.

PAN DOWN LARGE WHITE BUILDING TO STREET
BELOW

FRONT ENTRANCE WITH IRON GATE & FENCE &
STONE LIONS ON PILLARS

CU DETAILS OF MANSION: BUST APPEARS ABOVE
WINDOW BY ROOF

PAN UP EXTREMELY ORNATE PILLAR TO STONE
LION SITTING ON TOP

CU PAN DOWN FACADE WITH ORNATE WINDOWS TO
MEN SITTING ON STEPS.

VIEWS OF VINCENT ASTOR-JOHN JACOB ASTOR
HOUSE AT 5TH AVE. & 65TH STREET. SOLD FOR
APARTMENT BUILDING.

PAN DOWN SKYSCRAPER TO THE CORNELIUS
VANDERBILT MANSION AT 5TH AVE & 57TH
STREET (TO GIVE WAY TO A SKYSCRAPER)

GREAT ESTABLISHING SHOT OF CORNELIUS
VANDERBILT FRENCH CHATEAU-STYLE
ARCHITECTURE MANSION

CU DETAIL VIEW OF ORANTE WINDOWS
(STONEWORK?) & TURRETS

PAN DOWN POINTED TURRET ROOF & ORNATE
DESIGNS ON ROOF & WINDOWS OF NYC MANSION

THE W.H. VANDERBILT TWIN HOUSES BETWEEN
51ST & 52ND STREETS TO BE WRECKED.

MOB OF MEN CROWD UP AGAINST FENCE TRYING
TO SEE HORSE RACE.

HORSES IMPATIENT & FIDGETY AT THE
STARTING GATE

HIGH ANGLE OF EMPTY FIELD & HORSES
WALKING ALONG TRACK, SOME SIDEWAYS.

AND THERE OFF! HORSES START RACE

OLD MAN SITTING IN PRIVATE BOX AT RACE TRACK

MRS. HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY, WIFE OF
MILLIONARIE & SPORTSMAN, WITH MR. & MRS.
JOCK WHITNEY. HIGH SOCIETY SPORTS.
WATCHING RACE WITH BINOCULARS. BETSEY
WHITNEY? OR GERTRUDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY?

START OF RACE AS HORSES LEAVE STARTING GATE

HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF PEOPLE STANDING DOWN BELOW BY RACE TRACK. MULLING ABOUT