Even the curtains, installed by Mayor John Lindsay in the 1960s, are a floral chintz pattern with a blue background. The carpets are teal, the sofas are teal, the walls are teal - you get the idea. To the left of the foyer is a very teal library. Anthony Behar/Sipa USAĪ post shared by Gracie Mansion Conservancy the parlor is a kitchen that received a $1.4 million facelift under Mayor Bloomberg in 2012, according to the Observer. Recently, the conservancy has been calling the room “peach-colored,” so it’s possible it could have been repainted since the most recent pictures were taken. In the O’Dwyer administration, this room was tan. The yellow parlor most recently displayed art from Japanese artist Tōkō Shinoda and New York City collage artist Baseera Khan. Under the de Blasio administration, the house has been filled with art by diverse talents. The convex mirror maximizes light in the room, a trick that might have been used in the house before the installation of electric lights.īut the parlor also celebrates a side of history less often told. The parlor also has a circular convex mirror with an ornate gold frame and six candle sconces built into the fixture. The cannonball was excavated from the site of the mansion, where a British loyalist home once stood until it was destroyed in September 1776 - perhaps by that very cannonball, according to NYC.gov. Anthony Behar/Sipa USAĪ patent yellow parlor sits to the right of the foyer and nods to the home’s early history with a cannonball on the fireplace mantel. Anthony Behar/Sipa USA The foyer has tan-and-white striped wallpaper, crown moldings and Federal-style furniture. Inside, the foyer boasts a faux-marble painted floor in a style called trompe-l’oeil that was popular in the 1800s. The second floor has five rooms which, for various tenants, have been configured as bedrooms, sitting rooms and dressing rooms. Above the fireplace, a gold-framed mirror is flanked by light fixtures.Ī winding staircase leads upstairs to the bedrooms, which are closed off to visitors. The center of the floor has a compass pattern and is overlooked by a chandelier.Īn ancient grandfather clock has ticked in the corner since at least 1942. Inside, the foyer has tan-and-white striped wallpaper and a faux marble painted floor, a style called trompe-l’oeil that was popular in the 1800s. The yellow door is flanked by leaded glass windows and topped with a semicircle window. The interior is a mix of modern and historical artifacts strewn across a ground-level floor plan that includes a foyer, parlor, kitchen, library and dining room. It is flanked by leaded glass windows and topped with a semicircle window. Its yellow front door has a wooden frame carved like seed pearls. The gracious wraparound porch, restored in 1983, is actually the historic site where the New York Post’s founder Alexander Hamilton recruited investors for the budding New York Evening Post in 1801, according to the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. The NYC home’s yellow paint was chosen by former mayor Michael Bloomberg for historical accuracy, based on the coloring of a painting of a nearby house. Patrick McMullan via Getty Image Now: A tour inside the house Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City mayors, is getting a new tenant next year. While the coronavirus pandemic has halted a historic tradition of live tours through the mansion, the de Blasio administration has offered virtual tours on Zoom.Įxplore the busy building’s history - including facelifts, restorations, famous visitors and, yes, scandals - through the photos below. The white-trimmed, green-shuttered building’s address is at the corner of East 88th Street and East End Avenue and located in Carl Schurz Park on the east side of Manhattan. Whoever wins, the pale yellow-ocher-colored home is expected to continue hosting teas, fashion shows, fund-raisers, tours, meetings, protests and parties. The “Little White House” has been Mayor Bill de Blasio’s home for seven years, but when he retires from mayorship next year, the 220-year-old mansion will be occupied by whichever candidate New York elects on Nov. Live across from Jonah Hill’s former NYC home for $9.75M ‘Stoopin’ ‘: Even stars like Jersey Shore’s Vinny can’t afford a guest bed in NYCĮngelbert Humperdinck sells LA lair for $4.05M Eli Manning still searching for a buyer for his $3.8M home after 3 years
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