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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's a shame this can't be preserved "in toto" because it will surely never be repeated--these interiors and homes are slowly evaporating and the legacy alone warrants its being preserved, but alas, it will continue on in a different manner.  I mean for example, the maids rooms--such a touch of another era, the back passage ways, it's all so interesting.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JXG]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 9th 2008 1:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[Seventeen K for monthly charges is pretty inexpensive for NYC. Apparently this building is well managed...which is not universial.<br>Albert Hadley decorated the apartment...that is pretty much the apex of decoration, especially in NYC. Even though it was done a long time ago...<br>The general ratio for owners is 10 times the price in liquid assets...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[C.K. Dexter-Haven]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 9th 2008 2:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ridiculous to live like that, in such luxury while there are people out here starving. No one can afford rent anymore and then they have places like this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 10th 2008 11:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's an amazing comment, Catherine, considering it's about a woman who gave hundreds of millions of dollars to charitable causes and was 100% dedicated to philanthropic pursuits, particularly the New York Public Library. Indeed, she left the bulk of her fortune to charity. Your ignorance is showing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[travisd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 10th 2008 1:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[Catherine almost touched on something... it wasnt awful that "she" lived that way. it's awful the asking price and the extreme waste for what amounts to an apartment. I think its a shame what people charge for apartments and pretty stupid what people pay to live in NYC (mostly Manhattan), its nothing to do with supply and demand.. but everything to do with greed, lust and vanity (sins). It truly is a shame we admire this while people starve to death and die in the streets and park below.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 10th 2008 7:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow, that's really lavish. I wish I was her grandson.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 10th 2008 7:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[LAVISH, LUXURIOUS, OPULENT, RICH, DECADENT LIFESTYLE.............SOUNDS GREAT !  BUT THIS WOMAN WAS NOT AN IVORY TOWER SHUTIN. SHE GAVE TONS OF MONEY TO CHARITIES AND THE PRESERVATION OF KNOWLEDGE. VERY UNSELFISH AND SMART.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Di Pietro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 11th 2008 12:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[If I could I would live in it as is and not change a thing and also continue to send lavish amounts of money overseas to my pooer relatives and have few come to live with me as well.It deserves to be kept as a landmark to a gracious woman.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gloria]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 12th 2008 4:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[Living in NYC is one of the greatest privileges one could ever have.  To characterize it as a land of greed and sin is just missing the scope of the city.  Magic happens in NYC--taxing down Fifth Ave during the Christmas holiday going under the large snowflake suspended at the intersection of 57th Street; rowing in Central Park and finding turtles bathing on the rocks; the majesty of the Chrysler Building lit at night; the splendor of the Met Museum (which can be entered for free if you ask)--it's an incredibly warm and generous city.  Everyone should have a chance to live there or visit at least.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JXG]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 14th 2008 12:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[Frankly, I think it's all ugly.  Give me downhome America anyday over that gaudy garbage.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patricia Alber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 14th 2008 2:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[Grandmotherly maybe, but it could never be called ugly.  It's about as Americana as you can get.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JXG]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 14th 2008 5:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[I've lived all over the US (I originate from NY) and spent 2 years traveling Europe.  I was invited into hundreds of European homes.  That is not Americana.  That is European.  The only home in America that I have been in that was anything remotely like that was in New Mexico.  A Cuban & Puerto Rican couple who had grown up poor and came into money later tried to dress up there 4000 sq. ft home in that "style" because they thought that is what was meant by "making it".    Maybe a very small part of America lived that way quite a while ago when the connections to Britain were much stronger, but I still would disagree that the average American (though strangely ignorant in history)would call that Americana.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patricia Alber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 14th 2008 6:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/brooke-astors-co-op-estate-of-the-day/</guid><description><![CDATA[And i need this information because........????<br><br>Ya might try reporting something more news worthy once in a while. BUT THAT MAY STRAIN YOUR INTELLIGENCE TOO FAR I SUPPOSE.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 16th 2008 11:04PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>