Comments by "Andrew Brendan" (@andrewbrendan1579) on "The Largest Apartment Ever Built in Manhattan (36,000 square feet!!)" video.

  1. A fascinating story and well illstrated with valuable pictures. For me the apartment is a little too much like a mausoleum. Some of those interiors are so "busy" and so big that it doesn't seem like a home. Still a lot of people lived there and I hope they enjoyed their time there. Ken, this comment is going back a little to your recent video "The Mysterious Astor Orphans and the Mansion They Called Home". I just started reading the memoir "Astor Orphan" by Alexandra Aldrich, a descendant of the Astors who grew up in the Rokesbury mansion during the time when it had fallen into disrepair . I've only read a little of the book so far, but it's a fascinating account of the house and the family in it. There's a strong similarity to what happened with the Beales at Grey Gardens but "The Astor Orphan" is still a separate, unique story as told by someone who grew up in famous and historical American house.
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  2.  @cynthiajohnston424  You might also enjoy "Dead End Gene Pool -- A Memoir by Wendy Burden". The author is descended from Florence Vanderbilt and Hamilton Twombly who lived at Florham estate which is now a school. Its a sad, but fascinating story. Also there's "Fortune's Children -- the Fall of the House of Vanderbilt" by Arthur Vanderbilt II. Both are excellent books. I especially enjoyed the latter one, could hardly stop reading it!
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