Comments by "Mitchell Barnow" (@mitchellbarnow1709) on "This House" channel.

  1. I am shocked and outraged about what they've done to this amazing woman's legacy! I hope that her memory will be restored to the true story.
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  2. Ken, it is so sad to see any home get vandalized and fall into ruins.
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  3. The most bizarre story ever told on this channel! I could barely breathe while watching their story.
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  4. It always makes me so happy when you start to blend in current day’s pictures and I’m shown that This House was not torn down and can be toured by all to this day!
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  5. Thank you so much Ken for bringing this human story to light! Sometimes there’s a lot more to talk about than the architecture and stories like these are not taught on a regular basis.
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  6. What an incredible masterpiece! Thank goodness photography was invented in time to save this precious gem 💎!
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  7. 2:59 Ken, looking up at the incredible bifurcated staircase was my favorite part of the Palace! I’m not exaggerating, I really did gasp at it’s openness, complexity and it’s plain perfection without being over decorated.
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  8. What incredible stories about families with great wealth that did not build mansions and families without great wealth living in tiny homes.
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  9. I think that we are lucky to have so much of the mansion still intact because the alternative scenario is awful.
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  10. Excellent commentary as always! I had never heard about the ejection of the staircase until today. It’s such a horrible tragedy especially magnified by the deaths of five more trying to see the wreckage. Let’s keep it to scientific research only and no tourists should visit the RMS Titanic in my personal opinion only.
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  11. I have toured this house many times but much of what the National Park Service told us is a bit glossed over and not as dirty handed. Mr Johnson’s health dramatically increased when he came to visit in the summertime and he fell in love with Death Valley.
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  12. An incredible life story, presented beautifully as always.
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  13. What an incredible place! There’s no end to how much wealth a few people had before The Great Depression.
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  14. I love it when I get to the end of the video and find out that “This House” was not bulldozed!
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  15. We did visit this incredible home after it was recently reopened and it is as magnificent as you just showed!
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  16. I was completely immersed in the story!
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  17. Ken I love how you set the scene and then you take us inside to tour the mansion, but we have access into the most intimate family spaces. This goes for every video, I love it so much and I feel that I was there even though it was torn down maybe a hundred years ago.
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  18. 3:50 I was very impressed with the incredible rooms in this house, but my eye caught the "book elevator" that was part of the floor that enabled heavy books to not have to be carried up and down the stairway to the basement! Thank you so much for this incredible tour. I have found that because of the lack of fire escapes tour groups rarely take you up to the level with the bedrooms or higher. One would have to be privileged enough to have a private small tour to see above the floors without fire exits for the tour groups.
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  19. My husband and I were fortunate to have toured this mansion today and I’m telling you that it’s details are truly magnificent and I owe it all to “This House”, the best channel on YouTube! You would not believe the many incredible architectural details that this mansion contains. I asked our docent question after question because I was so fascinated and intrigued. Thank you so much for sharing this incredible place that is only 30 minutes from our home!
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  20. Ken, it's incredible that you can find three amazing stories and produce a great video for each one without fail. How long can you continue at this pace before running out of ideas? Have you considered reducing the number of incredible videos per week or are you confident that you can continue for many years to come?
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  21. What an absolutely incredible estate and from a man who came from nothing but he worked his way up and he must’ve been very smart and intelligent! The indoor swimming pool was incredible! THE FOLLOWING IS EDITORIAL SO DON’T READ IT AND BITCH AT ME: I see how some people get rich, they may have very unsafe mines and/or extremely dangerous factories. We cannot just say that they don’t have to work there, but that’s not how it works. Everyone cannot just uproot their families and go somewhere else where it might be even worse. There were no laws, strikers were easily replaced or gunned down by law enforcement. People were not valued and most could easily be replaced by the line of others desperate for work. Thankfully things have changed since those days.
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  22. What an amazing family that I’ve never heard of before today! Thank you so much for these incredible stories of prosperity and loss.
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  23. What an incredible masterpiece! The Dining Room was my favorite room, as there are no known pictures of it so I can use my imagination.
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  24. What an amazing Northern White House! Imagine two countries getting along that well today?
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  25. Thankfully the manor house still exists today!
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  26. I don’t want to be attacked here in the comments, but could they not afford to pay a staff to take care of their home? I don’t care that times were different, this didn’t take place thousands of years ago.
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  27. I am confident that the future is bright and colorful for The San Francisco Plantation home! She will reopen again to the public.
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  28. This House might’ve looked good in Palm Springs, Califonia, but not my taste. I don’t feel sad about its loss.
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  29. Ken, I really loved the extra details presented covering this incredible woman and I had no trouble watching her amazing story once more!
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  30. Hi Ken! Thank you so much for sharing this amazing piece of history for us to enjoy! You always keep me in suspense wondering if these places still exist today and for that I am grateful, but I don’t want to spoil the surprises for anyone else.
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  31. Money does not buy good taste and no matter how much money one has, it's never enough for some people who will risk it all no matter how much it might hurt the small investor.
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  32. I am so glad that we can visit this incredible mansion today!
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  33. Many men cannot keep themselves faithful to their wives, but to then leave an incredible debt to his wife, makes me unsympathetic to his murder and I celebrate his murderer! His home was a masterpiece but only a billionaire could afford to live this way. I understand that he was probably very envious of his extremely wealthy clients and he wanted to live even better than they did, but it’s not right what he did to get there.
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  34. What an incredible story with a happy ending! At least the house had a happy ending.
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  35. I was so happy when you snuck in a contemporary color photo so that I knew that this amazing structure survived Detroit’s decline!
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  36.  @ThisHouse  It’s going to be amazing! Ken, it’s incredible how much you have up your sleeves!
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  37. Ken and Dalton, This House is so fortunate to have you as it’s new owners as the transformation is going to be incredible! Thank you so much for sharing your personal life with us, because so many channels have one person in them and never a peep about anything outside of their channel. It is just nice to know something about the people that we watch. I understand that security is very important and there are a lot of crazies out there so privacy is very important, so I don’t know what I’m saying. It’s completely up to the creator to decide and I’m sure happy that we get to know you a little bit better!
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  38. San Francisco has a famous "Octagon House" from the 1860's. Luckily it survived the 1906 Earthquake and Fire!
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  39. This in person tour was incredible! I really loved the Judy Garland, Meet Me in St Louis, Friends of Dorothy, all in our family good feeling that I got from this fun and incredibly informative video! Thank you so much. Those that get to be in St Louis to visit these historic homes that are not house museums that are open to the public are going to have an incredible time!
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  40. Tomorrow, February 1st, we successfully won the lottery to visit Carolands in Hillsborough California! Amazingly it’s only 30 minutes from our home. I never knew about this property until I saw your incredible video recently. This House is an amazing and unique channel!
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  41. I try to never miss an episode of "This House", I just don't comment very often!
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  42. I had no idea that there was a borax king, but I was aware of the 20 mule team having visited Death Valley many times.
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  43. What an incredible palace! It’s a miracle that the state of Florida eventually did the right thing and restored the property after the Depression and WWII. Fortunately we all can visit this public place if we have the money for admission. My heart was totally broken when another incredible mansion was not kept for the public to enjoy, instead it was sold to a well known celebrity.
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  44. Ken, this apartment has to be the most extravagant one I’ve ever experienced! How would it compare to the mansion penthouse that was built for a prominent woman because they tore down her mansion to build it? Who was that? Marjorie Post, the same person that built Mar a Lago? Sorry about all of the spelling errors.
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  45. What an amazing success story!
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  46. What an excellent story and I loved the longer format as well!
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  47.  @ThisHouse  Whatever you two decide to do is okay with me! Your content is unique and extraordinary.
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  48.  @madcrowmaxwell  Mr Johnson loved his life at his Death Valley area home. I must've been so much simpler than the hectic business atmosphere that he was used to and the climate was great for his health condition. He lost 90% of his fortune after the 1929 stock market crash and subsequent great depression. That is why the giant swimming pool was never finished. It is rumored that all of the beautiful imported tiles are stored in the underground area next to the swimming pool. There are glass windows that look into the pool from the deep end. The house also had a form of evaporative cooling with wet fabric that air would blow through with air vents that can be seen in the big living room. I have not toured there for a very long time. My first visit was back in the late 1970's driving my 1977 VW Rabbit (Golf).
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  49. They yearned for the simple life in a tract home which wouldn’t cost a fortune to maintain! I cannot imagine the costs of maintaining a property like that, especially if not flush with a bottomless bank account.
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  50. What an amazing story!
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