A Closer Look: Millionaire’s Row in Manhattan Part 1 | Cultured Elegance

A Closer Look: Millionaire’s Row in Manhattan Part 1 | Cultured Elegance

In this video, we will explore five gilded age New York mansions and palaces. We will see inside George Jay Gould’s mansion, senator William Clark’s mansion, Alexander Stewart’s mansion, Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s mansion and William Collins Whitney’s palatial estate. Discover what happened to Millionaire's Row in Manhattan.


What exactly was life like in Manhattan before skyscrapers covered the skyline? This area was once home to some of the wealthiest families and palatial estates in the United States and was located in midtown Manhattan, near Central Park. While many of the mansions that once stood on this street have been demolished there are a select few which still stand today. Now this area is known as Billionaire's Row and is still a very wealthy part of Manhattan.

In this video, we're going to take a look at millionaire's row in Manhattan and see inside the homes of some of the wealthiest people in America during the gilded age. Millionaire's row was once known as a famous stretch of Manhattan where many of the wealthiest Americans in the world lived. But today, the row is practically nonexistent.

Location: Manhattan, New York

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