What happened to the beautiful high society mansions of New York City?

Question

Are they still standing? Are they in disrepair? Where online can you go to view them?

Answer 1

Actually, there's a lot of the old architecture still around. Mansions as we think of them today wouldn't have existed for the wealthiest New Yorkers in the late 19th Century, when there was a lot of high society. Some of them have been razed, but a lot of wealthy families (the Rockefellers, for instance) built nice houses in midtown Manhattan as the city developed northward. Some of these are still around but have been repurposed.

There's a stretch along Prospect Park West in Brooklyn that was once called the "Gold Coast" as many wealthy families built houses there, many of which are still standing.

Answer 2

Mostly no. The land became too valuable & they were razed the modern apartment buildings that were put up in their place beginning in the 1920's.

Here's a link to the pictures of just a few of them
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/gallery/index.html

Answer 3

Most have been replaced by office buildings or apartment houses. A few (eg. Frick & Morgan) became museums. Some became retail stores.

Answer 4

there are a bunch in Riverdale, in the Bronx.

Answer 5

they all turned to high rises