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So maybe Bloomberg isn't running for President? Or is that just what he wants us to think?
Either way, Hizzoner is reportedly about to buy an historic townhouse on 78th and Madison to house his philanthropic ambitions. The property, designed by Stanford White for old New York biggie Stuyvesant Fish (son of NY Governor, Senator and US Secretary of State Hamilton Fish) in 1897, is going for $50M according to the listing on Sotheby's but the Times seems to think that Mike is getting it for the steal of $45 million (being able to pay upfront and in cash has to help). The building is going to take some work before it can be used by Bloomberg, but then again he does have another three and a half years before he'd need it full time. And bonus, it is a stones throw from his 79th Street town house.
So is this announcement meant to keep the Bloomberg for Prez speculation at bay? Or just meant to remind people that Bill Gates and Warren Buffett aren't the only billionaires who like to give away their money? We suspect it's a little bit of both, but then again we still think Bloomie is running. And anyway, it's nice to see that Bloomberg (who ranked seventh in the county in philanthropic donations last year) continues to be serious about giving away his boat loads of cash.
Pretty building, too.
Photo of 25 East 78th Street from Sotheby's Realty
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There was no "New York biggie Stuyvesant Fish." There was a Elizabeth Stuyvesant and an Nicolas Fish. They also had a house on Stuvesant St. that is now owned by the Cooper Union. http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LES/LES023.htm
re "There was no `New York biggie Stuyvesant Fish,' " please see below.
SOURCE wikipedia
Stuyvesant Fish (June 24, 1851 - April 10, 1923) was president of the Illinois Central Railroad.
Fish was born in New York City, the son of Hamilton Fish and his wife Julia Ursin Niemcewicz, née Kean. A graduate of Columbia College, he was later an executive of the Illinois Central Railroad, and as its president from 1887 to 1906 oversaw its period of greatest expansion. In 1906, he was removed from his position by E. H. Harriman, probably because of Fish's cooperation and participation with the state government in investigating the Mutual Life Insurance Company. Stuyvesant Fish also served on the board of directors of the National Park Bank.
He married Marion Graves Anthon on 1 June 1896.[1] Marion, known as "Mamie", was a leader in New York and Newport society. She lived in a grand but plain Colonial Revival house, "Crossways", where her Harvest Festival Ball in August signaled the end of the Newport social season.
When Grand Duke Boris of Russia visited Newport, Mrs. Fish issued invitations for a dinner and ball in his honor; the night of the ball the Duke was detained by Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Mrs. Fish's rival as social leader, at whose home he was staying.[2] About 200 guests had assembled in the hall at Crossways, and when the hour for dinner approached and there was no sign of the Duke, Mrs. Fish announced that the Duke was unable to come, but the Czar of Russia had agreed to be her guest. Suddenly the doors of the room were flung open and in walked His Imperial Majesty, dressed in his royal robes, wearing the Imperial Crown and carrying a scepter. The guests, including Senator Chauncey Depew, Pierpont Morgan, and Lord Charles Beresford, sank in a court curtsy, only to recover themselves with shrieks of laughter when they realized they were paying homage to Harry Lehr." (Rhode Island: a Guide to the Smallest State, 1937[3] )
The house on Gramercy Park that was designed by Stanford White for Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish still stands. Stuyvesant Fish was a vestryman at Trinity Church, New York. They maintained his grandmother's Federal-style house at 21 Stuyvesant Street, but their New York house was a brick and limestone Italianate structure at 25 East 78th Street at Madison Avenue. The house is still standing; it too was designed by McKim, Mead, and White.