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  2. Jun 12, 2014 · The Vanderbilts ponied up $1 million to buy the land, and in 1902 came up with another million to build houses adjacent to the Union Club, solely to lock up the land, or such was their plan....

  3. In January 1879, Vanderbilt bought a land lot on the west side of Fifth Avenue between 51st and 52nd Streets. [45] [46] The lot, which stood diagonally across Fifth Avenue and 51st Street from the then-new St. Patrick's Cathedral, [4] [5] had once been owned by sheep farmer Isaiah Keyser. [5]

  4. Sep 24, 2021 · In January 1879, Vanderbilt bought a land lot on Fifth Avenue between 51st and 52nd Streets, purchased in part because he needed more space for his extensive art collection.

  5. May 19, 2021 · Between 59th and 78th Streets, rich New Yorkers like Cornelius Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor purchased and built extravagant homes along Fifth Avenue, some valued at over $150 million...

  6. Feb 9, 2012 · The rise and fall of the Vanderbilt family, which still pervades American historical lore, can be viewed through the lens of Cornelius Vanderbilt II”s Fifth Avenue mansion. The original...

  7. Mar 10, 2022 · Cornelius Vanderbilt II used the inheritance from his father the Commodore to purchase three brownstones on the corner of 57th Street and 5th Avenue, demolish them and build this mansion.

  8. May 29, 2020 · Throughout the Vanderbilt families prominence, there have been ten mansions on Fifth Avenue in New York. By 1947 not a single one still stood. The amount of money that the Vanderbilts had during that period was so vast that it is hard to put into perspective.

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