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Eothen (Warhol Estate)
Eothen is an oceanfront property in Montauk, New York, on the easternmost tip of Long Island. The compound was originally made up of five white clapboard houses built on of land in the 1930s. It was known locally as The Church Estate after the owners before pop artist Andy Warhol and his film collaborator Paul Morrissey purchased the property in 1971. Warhol entertained many famous guests, including Jackie Kennedy, The Rolling Stones, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli, and Halston. In 1992, of land was donated to the Nature Conservancy, which is now called the Andy Warhol Preserve. In 2007, businessman Mickey Drexler purchased the property and merged it with a neighboring horse farm. In 2015, gallerist Adam Lindemann purchased the property without the horse farm. Background In 1898, Richard E. Church of the Arm & Hammer baking soda family purchased property in the Montauk Moorlands from Arthur Benson, who owned most of Montauk. A seasonal fishing cottage was constructed in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montauk, New York
Montauk ( ) is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in East Hampton, New York, East Hampton and Suffolk County, New York, on the eastern end of the South Shore (Long Island), South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 4,318. The CDP encompasses an area that stretches approximately from Napeague, New York, Napeague, to the easternmost tip of New York State at Montauk Point Light. The hamlet encompasses a small area about halfway between the two points. Located at the tip of the South Fork (Long Island), South Fork peninsula of Long Island, east of New York City, Montauk has been used as an United States Army, Army, United States Navy, Navy, United States Coast Guard, Coast Guard, and United States Air Force, Air Force base. The Montauk Point Light was the first lighthouse in New York state and is the fourth oldest active lighthouse in the United States. Montauk is a major tourist destination with six state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Nye
Carolyn Nye McGeoy (October 14, 1936 – July 14, 2006), known professionally as Carrie Nye, was an American actress. In her career spanning 32 years, she was nominated for a Tony Award in 1965, a Primetime Emmy Award in 1980, and a Drama Desk Award in 1981. Early life Nye was born Carolyn Nye McGeoy in Greenwood, Mississippi, the only child of Frank Rice McGeoy, president of a local bank, and Emma Evelyn (Reddett) McGeoy. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, then attended the Yale School of Drama, graduating in 1959. She met Dick Cavett at Yale. They married in 1964. Career Most of Nye's work was on the stage. She joined the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1955 and portrayed a number of roles at the festival through the 1960s and 1970s. Among her credits were the leads in '' The Skin of Our Teeth'' and ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. She was in the American Shakespeare Festival that performed ''Troilus and Cressida'' at the White House during the Kenned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Radziwill
Caroline Lee Radziwill (; March 3, 1933 – February 15, 2019), previously known as Lee Canfield and Lee Ross, was an American socialite, public relations executive, and interior designer. She was the younger sister of former First Lady of the United States, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy and sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy. Early life Caroline Lee Bouvier was born at Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, Doctors Hospital in Yorkville, Manhattan, to stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier III and socialite Janet Norton Lee. She attended the Chapin School, in New York City, Potomac School (McLean, Virginia), Potomac School in Washington, D.C., Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut, and pursued undergraduate studies at Sarah Lawrence College. In her birth announcement, and from her earliest years, she was known by her middle name "Lee" rather than "Caroline". Career Considered by "New York's society arbiters and editors" as the city's leading debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amagansett, New York
Amagansett is a census-designated place that roughly corresponds to the Hamlet (New York), hamlet by the same name in the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, Town of East Hampton (town), New York, East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the South Shore (Long Island), South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 United States census, the Census-designated place, CDP population was 1,165. Amagansett hamlet was founded in 1680. History Amagansett derives its name from the Montaukett for "place of good water"—from a water source near what today is Indian Wells beach. Unlike the rest of the Hamptons, Amagansett was initially settled by the Baker, Conklin, and Barnes families, descendants of English settlers, and the Dutch people, Dutch brothers Abraham and Jacob Schellinger, the sons of a New Amsterdam merchant who moved to East Hampton between 1680 and 1690 after the English took over New Amsterdam. During Operation Pastorius, a failed Nazi attack on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farmers' Market
A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors or outdoors and typically consist of booths, tables or stands where farmers sell their produce, live animals and plants, and sometimes prepared foods and beverages. Farmers' markets exist in many countries worldwide and reflect the local culture and economy. The size of the market may be just a few stalls or it may be as large as several city blocks. Due to their nature, they tend to be less rigidly regulated than retail produce shops. They are distinguished from public markets, which are generally housed in permanent structures, open year-round, and offer a variety of non-farmer/non-producer vendors, packaged foods and non-food products. History The current concept of a farmers' market is similar to past concepts, but different in relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Fremont
Vincent Fremont (born 1950) is an American art magazine publishing executive, film director, and producer. Fremont was the one-time manager of pop artist Andy Warhol's studio, The Factory, and former vice president of Andy Warhol Enterprises. Following Warhol's death, Fremont was the co-founder of the Andy Warhol Foundation. He was also a member of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. Fremont was the CEO of ARTnews, Ltd for a year and is currently an advisor to the company. Life and career Fremont was born the son of two artists in San Diego and raised in Los Angeles. In August 1969, Fremont visited New York for the first time and dropped by Andy Warhol's studio, The Factory, with some friends. Fremont was impressed by "'the brilliance of Andy Warhol's vision' and was determined to become part of it." He eventually moved to New York and was hired full-time at The Factory in 1971. He started "at the bottom" by sweeping the floors, answering the phone, and running film c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Johnson (model)
Jay Johnson (born December 30, 1948) is an American business executive and former model. In 1968, Johnson arrived in New York from California with his twin brother Jed Johnson (designer), Jed Johnson, and they were soon absorbed into Andy Warhol's social circle at the Factory. As a Warhol superstars, Warhol superstar, Johnson appeared in the film ''L'Amour (film), L'Amour'' (1972). He had a successful modeling career and was a muse of Robert Mapplethorpe. Johnson became president of Jed Johnson Associates Inc. following his brother's death in 1996 and created Jed Johnson Home in 2005. Life and career Early life and education Jay Johnson was born in Alexandria, Minnesota on December 30, 1948. He was the third of six children, born 15 minutes before his Twin, fraternal twin brother Jed Johnson (designer), Jed Johnson. They had two older brothers, Craig and Larry, and two younger sisters, Nancy and Susan. His family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, when he was 10 years old before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jed Johnson (designer)
Jed Johnson (December 30, 1948 – July 17, 1996) was an American interior designer and film director. ''The'' ''New York Times'' hailed Johnson as "one of the most celebrated interior designers of our time." In 1968, Johnson arrived in New York from California and was hired to perform odd jobs at Andy Warhol's Factory. After Warhol survived an assassination attempt, Johnson moved in with him to aid in his recovery, and they had a romantic partnership for 12 years. At the Factory, Johnson rose through the ranks from assisting Warhol and director Paul Morrissey to directing his own film, '' Bad'' (1977). He edited several films, including '' Trash'' (1970), ''Heat'' (1972), '' Flesh for Frankenstein'' (1973), and '' Blood for Dracula'' (1974). Following Warhol's death, Johnson was a founding member of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. After decorating the townhouse he shared with Warhol, Johnson began collecting antiques and started a decorating business. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Cod
Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer months. The name Cape Cod, coined in 1602 by Bartholomew Gosnold, is the ninth-oldest English place-name in the U.S. As defined by the Cape Cod Commission's enabling legislation, Cape Cod is coextensive with Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It extends from Provincetown, Massachusetts, Provincetown in the northeast to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Woods Hole in the southwest, and is bordered by Plymouth, Massachusetts, Plymouth to the northwest. The Cape is divided into fifteen New England town, towns, several of which are in turn made up of multiple named villages. Cape Cod forms the southern boundary of the Gulf of Maine, which extends north-eastward to Nova Scotia. Since 1914, most of Cape Cod has been separated from the mainland by the Cape Cod Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
Hyannis Port (or Hyannisport) is a small residential village located in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. It is a summer community on Hyannis Harbor, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to the south-southwest of Hyannis. Community It has a small post office (ZIP code 02647) next door to a small seasonal convenience store, The News Shop and Gallery. It has one of the premier golf courses on Cape Cod, the Hyannisport Club, and is also home to the West Beach Club and the Hyannis Port Yacht Club. St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church and the Union Chapel conduct Sunday services in the summer. There also is a catwalk that goes to Halls Island with views of Nantucket Sound and a golf course. Kennedy residences Hyannis Port is the location of the Kennedy Compound and other Kennedy family residences and, as such, is included in the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennedy Compound
The Kennedy Compound consists of three houses on of waterfront property in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It was once the home of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., an American businessman, investor, and diplomat; his wife, Rose; and their nine children, including U.S. President and Senator John F. Kennedy and U.S. Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy. As an adult, the youngest son, Edward, lived in his parents' house, and it was his primary residence from 1982 until he died of brain cancer at the compound, in August 2009. Purchased in 1928, the compound became the place that the Kennedy family most associated with home. John F. Kennedy used the compound as a base for his successful 1960 U.S. presidential campaign and later as a Summer White House and presidential retreat. In 2012, the main house was donated to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. History In 1926, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. rented a summer cottage at 50 Marchant Avenue in Hy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Factory
The Factory was Andy Warhol's art studio in Manhattan, New York City, which had four locations between 1963 and 1987. The Factory became famous for its parties in the 1960s. It was the hip hangout spot for artists, musicians, celebrities, and Warhol's superstars. The original Factory is referred to as the Silver Factory. In the studio, Warhol and his assistants would make silkscreen paintings and underground films. The Factory later became the headquarters of his enterprise. History In 1960, pop artist Andy Warhol purchased a townhouse at 1342 Lexington Avenue in the Carnegie Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, which he also used as his art studio. Due to the mess his work was causing at home, Warhol wanted to find a studio where he could paint. A friend of his found an old unoccupied firehouse on 159 East 87th Street where Warhol began working in January 1963. No one was eager to go there, so the rent was $150 a month. 1963–67: 231 East 47th Street A few months later, Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
