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The Braes
The Braes is a historic Jacobean architecture, Jacobean-style mansion in Glen Cove, New York constructed for George Dupont Pratt in 1912. Occupying 40,000 square feet, it is among the top 100 largest houses in the United States. It is the largest of the six Pratt estates on Long Island. Since 1947, it has been home to the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture. The building is situated on 3 terraces above the Long Island Sound. It is the second house to sit on this site. The first house, a Georgian architecture, Georgian revival styled house, was also built for Pratt in 1902. The Pratts tore it down when they decided the Jacobean style suited them better. Both houses were designed by James Brite of the architectural firm of Brite & Bacon. The Braes was built on an estate known as Dosoris Park, which land was originally purchased by Pratt's father. Herbert and eight of his siblings all built houses here, but The Braes was the largest. Rotherwas Room Pratt was an avid col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Cove, New York
Glen Cove is a Political subdivisions of New York State#City, city in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore of Long Island, New York (state), New York, United States. The city's population was 28,365 at the time of the 2020 census. Of Nassau County's five Administrative divisions of New York (state), municipalities, Glen Cove is one of two that are City, cities, rather than towns – the other being Long Beach, New York, Long Beach. Glen Cove was considered part of the Wealth, affluent, early 20th-century North Shore (Long Island), Gold Coast of Long Island, as the properties located along the area's waterfront were initially developed as large country estates by wealthy Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs and businessmen (such as J.P. Morgan, Phipps family, Phipps, Charles Pratt, Pratt, and Prybil). Historically, with the onset of the Industrial Revolution, Glen Cove blossomed in the areas of manufacturing, agriculture and local reta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mead Art Museum
Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead (class of 1867), of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. His wife, Olga Kilyeni Mead, left her entire estate to Amherst College. The museum, a member of Museums10, is free and open to the public. Collection The Mead holds the Amherst College art collection, which includes: * American and European paintings * Thomas P. Whitney collection of Russian art * Mexican ceramics * Tibetan scroll paintings * 17th century English paneled room * Ancient Assyrian carvings * West African sculpture * Japanese prints The Mead Art Museum has a collection of approximately 19,000 items. The works in the museum's collection can be searched on the database maintained by the Five College Museums/Historic Deerfield. Points of interest Assyrian reliefs In 1857, Amherst College acquired panels from the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Expectations (1998 Film)
''Great Expectations'' is a 1998 American romantic drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and written by Mitch Glazer. It stars Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft and Robert De Niro. A contemporary film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1861 novel ''Great Expectations'', it is known for having moved the setting from 1812–1827 London to 1990s New York, with the hero's name changed from "Pip" to "Finn", the character of " Miss Havisham" renamed "Nora Dinsmoor", and "Abel Magwitch" renamed "Arthur Lustig". The film received mixed reviews. Plot Ten-year-old Finnegan "Finn" Bell, an orphan being raised by his elder sister Maggie and her boyfriend Joe, is overpowered by an escaped convict while playing on a beach on the Gulf Coast. Finn brings him food, alcohol and bolt cutters to cut the iron shackles off his legs, and is taken hostage. The convict tries to escape to Mexico, but the police see his small boat and, while the convict hides on a buoy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limitless (TV Series)
''Limitless'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on CBS for one season from 2015 to 2016. It is a continuation of the 2011 film of the same name, and takes place four years after the film's events. The series stars Jake McDorman as Brian Finch, who samples a mysterious nootropic drug, which unlocks the full potential of the human brain and gives its user enhanced mental faculties. ''Limitless'' premiered on CBS on September 22, 2015 to mixed reviews from critics. After a single 22-episode season that ended on April 26, 2016, showrunner Craig Sweeny announced that CBS cancelled the series. Premise Brian Finch, a 28-year-old burnout and struggling musician, is introduced to NZT-48, a miracle drug that gives him access to every neuron in his brain. For twelve hours after taking the pill, he becomes the smartest person in the world, able to perfectly recall every detail of his life and capable of prodigious leaps of intuition and reasoning. With the mysteriou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Pains
''Royal Pains'' is an American comedy-drama television series that ran on the USA Network from 2009 to 2016. The series is based in part on contemporary concierge medicine practices of independent doctors and companies and follows Hank Lawson, an unfairly discredited but brilliant diagnostic surgeon, who moves to the Hamptons with his brother Evan as he works as a concierge doctor to the uber rich and ultra elite. The cast of the show includes Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Reshma Shetty, Brooke D'Orsay, Ben Shenkman, Jill Flint, and Campbell Scott. Cast and characters Main * Mark Feuerstein as Dr. Henry "Hank" Lawson, a formerly successful New York E.R. doctor, who is fired from his job after a wealthy hospital benefactor dies in his care. When he saves someone's life during a trip to the Hamptons, he accepts an offer from Boris, a German businessman, to remain as a " concierge doctor" in his palatial estate. He usually attends to wealthy clientele, but also others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotham (TV Series)
''Gotham'' is an American television series developed by Bruno Heller, produced by Warner Bros. Television and based on characters from the Batman mythos in comic books published by DC Comics. The series premiered on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox on September 22, 2014, and ended on April 25, 2019, after five seasons totalling List of Gotham episodes, 100 episodes. It features an ensemble cast that includes Ben McKenzie as Jim Gordon (Gotham), James "Jim" Gordon, Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock (Gotham), Harvey Bullock, and David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne (Gotham), Bruce Wayne. The show follows Gordon's early days at the Gotham City Police Department following the murder of Bruce's parents, as well as the Origin story, origin stories of Batman's infamous List of Batman family enemies, rogues gallery. Development for a prequel series based on Batman began in September 2013, with Bruno Heller hired by Fox to serve as a writer and executive producer. In March 2014, Fox originally ordered 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Joker (2019 Film)
''Joker'' is a 2019 American psychological thriller film directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay he co-wrote with Scott Silver. Based on DC Comics characters, it stars Joaquin Phoenix and provides an alternative origin story for the Joker. The film follows Arthur Fleck, a failed clown and aspiring stand-up comedian whose descent into mental illness and nihilism inspires a violent countercultural revolution against the wealthy in a decaying Gotham City. Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, and Frances Conroy appear in supporting roles. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, ''Joker'' was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Films in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, Bron Creative and Joint Effort. Phillips conceived ''Joker'' in 2016 and wrote the script with Silver throughout 2017. The two were inspired by 1970s character studies and the films of Martin Scorsese, particularly ''Taxi Driver'' (1976) and '' The King of Comedy'' (1982); Scorsese was initially attached to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
