Step Inside Mrs. Astor's Double Mansion: Luxuries Beyond Your Wildest Dreams: Colorized

Mrs. Astor's Double Mansion has long been storied in legends. Today, for the first time in history, we are taking a fully colorized tour of her Gilded Age Manhattan mansion. Subscribe for more exciting episodes of This House.

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0:00 Intro
0:12 Historical Context
1:54 Colorized Tour
4:21 The Process
4:54 Closing Thoughts

Colorized: Mrs. Astor's Double Mansion in Full Color

Public Domain Photos from: Library of Congress, Museum of the City of New York
Assets from: Envato Elements
Music from Epidemic Sound

[mydaydream]

Your colorizations are amazing! You did such a great job making the Astor mansion colorfully beautiful!

[tylerloveday]

Omg! I grew up near Biltmore and have been obsessed with these grand old houses since I was LITTLE little…(like 2 years old little). That’s what lead me me to become an architect. I cannot find the words to tell you how thrilling it is to see these photos in color!!!

[traluf]

The drawing room and dining room paneling were saved when the house was demolished. They were purchased by circus magnate John Ringling and both rooms are now installed in the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, FL.

[gro]

What a service you've done for history! I can't imagine living in a house like this - it's so ornate and over-the-top, I would feel the need to dress to come downstairs for breakfast in tails and top hap!

My favorite room was her sons' office/library. I love beautiful wood work on the walls plus it just seemed a more comfortable room in which to live.

[theresawilson]

The pictures are beautiful and I can tell that they have been hand colored. They look like my baby pictures that were professionally colored. You did a wonderful job.

[MissyChelle]

@Ken Thank you for sharing this with us. I can only speak for myself, but I'm sure others will agree, that all the time, work & dedication you & others have put into this channel is greatly appreciated.
The colorized tour of the Astor home is superb! Please continue this and keep us updated on your place as well as the other renovations you have shared on this channel. Again, Thank You

[dlcalbaugh]

Great job on the colorization. This is by far one of my favorite channels. You do so much good work on each video. Thank you for bringing the history of these old homes to us.

[NelsonClick]

WOW! I have seen these photos in the past BUT never like this. It brings a fresh new reality to them and it's like I've never seen them before. So tasteful and tactful. I appreciate that you avoided any garishness. These colorized photos of yours are destined to be the new standard. There's no reason to refer to the black and white photos anymore. It brought a more legitimate dimension to them. I can see more of the realistic contrast instead of the monochromatic blur they were. Bravo Senor! 😊

[SpanishEclectic]

Beautiful job, Ken. The color really does bring the rooms alive. That ballroom is incredible.

[sergpie]

This was such a visual treat. Holy moly.

[MsBubblewrap]

You did an awesome job with the colorization! It was so beautiful.

[lauriekeikkala]

Oh my, thank you for going to such painstaking trouble to allow us to see the colorized version. You did a great job. Makes it so much more real!

[kcvinwehoLA]

The reception room (in the combined home) and ballroom are my favourites. I had pictured rooms at that time all being heavy and dark, and the lightness of those rooms was wonderful to see. Those armchairs were exquisite.

[williamtyre]

Fabulous seeing this in color, thank you for all your efforts!

[olivierpierre]

Bravo for your exceptional efforts; your work bridges the chasm of time to bestow upon us the resplendent allure of yesteryears.

[claudiocavaliere]

Absolutely magnificent! A true masterpiece!

[lisadolan]

My favourite room was the gallery, I appreciate the HUGE amount of effort put into colourising these pics.

You did an OUTSTANDING job Ken. Thank you.

[jasonwomack]

Colorizing photos seems like the perfect time passing hobby for the quickly approaching winter.

[heatherjones]

Congratulations on completing this project! Just one note on the Reception Room narration. Mrs. Astor (or any one else of similar stature) would never ever go to the Reception Room. Visitors would be ushered from the door into the room where they would cool their heels until told that she was AT HOME or NOT AT HOME. If the former, then a footman would take the visitor to wherever in the house she was receiving. If the latter, the footman would take you to the door and see you out; you would be allowed to leave a card or write a short note which would be delivered after you left.

[stacyp]

WOW, that was absolutely amazing!! I think you did a magnificent job colorizing those pictures. I loved them all, so I can't pick which one I thought was the best. All of those were breathtaking!!!