The Astor family’s old Beechwood mansion in Newport, RI. Now home to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
I grew up near Newport, Rhode Island. The robber barons of the Roaring Twenties had a ball on Bellevue Avenue. Those were the first one-percenters, and for them, those were the good ole days. They didn’t have summer homes. They had summer cottages. Their rooms weren’t furnished; they were appointed.
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