While considered a boulevard to the world’s most expensive shopping spots, Fifth Avenue is bombarded with several billionaire homes that date back several decades.
The avenue’s high status was deemed in 1862, when matriarch Caroline Schermerhorn Astor settled into a stylish home on the corner of 34th Street. It’s first major facelift occured when the Astoria Hotel was erected in the site of the wealthy family home in 1893.
Let’s take a look at a few of the most swanky r… (View original article)