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Dave Vitalli A MAN WITH VISION BY W. A. MULLER Tell us about this amazing house and property. DV: Well it was built by Paul Rudolph the professor who taught architecture, it was designed as a safe house for the family originally. A safe house to protect against anything biological, natural disaster, war, or attack. Why is this the perfect house for waiting out the current Pandemic? DV: The house goes completely off the grid. It’s safe, secure. It’s a 15-minute flight from my helipad to Manhattan and it’s less than a sixty-minute drive. The house could be completely shut down for different parts of the family to be safe in it. It has three different air filtration systems in it. Even 90 | MetMagNY.com | 25AMagazine.com
though it is upstate New York it has its own beach it has any of the amenities you would get in any 5-star hotel and it’s a very unique property.
than sixty minutes drive you are here in Orange County New York and located exactly fifteen minutes from Woodbury Commons.
You had me at helipad. I like how you dropped that in casually.
What are some of the popular features of the surrounding area?
DV: Yes, it’s a 15 minute flight to the East or West side from my helipad which is in the front yard. I have a pilot when we have guests or throw parties. So if we are bringing people in from Fire Island, Block Island or other parts of Long Island. A lot of folks have their multi-multi-million dollars brownstones in Manhattan and have their places in Long Island, they are looking for a place where they can get away and be safe and not have to worry about what’s going on in the world. In less
DV: The property is amidst trees and horse farms. You have everything from hiking, skiing, snowmobiling, four-wheeling, horseback riding all within thirty minutes of this house. The place was made for entertaining and to have a homey feeling on the other side of the house. One wing was made for parties with everything from a ballroom to a cigar room to the other side of the house which has small media rooms and living rooms and sitting nooks, a wine tasting
