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CONTENTS 118

The 400 I ssue 118

THE QUEST 400 Caroline

Astor created the original list of society’s top

400 names, more than a century ago. We carry on the tradition today, with our list of the current era’s most prominent players—and we salute the creative and charitable institutions of New York.

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BRINGING BACK THE PICTURE: PAUL MCCARTNEY Quest’s

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showing artist Robert L. Bowdon’s most prized scenes and sights.

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SOCIAL DIARY

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SOCIAL CALENDAR

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Remembering the Astor family matriarch, creator of the 400 List. by DaviD PatriCk Columbia A day with Olympian Jessica Rae Springsteen, as remembered by our photographer.

Our columnist’s musings on the current state of the nation. by taki theoDoraCoPulos Late summer styles, inspired by bright colors. by alex travers anD elizabeth meigher

A tribute to the statues of Central Park. by r. a lexanDer boyle anD Douglas DeChert Our favorite brokers weigh in on the current state of the real estate market and more. This month’s in-person events, in Manhattan, the East End, and Newport. How the young and fabulous partied over the years.

Some fun summer soirées out in East Hampton. by brooke kelly

A fond classic: Rebecca West and Sir Daivd Low’s The Modern “Rake’s Progress.”

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Clockwise, from top left: Quest editorin-chief, David Patrick Columbia; last year’s Quest 400 cover; Brit Hadden and Henry Luce of TIME Inc.; Paul McCartney and Harry Benson; Team Quest at the Mashomack International Polo Challenge; “The Pilgrim,” 1884, located on Pilgrim Hill on 72nd Street.

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As a reminder to those previously referenced practitioners of progressive woke behavior, we have included an enumerated pictorial on pages 104–109 of several treasured Central Park statues that have solemnly greeted New Yorkers, and its visitors, for well over a century. We would hope that due thoughtfulness will be applied by the PC police before any removal plans are enacted. Should these turkeys go after my favorite Pilgrim statue at Fifth and 72nd St, well ... we might just as well cancel Thanksgiving and deflate those iconic balloons. Mercy for Macy’s, please! A final word here regarding Quest’s dedicated staff and revered contributors. We have all returned to 420 Madison Avenue and feel energized by our in-person camaraderie and the palpable re-emergence of Manhattan. We look forward to sharing with you the continued reopenings of the performing arts, the cultural centers, the academies, and Broadway’s Great White Way. Without question, this City has taken a tough punch to its soul, but it’s back on its feet and ready to roll. So too is Quest.u

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ON THE COVER: The Duke of Windsor with C. Z. Guest, Merle Oberonm, and Vava Adelberg at the Polo Ball in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1956. Photograph taken by Bert Morgan of Getty Images.

BFA; Patrick McMullan; Harry Benson

WITH AUGUST comes Quest’s annual 400 Issue, of which I’ll say more below. But first I pause to add perspective to the uncertain situation we were living in just a year ago, when we witnessed incredible acts of human kindness and selfless community support. I noted then that unfiltered expressions of gratitude and thanks had become part of our makeup, and that plain old decency had returned. I wondered out loud if these reawakened values would be long lasting; so far, I think we’re walking the walk (and not just the talk). I continue to urge each of us, dear readers, to maintain that path of universal caring, as it appears that the cloud of a viral epidemic will be hovering over us for years to come. Moving back to this issue, most of our readers know that the 400 List was born a century ago from the stratifying mindset of Ward McAllister, the snobby publicity flack employed by Caroline Astor (the original Mrs. Astor!). The Quest 400 was the space-filling brainchild of our esteemed Editor-in-Chief, David Patrick Columbia, who some 27 years ago was in desperate need of last-minute copy. In this issue’s incisively educational Diary entry (see pages 32–88), DPC brilliantly summarizes Society’s history over the past 100+ years, including the origin of that awful and overused word “socialite,” which sprang from the early pages of TIME Magazine, then edited by Brit Hadden who was still editorially senior to his partner, Harry Luce. Progressive wags may scoff at such lists as being outmoded in today’s much too woke world, but Quest continues to believe there’s a place for recognizing the tradition of good manners, civility, and appropriate behavior. On a more joyous note, we salute Harry Benson, our most celebrated and gifted photographer who has just released (with Taschen) a historic anthology of images on his five-decade relationship with Paul McCartney. Many of us aging baby boomers recall that it was Sir Harry whose rapid-fire camera first introduced us to The Beatles, long before Ed Sullivan had the lads from Liverpool perform on his fabled Sunday Night television show.

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NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY What do I care, if Mrs. Harrison Williams Is the best-dressed woman in town. What do I care if Countess Barbara Hutton Has a Rolls-Royce built for each gown. Why should I get the vapors When I read in the papers That Mrs. Simpson dined behind the throne? I’ve got a cute king of my own. —Cole Porter, “Ridin’ High”

THE LADIES MR. PORTER was writing about in his lyrics from the 1936 musical Red, Hot and Blue were actual Socialites of their day. In fact, they were the original “socialites,” those for whom the word was coined. Not necessarily Social Register-ites, because often they didn’t have

the “right” background to have got in the book in the first place. But they were rich girls who lived fabled (and sometimes fast) lives. Back in the Mrs. Astor’s day, only a couple of decades after her, those same girls would have been considered “nouveau,” if that, or

vixens manipulating the lives of vulnerable rich men. It was a highly competitive world to succeed in, one which required a large personal fortune or a husband possessing the same. Mrs. William, Mona, later Mona, Countess Bismarck, was at the time married to one of the world’s richest men, a utility magnate with a fortune before the 1929 Stock Market Crash estimated at

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$700 million (or more than $100 billion in today’s currency). She and her husband, when in New York, lived in the house on 94th and Fifth (still standing) built by the architectural team of Delano & Aldrich for Willard Straight and Dorothy Payne Whitney, and in Palm Beach and Bayville, Long Island. Barbara Hutton, known in the press and to the public as the “Poor Little Rich Girl,” was the Woolworth five-anddime heiress who in the late 1920s inherited about a half billion (in today’s currency) when she was a child after her mother committed suicide. Hutton later owned houses all over the world—including Winfield House in London 28 QUEST

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which she later gifted the U.S. government, and which became the official American Ambassador’s residence. Famous for her extravagance and multitude of husbands, she was an object of fascination and resentment by the public and the press. Hutton and Mona Williams were only two of the clamoring crowd who populated the social scene of those times of the Roaring Twenties and Depression 1930s. The term “socialite” was a code word invented about 1928 by Briton Hadden, Henry Luce’s Yale classmate and partner in their invention of

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Time magazine. The word meant “rich,” and maybe a little racy for ordinary folk. That era was the beginning of the “Café Society,” a new term coined in 1915 by a newspaper columnist Maury Paul writing under the nom de plume Cholly Knickerbocker for the Hearst papers’ New York Journal-American, which by its presence became the world of “Society” in the tabloidal press. It meant play, not work in what was then essentially a Puritanical society. They were ostensibly the “leisure class”—a new term then from a book The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein

Veblen, an American sociologist and economist. “Society” was a reference to Veblen’s “leisure class,” a term to describe ladies and gentlemen who didn’t have to work for a living. They were the new generation, heirs of the last of the Victorians where people lived off the “fat of the land,” namely their land of banks and stocks and bonds. Brit Hadden was a journalist (which Henry Luce was not) who invented the Timestyle. The term “socialite” was breezy and smart-alecky, reflecting the “who cares” economic euphoria America was swimming in in the late 1920s. Hadden was the writer and creative wit on the new magazine Time. Unfortunately he

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A died of a bacteria suddenly a week after his 30th birthday in 1928. His name was dropped from the masthead by his partner Luce and he was forgotten as if he’d never existed. The brand new automotive age was in full swing; the country—or those who had the time and the money—was getting out and about drinking bootleg liquor and bathtub gin, or for those who could afford it, the real stuff hustled in by boat from Europe and Canada. It was “Prohibition” in name (and law) only because people were boozing everywhere and flaunting it (breaking the law), and even killing them-

selves with it (the beginning of drunk driving). In Manhattan, the flappers and the jazz babies written about by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Dressed to kill, they were out on the town, hitting the “speakeasy” of which there were more than 3,000 all over the boroughs of the city, celebrating their new freedom, dancing and drinking up a storm. These socialites were the coolest—a word not yet in the vernacular—of the pack who had the time and money. They frequented first the

speakeasies and then, after the Repeal of Prohibition in 1933, nightclubs like the Stork and El Morocco. Elmo’s customers dressed up for the occasion— women in evening gowns and jewels and men in black tie or white tie and tails. They mingled with Wall Street bankers, Broadway theatre people, and movie stars who aped their style, adding dash and glamour. A handsome young man, another Yale graduate (like Cole Porter), Jerome Zerbe was from a prosperous family in Ohio,

then the industrial center of the country. Zerbe came to New York after college to make his way in life. Already an aficionado of the still-new photographer’s camera, he was already a devotee of buddy socialite life. Dressed appropriately in black tie or white, he went out every night with his camera to a new post-Prohibition nightclub on East 54th Street called El Morocco. Befriending the owner, John Perona, he devoted his hours there taking photos of the “socialites” partying, and selling them to the newspapers. Those photos of the patrons were a sensation in the tabloids, something ordinary working

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Americans had never seen before. They not only made El Morocco famous but they created a lifelong career for Zerbe. Zerbe’s enterprising work with the camera was the beginning of what today remains the popular habit of garnering publicity for nightclubs and a wide variety of social activities. He himself became a popular figure in the nightlife of the New York social world and shortly thereafter in Hollywood, with a career that continued for the next four decades. Unlike the paparazzi who followed, Zerbe became a friend and traveler with the socialites and movie stars he photographed. Later in his career, his photographic interest was mainly in permanently un-peopled still life such as architecture and its interiors. (He was also credited with inventing the 32 QUEST

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vodka martini, post-Prohibition of course.) A good many of the new “socialites” were newly rich not listed in the Social Register, then the established social bible of the first half of the 20th century which would eliminate people from their pages because of their nightlife, or their marriages and divorces. But the nouveau riche mainly imitated the manners if not the mores of the Old Guard, except they flashed their wealth around publicly. A socialite was an American—or South American—not a European, which still had its nobility and active monarchies. These “new” socialites lived up on Park Avenue or on Fifth, or on the North Shore of Long

Island, or both. They did not live on Central Park West, or the East Village (which until the 1970s was called the Lower East Side), or Park Slope. Which would explain why Elmo’s (the popular name for El Morocco) was on East 54th Street and the Stork on East 53rd. The Stock Market Crash of 1929, followed by the Great Depression (and the lifting of Prohibition) did not affect their nightlife. Many of the most successful speakeasies became the watering holes of the elite and the newly named Café Society and another new phenomenon, the gossip columnist, the most famous being a former vaudevillian Walter Winchell who in his prime, syndicated, had more

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A sevelt whose father, Franklin D., became President two years later. That marriage produced two daughters, then a divorce and a second marriage to John Hay (“Jock”) Whitney, one of America’s weathiest men. The eldest daughter, Minnie, was first the mistress and then the (second wife) of Vincent Astor, and the youngest—Barbara— always known as Babe—married the blueblood Stanley Mortimer whom she later divorced and married William Paley, the broadcasting tycoon (CBS). The Second World War changed everything, creating a more dynamic and broader “society” here in New York, and attracting the war-torn European royals and aristos. The country had finally come out of the Depression by the post-war 1940s when the boom in American industry more wisely distributed

the wealth. The mass popularity of radio had brought Americans coast-to-coast together. The airplane shortened travel time and the “socialite” began to associate with the upperclasses of Europe and South America who were often amused and charmed by the rich Americans. Women like Doris Duke and Barbara Hutton spread their wealth among men they married from distant shores, with their alliances lighting up headlines in the same way movie stars’ romances did. Hutton and Duke even married the same man—Porfirio Rubirosa, a Dominican “diplomat” who was famous for his astounding priapic prowess, said to be beyond compare. Neither heiress

remained married for very long to the Dominican playboy, who in an earlier age of society would have been referred to as a gigolo. He was evidently appreciated for his “prowess” as both women sent him off with buckets of cash, cars, and airplanes as an homage to his personal asset. By the 1950s, many who had once been known as socialites (as opposed to “real” society) had become “real” society also. And when the scion of wealthy families like William Woodward or Winthrop Rockefeller married blonde showgirls/actresses, their wives were immediately embraced by their social peers. The world was beginning to become a smaller, more dem-

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ing undone, children growing up and leaving gilded nests, it seemed as if the activist wife, woman of independent means, philanthropic, art-collecting individuals had forever shed the title “socialite.” And who cares, for it was irrelevant. Except for the unique exception of Brooke Astor, granddaughter-in-law of the Mrs. Astor of the 400, the late 19th century definition of society in New York. A woman of advancing age, she married Vincent Astor, the grandson of the Mrs. Astor, and the former husband of Minnie Cushing. It was the third mar-

riage for both. Six years later he died, leaving his immense American Astor family fortune, the majority of which he had assigned to philantrophy, to his wife’s direction (and personal wealth). She became the prima philanthropist of the city. A child of the Edwardian age, she was herself a modern woman, adapted to the new ways of the age of Liberations, adding to her presentation the style of society that preceded the age of the Socialite. With her philanthropy, she set an example of public conduct— the actions of a “lady”—that

briefly resurrected the defunct notion of society. Mrs. Astor’s activities inspired and enlisted many men and women of her succeeding generation who now make up the world of philanthropy in New York today. These men and women raise hundreds of millions annually for all kinds of causes—cultural, educational, medical, civic—that provide the heart of life in the city. Ironically, at the end of the “reign” of Mrs. Astor (who died in her 105th year in 2007)also came the emergence of a young teenager from a wealthy hotel-owning family, Paris Hilton. Hilton, a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton who started hotel chain that bore his name,

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IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY TIME HAS flown by since I was sent by The London Daily Express to cover the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, which were ceremoniously opened by Emperor Hirohito. Such a long time ago—but then again, it seems like yesterday. As I write this column it is uncertain whether the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will go on because of a surge in the coronavirus. With many athletes unvaccinated, hopefully the competition will be held safely. The accomplished equestrian Jessica Springsteen has been chosen as one of a four-member U.S. Equestrian Jumping Team—a huge honor and a huge responsibility. She joins three formidable members of the team: two-time Olympic gold medalist McClain Ward; team gold medalist Laura Kraut; and, competing for the second time, Kent Farrington, who is ranked fifth in the world. Quite an impressive list… Jessica was exuberant and completely down-to-earth when I photographed her. Here she is being nuzzled by her favorite horse as she trained at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center for a Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, in 2012. Her proud father, Bruce Springsteen, who needs no introduction, accompanied us on the photo session but did not want to take the limelight away from Jessica by being photographed. I can understand that completely. Here’s to all the participating U.S. teams. Do not forget that making the team is an amazing honor in itself and a dream come true for these athletes… Bravo to all! u Jessica Rae Springsteen in Wellington, Florida, 2012. 88 QUEST

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GSTAAD—After six and a half months apart, I had absolutely no trouble recognizing my wife. Out she came to the driveway to greet me as Charlie the horny driver brought a sleepy Greek boy home after a long flight from the Bagel. I pretended not to know her and embraced the maid instead, but it didn’t work. My son and two grandchildren added to the merriment as they played along when I asked them who was that lady who tried to kiss me. Here’s some advice to all you young 90 QUEST

whippersnappers: Women will forgive anything as long as you keep it light and make them laugh. I’ve been in trouble with women throughout my long life. That’s because I like them so much I can’t keep my hands off them. By that I don’t mean inappropriate touching. I’ve never done that, it’s always been by invitation only. And the invites were aplenty when I was young, even after I got older. For some strange reason they are quite rare at the moment, but that’s because of

the pandemic, or so those who owe me money tell me. Never mind. Fresh from failing with Peyton—that was the real name of the lady I dubbed Peggy some columns ago because of her jealous and much older husband—I have never considered male monogamy to be a marriage enhancer. Monogamy for ladies only has kept thousands of marriages healthy and happy, at least in civilized Europe. America gets most things the wrong way round, including

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monogamy. Lying, I suppose, is essential if one wants to live graciously, but it’s not really lying, rather it’s the withholding of facts. Forty-nine years ago, when Alexandra and I began living together, she accused me of having an affair. I swore to her that it was strictly platonic, and that God strike me dead if it was not. As I said it I collapsed with a thud on the parquet floor. She did not fall for it but burst out laughing. It’s been a smooth ride ever since. Actually my wife decided early on that demanding the truth concerning fidelity leads to an unhealthy marriage, at least when hitched to a womanizer. The result has been that we’ve been extremely happy for 49 years. (Okay, Alexandra has thrown a few ashtrays at me at times, but she’s always missed beheading me.) Candor is nowadays constantly misused as a status symbol. Admitting an affair, however, is for mean people as far as I’m concerned. Admissions hurt people, and only those who look like Jeff Bezos and need to advertise go around admitting. It used to be that when a man told a lover or a wife what he did with another it was called cruelty or kinkiness. Now it’s called sincerity. Invention, the withholding of information, even fabrication of fact, make the object of

that deceit more comfortable. Which brings me to Matt Hancock. I feel bad for his wife, who has acted with dignity and grace. (I used to trip the light fantastic with a HoyerMiller aunt of hers.) He, poor bastard, is a victim of technology. Back in my day the only cameras around belonged to Hollywood types and paparazzi, and one knew to stay away. But he cruelly left his wife and children, a real no-no, and that’s what makes him a baddie in my book. The rest is BS. The G-7 fraternization, the Wembley crowds, Wimbledon, the beach throngs, all make distancing rules a joke. But let’s return to the pros and cons of admitting an affair. I think it was group therapy that encouraged the discussion of feelings and the importance of shared experiences. Needless to say, these meetings were invented in America. Mind you, I’d rather spend a day being quizzed by the Gestapo than take part in such a humiliating process. But that’s me. It has since then become a kind of demon principle that one should be open to everybody. The result has been a lot of broken relationships when, under the advice of some quack, reasonable people confessed to having been naughty. (The Roman Catholics, very sensibly, confess to someone they can’t see.)

The sexual liberation of the ’60s surprisingly did nothing to lessen the pain of jealousy. And to bring things up to date about fooling around, Melanie McDonagh’s piece in Sunday’s Telegraph about the subject of divorce in Westminster—“Ministers are surrounded by people telling them how brilliant they are”—hit the nail on the head, but also reminded us “that plain men are able to attract good-looking younger women given the benefit of power.” In other words, in real life ugliness plays a role. There are less chances of making whoopee and getting caught if you have no power and no money and look like Bezos. Ugly, powerless, and poor raises the chances to be good. Good-looking and well-off offers more opportunities to stray. It’s unfair, I know, but such is life. America has become a jungle of screaming women and angry men. Everyone, it seems, is offended by something somebody said. Strictly unsolicited and tediously long-winded details of someone’s sex life can drive most people to drugs. In America, people spill the beans about their most intimate details even when not on drugs. Small talk was devised by the wise to escape such bores. Never admit, never bore, and everything will be hunky-dory, is my advice to the young and restless. u For more Taki, visit takimag.com. AUGUST 2021 91

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OUR ANNUAL August issue always celebrates the “Quest 400”—the best of the social set and of the city we call home. So we called upon some favorite bold-face fashion names to help get the shopping started: Carolina Herrera, Elizabeth Gage, Asprey, Roberto Coin, and Rolex. But the shopping doesn’t stop there, so keep flipping through these pages for more finds to call your own.

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Beautiful and diverse: Roberto Coin’s stunning 18-kt. yellow gold Convertible earrings can be worn more than one way. $5,500 at robertocoin.com.

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BY ELIZABETH MEIGHER BELIEVE ME, MY YOUNG FRIEND, there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” That was the Water Rat kindly counseling his friend Mole in Kenneth Grahame’s literary classic, The Wind in the Willows, shocked to learn the frightful news that before stepping into Rat’s painted blue and white boat, Mole had never experienced the delightful bliss of spending time aboard any kind of watercraft. Since primeval times, monarchs, nobility, and aristocracy have yearned to spend their time aboard spectacular creations on the water. From Cleopatra’s fabled luxury barge to Her Majesty’s Royal Yacht Britannia, from elegant Jazz Age vessels such as Nahlin, once chartered by King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, to swinging 60s Hollywood royalty invited aboard Aristotle Onassis’ Christina O, the yachting scene has always attracted high society, celebrities, and the top 0.1%. But with over three thousand sizable yachts currently in the global fleet, not to mention legendary vessels that are AUGUST 2021 97

sadly no longer in existence, the question has recently been asked—how do we distinguish the crème de la crème of this exclusive breed? Yachts: The Impossible Collection (Assouline) is an eclectic and carefully curated anthology of ships, from the 1851 schooner for which the America’s Cup was named, to J Class racing yachts of the early 1900s, to the current high-tech megayachts—including classics with timeless silhouettes, and head-turners that broke the mold with daring designs that redefined their eras. And with today’s concerted focus on the environment and the health of the oceans, the yachting world is changing quickly, increasingly pursuing sustainability. Whether beyond the bounds of possibility in sheer size, speed, opulent features or advanced green technology, all of the vessels in this spectacular seafarer’s treasury have transformed the yachting seascape. As long as there are people with means and blue oceans to explore, there will always be a demand for beautifully impossible creatures that break the boundaries of technology, luxury and extravagence—with new yachts still yet to be built, worthy of The Impossible Collection. Author Miriam Cain is a U.K.-based luxury journalist and editor, specializing in the superyacht industry for two decades, in a variety of editorial and PR roles, including editor of Elite Traveler Superyachts and SEA+I Magazine. Cain is currently the editor for the yachting and lifestyle publication Navigator, and also contributes to a variety of international yachting publications as a freelance journalist. u 98 QUEST

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Clockwise from above: Yachts off the coast of Capri: Luminosity (Built in 2020); Relaxing aboard Nero; The owner’s stateroom aboard Sea Cloud. Opposite page, from above: Yachts off the coast of Capri; Faith’s glass-bottom swimming pool is suspended over the lounge area; Christina O’s extensive sunbathing deck and famousmosaic-tiled swimming pool,

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From above: A Gil Walsh–designed room shows how bright colors can energize and how nature’s hues have the ability to soothe; a space for outdoor entertaining; Gil Walsh. Opposite: For 40 years, Walsh has been referred to as “the master of color.”

FOR OVER 40 years, she has been referred to as “the master of color”—expertly showing how bright colors can energize any room and how nature’s hues have the ability to soothe. “Sometimes,” says Gil Walsh, the savvy interior designer who has been entrusted with more than $250 million in design work, “we find that homeowners are craving layers of color through art and accessories.” Sometimes it’s through fine china or tableware. And sometimes, she notes, it’s a fun wall accent, like patterned wallpaper. “Color,” Walsh says, “really reflects our positive attitudes.” Now that Covid is flagging, people are beginning to entertain again. That’s certainly encouraging—and Walsh has seen many

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homeowners redesigning their living rooms and outdoor spaces for just that. Dinner parties, especially, are on the rise, which means new cutlery sets, new rugs, new wallpaper. But it also means studying the utility of each room—for instance, the space in the kitchen; the ambience of a dining room; the arrangement of seating out in the patio. “People have spent so much time at home,” she observes, “that they have seen every little fault in every room.” Functionality is important, particularly in the dining room and kitchen. “Whether you have a renewed interest in cooking, or just wanting to cater a dinner party, your kitchen and dining rooms are vital.” When asked about the home office, Walsh responds that it is here to stay. “After spending over a year at home, we have lots of new ideas—as well as wanting to give our spaces added flair.” Last year, most of her client meetings were remote, conducted on Zoom. That limited her ability to focus on body language, which is vital when meeting someone for the first time. “Touch is so important to our industry,” she says. “How can a client pick a comfortable fabric without feeling it? How can a designer see the passion in a client’s face without being one-on-one?” For Walsh, getting back to normalcy has been a wonderful change. She recently completed a 10,000-square-foot home in Naples, Florida. “The project evolved into one of our best ever,” she beams. “In fact, a national publication already photographed it on our behalf to publish it in the fall.” At the moment, Gil Walsh Interiors has at least a half a dozen projects that are awaiting fall installations and photography. She’s even been inspired to transform her own home. “We just finished giving the master suite a facelift and have decorated our living room with new, fun accessories and colors.” Walsh also increased her exterior plantings and hardware. “We are adding architectural details and textured layers to our family room. Home is now happily the center of all our entertaining.” u

DESIGN Right now, Gil Walsh finds that homeowners are craving layers of color through art and accessories. Opposite, from above: A Gil Walsh design that is both functional and stylish; a bedroom with Walsh’s bright colors; the public spaces in the home are now a priority.

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HISTORY IN OUR OWN BACKYARD BY R. ALEXANDER BOYLE AND W. DOUGLAS DECHERT

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EASILY OVERLOOKED by the array of art museums that ring Central Park, the sculptures on view inside could occupy a prestigious position in any museum. Yet the park’s statues—dozens made of bronze, a limestone marble sculpture, several war memorials, and even an Egyptian obelisk, one of the oldest man-made objects in the Western hemisphere—remain for all to see. Exposed to New York and the elements over This page: The Maine Memorial Pylon, by Atilio Piccirilli, near Columbus Circle. Opposite: The Burnett Memorial Fountain, by Bessie Potter Vonnoh at Fifth Avenue and 105th Street.

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H I S T O RY This page: Many of the statues in Central Park are worthy of being housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Opposite, clockwise from top left: Saint-Gauden’s monument to Sherman at Grand Army Plaza; a figure on the Literary Walk; the 107th Infantry Memorial; the Manship Bears; bust of Richard Morris Hunt; Pilgrim on Pilgrim Hill; the Indian Hunter; another part of the Hunt Memorial. Center: Cleopatra’s needle.

the decades these objects have suffered from vandalism and weathered decay but, since 1980, the Central Park Conservancy has lifted the park from bad old days of the 1970s by raising money for maintaining and restoring these statues, returning them to their glory days—a feat once thought unimaginable. Most apparent from the south are two gilded war memorials. Facing Columbus Circle at the Merchants Gate is the Maine Memorial Monument, the pylon designed by Harold Van Buren Magonigle, a disciple of McKim, Meade, and White, and the sculpture carved by Attilio Piccirilli, an Italian immigrant best known for his work on the Lincoln Memorial. Piccirilli worked with his brothers in a south Bronx studio where they produced some of the finest stone carving this country has ever seen. Described as American Renaissance in style, this neoclassical composition evokes the glory of the Roman Empire. The Maine may have been sunk by accident or intent, but in any case it remained such sufficient cause celebrate that, after the war with Spain concluded, William Randolph Hearst led the subscription for the memorial to be erected at the Merchant’s Gate on the southwest corner of Central Park. As an outspoken publisher, Hearst was often at odds with the Tammany Hall political machine of the era, so the monument was not installed until a friendlier mayor was finally elected in 1913, more than ten years after Piccirilli completed the project. Carved from Tennessee limestone marble, the memorial has a gilded depiction of Columbia Triumphant atop the pylon made 106 QUEST

from cannons salvaged from the actual ship. There’s a series of ten heroic figures around the base. Located north and south are human personifications of the young Atlantic and elder Pacific oceans. The craggy image of the bearded Pacific figure recalls the mannerist style and anatomic detail of Michelangelo’s work, and as such recall Piccirilli’s art-student days in Rome. Facing Columbus Circle is a youth image of victory atop the bow of a ship with allusions to Fortitude, Peace, and Courage. On the other side facing the park is a blind figure holding the scales of Justice while a scribe next her takes notes for History. On Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, Grand Army Plaza has as its centerpiece one of the most famous statues in New York City, the Equestrian Statue of Gen. Sherman with Victory, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. It appeared at the 1900 Paris Exposition and was awarded the Grand Prix, or best in show. General Sherman was one of the most famous leaders of the Civil War, with his march to the sea in late 1864, an epic achievement for speed and efficiency in operating behind enemy lines. Saint-Gaudens modeled a bust after the General in 1892, when he had retired to New York City. Saint-Gaudens completed this work as the artist was slowly dying of cancer. After winning the Grand Prix in Paris, the statue found its way back to New York City and the Grand Army Plaza where it has been on display in one spot or another since 1903. In the early 1990s, it was regilded with gold leaf with numerous irate letters of protest about the bright patina making their way to every editorial page in the city, but

the urban atmosphere of New York had the last word. When last seen, the patina had faded to a most respectable antique finish. Located up Fifth Avenue near 104th Street are a pair of hidden gems. One is the Burnett Memorial Fountain by Bessie Potter Vonnoh, sculpted as a memorial to author Francis Hodgson Burnett, who wrote The Secret Garden. Vonnoh was one of the highest regarded woman sculptors of the day. It took years for the funding for this sculpture to come through and it remains the largest of Vonnoh’s work. By the early 1990s, vandalism had taken its toll, but the Central Park Conservancy had the missing pieces were recast. Just north of the Burnett Fountain is the Untermeyer Fountain with a large German art nouveau sculpture by Walter Schott at its centerpiece. It was cast in Berlin in 1910, said to be a gift of the Untermeyers. It arrived to the U.S. in 1947, which, as something from Germany that suddenly arrived in 1947, raises more questions than it answers. On Fifth Avenue and 70th Street there’s a memorial to the architect Richard Morris Hunt, by Daniel Chester French. Hunt had a defining style that echoed the French Beaux-Arts style, and a dozen blocks uptown, one can see the finest example of his artistic legacy in the façade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Just west of this is the Literary Walk, a group of sculptures, foremost of which is one by John Quincy Adams Ward, “The Indian Hunter.” It’s an exquisite bronze piece that somehow 108 QUEST

has been endowed with a sense of feral grace. Only Ward could capture, in bronze, this quality of the native hunters that used to populate these parts prior to European settlement. “Three Bears,” by Paul Manship, stands near the Met’s south side on 80th street and Fifth Avenue. Recently, Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton bought an identical cast to this one for her new museum in Arkansas, the soon to open Crystal Bridges. Located north of the Manship Bear on the park side of the Metropolitan museum is the obelisk, known to locals as Cleopatra’s Needle. This Egyptian artifact was made circa 1460 B.C. by the Pharaoh Thutmose. Around 16 B.C. they were moved from their original site to Alexandria, where they remained until the nineteenth century, when they were then given to Paris, London, and New York. New York’s needle has had severe issues with the local atmosphere, but there has been debate on whether this is from acid rain or salt crystallization hydrated erosion from Alexandria. In any case, the needle and the Maine Memorial should be protected from precipitation as they show the stress of exposure much more so than any bronze. But visit Central Park in person and, if you pay attention, all of these magnificent statues will come to life. u Above: Walter Schott’s “Dancing Maidens.” Opposite: A map of Central Park with the locations of each statue mentioned in this story.

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New York Central Park Statue Guide 1. ATTILIO PICCIRILLI (1866-1945)

7. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD (1830-1910)

Maine Memorial Pylon, carved Tennessee

“The Pilgrim,” 1884, bronze, located on Pilgrim

limestone, installed in 1913. Located in Merchants

Hill, just inside 72nd Street to the north.

Gate, on Columbus circle.

2. AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS (1848-1907)

8. PAUL MANSHIP (1885-1966)

General William T. Sherman led by Nike Victory. The

“Three Bears,” made of bronze, life-sized. The

life-sized gilded bronze figures were awarded the

piece was cast by the artist in 1960 and unveiled

Grand Prix in 1900. Located at Grand Army Plaza,

in 1990. It’s located at the Pat Hoffman Friedman

Fifth Avenue between 59th and 60th streets.

Playground on Fifth Avenue and 79th Street.

3. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD (1830-1910)

9. CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE (1450, B.C.)

“Indian Hunter,” 1861, bronze, exhibited

Also known as the “Thutmose Obelisk,” it was a

Exposition Universalle, Paris 186. Located on the

gift of the Egyptian Khedive in 1877, erected in

Pathway west of the Mall, east of the Sheep

1881. It’s located just behind the Metropolitan

Meadow at 66th Street.

Museum of Art on the inside of the Park Drive.

4. JAMES W. MACDONALD (1824-1908)

10. BESSIE POTTER VONNOH (1872-1955)

Fitz-Greene Halleck, bronze, located on the

Burnett Memorial Fountain, 1926-1936. Life-size

Literary Walk, and one of four sculptures in the

bronzed figures on a granite pedestal, located

vicinity that depict literary figures.

at the south end of the Conservatory Garden: Fifth Avenue and 105th Street.

5. DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH (1850-1931)

11. WALTER SCHOTT (1861-1938)

Richard Morris Hunt Memorial, 1901, bronze bust

“Dancing Maidens,” 1910, life sized bronze,

of Richard Morris Hunt, located on Fifth Avenue

installed in 1947. In 1910, Schott exhibited a

and 70th Street.

version of this at the Exposition Universelle in Brussels and was awarded the Grand Prize.

6. DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH (1850-1931)

CENTRAL PARK STATUES

Richard Morris Hunt Memorial, 1901, made of

Use this guide to enjoy the park and its monuments and statues this

bronze, is located on Fifth Avenue and

summer. We’ve provided the rough locations of a few of our favorites,

70th Street.

but of course there are many more—from Alexander Hamilton and William Shakespeare to Alice in Wonderland and Balto. Happy hunting.

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DANA KOCH The Koch Team at Corcoran Group / 561.379.7718 / dana.koch@corcoran.com

not hesitate to buy it! If not, there is a very good chance that someone else will. This market is fast paced and quick decision making is critical. The latest sales in Palm Beach are what I believe to be the new pricing floor. Since there is a lack of product, many buyers have bought condos or smaller homes to use as “placeholders” as they establish residency and patiently look to upgrade. There is no better time to be a seller in Palm Beach! Sellers should price their property appropriately as buyers still do their homework. Q: Anything else you’d like to share? A: Palm Beach has become the hottest place in the country to live. We have all of life’s conveniences at our fingertips in addition to our cultural institutions and a vibrant retail, restaurant, and art scene. It’s paradise.

Q: Tell us about the recent record-breaking sales in the area. A: We have had a number of high end sales in Palm Beach over the last year as these buyers are looking to Palm Beach as a tax haven. There have been 40 sales over $20M, but most notably were the record sales of the spec house at 535 N. County for $130M+ and the sale of the ocean to lake estate at 1840 South Ocean for $110M+. Buyers are trending towards buying larger homes with land as opposed to a few years ago when they wanted more manageable properties. Q: What advice to you have for buyers and sellers? A: When you find something that you want to purchase, do

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755 N Lake Way in Palm Beach, Florida; $8,995,000.

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Q: What continues to draw buyers to Palm Beach? A: The “Palm Beach lifestyle” has been the biggest draw along with the obvious tax advantages of being a full time resident. We have an unbelievable quality of life and it’s been a well kept secret for years. During the pandemic many buyers discovered what it was like to spend an extended period of time in Palm Beach and fell in love with it. As a result, restauranteurs, gallery owners, retailers, and hospitals have followed their clientele to the area. It has brought a renewed energy with a much younger family demographic.

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Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty / 917.750.8939 / alexismcandrew@danielgale.com

Q: What is the current state of the Long Island market? A: Right now the market is shifting. It is important to educate sellers on the state of the current market and not what is portrayed in the media, which is a little slower to respond. The city is back in full swing after COVID vaccines have been distributed and the New York City market affects our market. The buying frenzy has cooled a bit and it is important to price new listings appropriately. The biggest change I see in the market is there is less of a sense of urgency from buyers. In the current market, buyers are getting smarter and saying even though it is a seller’s market, they don’t want to overpay. Q: What advice can you offer sellers in Long Island? What are the most effective tools for selling to keep in mind when preparing to list? A: The right broker makes a difference! Your choice of agent is critical as countless decisions arise during the marketing process; having an experienced and smart agent who holds your interests paramount makes a meaningful difference in the final outcome at the closing table. Social media is a critical marketing tool that I use to provide important lifestyle and listing information to current and prospective clients.

Interview brokers and ask what they can do for you and how they vary from the competition. Q: What advice can you offer buyers? A: Demand is stronger than available inventory. All cash goes a long way but sometimes that’s not realistic. Get pre-approval before you start bidding. I always tell buyers to revise the pre-approval letter to the current bid, never a higher amount. Put as much information as possible in your offer. If you think you will have a commitment letter in 30 days, let the sellers know how highly qualified you are. I also tell my buyers that if they don’t have to be in the home by a certain date, let the seller know you are flexible. A longer closing can be very valuable to an overwhelmed seller. Definitely have your ducks in a row and your attorney on standby!

28 Shelter Lane in Lattingtown, New York; $2,100,000.

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KIRK HENCKELS Compass / 917.291.6700 / kirk.henckels@compass.com

Q: Why is the luxury sector doing particularly well? A: The Manhattan luxury market is indeed doing well but is a bit hyperbolized in the press. Like before COVID, the activity is primarily new development condos, mostly downtown. But uptown coops have shared in the surge of contracts, though primarily under $5M. There have been some large coop deals but the activity is spotty. Q: What do you expect from the market in the fall? A: The fall market should see a leveling of demand and prices firming, but probably not rising. As ever, buyers need to be prepared with pre-approved mortgages and the ability to act decisively and quickly because truly great properties do trade quickly if properly priced, even in a recovering market. Res ipsa loquitur,...or the market speaks for itself.

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Q: Tell me about a listing. A: With approximately 4,500 square feet of beautifully proportioned rooms, 4 East 72nd Street, #8A, is a coveted 4-bedroom apartment on the Upper East Side. The 28’ gallery is flanked at either end by a 27’ sunken living room with a fireplace and a 20’ dining room, providing an enfilade of 76’. The master suite includes a fireplace and a dressing room. The additional three bedrooms are conveniently located in another wing of the apartment and each has a spacious bathroom ensuite. Off the gallery is a bar and a service hall leading to the oversized 20’ gourmet kitchen that opens into a 17’ breakfast room and an adjacent office/bedroom with a full bath. The apartment also features a separate staff room and storage bin.

4 East 72nd Street, #8A in New York, New York; $11,000,000.

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Q: Where is the best value in the city? A: It is always hard to find a bargain in Manhattan’s market as listing information flows so quickly to buyers these days. And, if you do find one, it is likely to have flaws. The best values are along the East River in Beekman Place, Sutton Place, and the Gracie Mansion area. These are all beautiful neighborhoods with lovely buildings.

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LIZA PULITZER & WHITNEY MCGURK Brown Harris Stevens / 561.373.0666 / lpulitzer@bhsusa.com & wmcgurk@bhsusa.com

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Q: As cities reopen throughout the country, what continues to draw buyers to Palm Beach? A: Currently, taxes and the quality of life here are driving real estate sales. We are also seeing more and more full time residents moving for work, which is going to continue driving our sales in Palm Beach as well as West Palm Beach.

Q: What advice to you have for buyers and sellers in Palm Beach? A: We believe this market has legs but our biggest concern is inventory. If a buyer identifies a property they are interested in, they need to move quickly. For sellers, if you are considering selling, now is a great time to take advantage of pricing and the lack of inventory. Q: Anything else you’d like to share? A: As we move into the summer months, we are starting to see a slight slow down in the velocity in which the market is moving that could be good for buyers. However, we feel that once the fall hits and everyone starts coming back to town, it will be off to the races again.

Q: What kind of homes are trending? A: Move-in ready homes sell the quickest. Buyers are also looking for oversized properties with larger outdoor and pool areas. We are seeing more and more high priced sales in West Palm Beach due to buyers being pushed out of Palm Beach due to pricing. For the first time, West Palm Beach and Palm Beach communities are merging. Q: Tell us about some of the recent record-breaking sales. A: This month, Tarpon Island sold for $85M, purchased by developer Todd Michael Glaser, who is also a client. He will be offering a finished product for $200M, which will be the highest asking price for any single family home in Palm Beach.

576 Island Drive in Palm Beach, Florida; $27,900,000.

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LISA LARSON Sotheby’s International Realty / 917.678.7042 / lisa.larson@sothebys.realty

Q: Why is the luxury sector doing particularly well? A: Spurred by savvy investors and smart buyers looking to level up while taking advantage of once-in-a-lifetime deals, the luxury market has seen record-breaking activity this year. At the beginning of July, the Olshan Luxury Market Report has tracked its 22nd straight week with more than 30 signed for properties priced at $4M and above. Year to date, 2021 has racked up 979 such contracts totaling $8.28 billion. That’s 232 percent more luxury contracts than in the same period in 2020 and 76 percent more than in 2019.

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Q: What do you expect from the market in the fall? A: I believe our persistent return to normalcy will continue to spur market activity. The rental market is also making a solid recovery, and increased prices there will help propel sales further. While many expected high-density urban living to lose its appeal for the foreseeable future, the arrival of effective vaccines has proved otherwise. Q: What advice do you have for buyers and sellers? A: I encourage buyers and sellers to connect with an agent who is experienced in delivering on their goals. Sellers need a professional who is adept at pricing for realistic market conditions, and buyers require an agent who can spot deals in a landscape that’s changing daily.

1120 Fifth Avenue, #2B, in New York, New York; $8,800,000.

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Q: Tell me about the New York City market. A: The New York City real estate market has once again demonstrated its enduring resiliency by bouncing back much more strongly and quickly than most industry pundits expected. Manhattan pending contracts as of June were up 64 percent higher than pre-pandemic totals in June 2019. While the market is charging toward a robust recovery, I remain bullish on two sectors where it is not too late for buyers to find a solid deal: select new-development projects and unrenovated co-ops. Foreign buyers are still absent from the new-development buyer pool, for the most part, and it’s a sector that continues to grapple with excess inventory.

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SHELLY TRETTER LYNCH Compass / 203.550.8508 / shelly.tretterlynch@compass.com

Q: What continues to draw buyers to Greenwich? A: Greenwich will continue to be a top destination for people who either maintain a place in the city or who have decided to move out entirely to create a new and highly desirable life in our community. With the level of sophistication and diversity that Greenwich offers, people are attracted to the amenities, cultural activities, a first rate educational system, premier shopping and five star restaurants within the backdrop of a beautiful and safe community.

community offers an amazing value. With interest rates at such low levels and the cost of homeownership, a great and steady investment now is the time to purchase. Inventory levels are at the lowest levels that we have seen in years; but with patience and perseverance one can find the perfect opportunity. Q: Anything else you’d like to share? A: The vibrancy of the community is apparent as one drives down Greenwich Avenue. The outdoor dining situation is in high gear, creating an intoxicating environment. As the community opens-up post COVID, join us in Greenwich for the renowned polo matches and charitable events. In September, the Greenwich Town Party will feature The Eagles. ◆

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Q: What kind of homes are trending? A: Properties at all price levels are in high demand, but the $2 to $3M price level are exceptionally desirable with multiple bidding situations still at an all-time high. Q: Tell us about some notable sales in the area. A: The press has highlighted Tommy and Dee Hilfiger’s sale in backcountry for $45M. My clients sold their house in Conyers Farm for just under $20M. This was transacted quietly and quickly within the Compass office. Q: What advice do you have for buyers and sellers? A: If you are contemplating a purchase in Greenwich, the

65 Hunting Ridge Road in Greenwich, Connecticut; $5,995,000.

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On August 28, the 152nd Travers Stakes will take place at the Saratoga Race Course. Nicknamed “Saratoga’s Midsummer Derby,” the Travers Stakes is a Grade 1 race for three-year-olds. For more information, please visit saratogaracetrack.com.

WEARABLE ART

Join Sotheby’s East Hampton from August 3 through August 28 for “Sculpture to Wear” from the Louisa Guinness Gallery in London. The exhibition will feature more than 80 works by artists including Ron Arad, Pol Bury, Alexander Calder, César, William Copley, Niki de Saint Phalle, and more. For more information, visit jmarder.com.

fundraiser, Nantucket by Design will celebrate the island’s unique influence on American design with engaging keynote speakers, unique discussions, a partnership with The Nantucket Summer Antiques Show, a design panel, and more! This summer, join in person (or tune in via Zoom) to hear design luminaries including Nate Berkus, Corey Damen Jenkins, Alexa Hampton, Pietro Cicognani, Isabella Rossellini, Steele Marcoux, Philip Gorrivan,

Joy Moyler, and Philip Mitchell. For more information, visit nha.org.

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The Southampton Rose Society, a nonprofit organization and an affiliate of the American Rose Society, will host its cocktail party and silent auction in the beautiful garden of Carole and Fred Guest in Southampton Village on August 6 at 6 p.m. Guests will enjoy cocktails,

SUMMER TRUNK SHOW

UJA-Federation of New York’s Hamptons Trunk Show will host its one-day virtual shopping experience on August 5, featuring nearly 80 vendors selling designer clothing, jewelry, home goods, and more. A percentage of the proceeds of all sales will benefit UJA and its efforts to lift up New York as we recover from the Covid crisis. Shoppers will be treated to an exclusive conversation between Ramy Brook, renowned designer and Trunk Show founder, and Danielle Bernstein. For more information, visit ujafedny.org. A RICH HISTORY

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hors d’oeuvres and sway to live bossa nova jazz. For more information, please visit southamptonrose.org.

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On August 12, Battery Dance will be featured in the 40th Annual Battery Dance Festival with 16 international dance films from 14 countries, with in-person performances by 38 companies from August 15-20, 2021, at 7pm ET at Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park in New York City. For more information, visit batterydance.org. BOOK WORMS

This summer, the East Hampton Library will once again present its annual Authors Night fundraiser as a series of interactive online Zoom events, from Thursday, August 12 through Sunday, August 15. For more information, visit authorsnight.org. ART FAIRS

On August 13, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Newport County will host their annual Newport Yacht Rendezvous at Newport Shipyard. For more information, please visit bgcnewport.org.

Market Art + Design, the East End’s premier art fair, will return to The Bridgehampton Museum in August of 2021. Market Art + Design’s 11th edition will feature 80 top galleries presenting the

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over 70 international art galleries from across the country and world will showcase their most important 20th and 21st century art, all for immediate acquisition. There will be over 400 revered artists on display, with a focus on accomplished Black artists, hot emerging artists, the blue-chip masters, an M.C. Escher display, and rediscovery of significant second-generation Abstract Expressionists. Founder and producer of the fair, Rick Friedman has announced artist Audrey Flack will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Hollis Taggart Galleries. BROADWAY IS BACK!

Springsteen on Broadway is a solo acoustic performance written and performed by Bruce Springsteen under the lights of New York City. For tickets and more information, please visit ticketmaster.com. Springsteen on Broadway is a solo acoustic performance written and performed by Bruce Springsteen under the lights of New York City. For tickets and more information, please visit ticketmaster.com. best in modern and contemporary art and design in an expanded, museum-quality pavilion. For more information, please visit artmarkethamptons.com.

BOATS AND SUN

On August 13, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Newport County will host their annual Newport Yacht Rendezvous at Newport Shipyard. For more information, please visit bgcnewport.org.

COOKOFF

It’s Hamptons vs NYC: GrillHampton pits four East End chefs against for Manhattan chefs in a one-ofa-kind cooking competition and tasting event. Guests wil enjoy the great grilled fare, beer, and specialty cocktails—along with live music and dancing—then become part of the action as they vote for the finest food. For more information, visit danstaste.com.

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The Johnny Mac Pro Am tournament—one of the largest Pro-Am tournaments in the world, fielding 64 pros and 64 amateurs, on 33 courts—will take place on August 21 at SPORTIME Amagansett. For more information, please visit jmtpny.org.

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SEPTEMBER 2 ART LOVERS

This Labor Day weekend, Southampton will welcome art lovers from all over the world as it plays host to the Hampton’s Fine Art Fair at Southampton Arts Center, September 2–6. This year,

NEWPORT MANSIONS

Wonderful wines from around the world, fabulous food inspired by local and regional chefs, and an exquisite ocean view will all be included in this year’s Newport Wine & Food Festival at Rosecliff and The Breakers Stable. Returning for its 16th year, this unique and sophisticated event will feature wine-pairing dinners and a Sunday brunch and 24 spectacular seminars.

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The 2021 NYC 5K Cancer Schlep: Breast, Ovarian & Prostate Cancer Run/Walk will take place in Central Park from 7–11 a.m. The NYC 5K Cancer Schlep brings together participants from the tristate area, ranging from 5–90 years old, bound together in solidarity to raise the hopes of those battling breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer. These cancers are the most common cancers afflicting men and women. For more information, visit afrmc.org. PONY UP

The Hampton Classic, one of the largest outdoor horse shows in the U.S, will take place in Bridgehampton. The event is a premier destination for horse people, and a much-anticipated stop on the tour for competitors. The Hampton Classic Horse Show is in a class all its own! For more information, visit hamptonclassic.com.

New York City Ballet will host its 2021 Fall Fashion Gala on Thursday, September 30 at the David H. Koch Theater to celebrate a glittering evening of dance and design. For more information, visit nycballet.com. AUGUST 2021 117

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will note, this annual issue marks another year that we pause to salute the stalwart individuals in our society who continue to make a difference in the communities and institutions they inhabit and command. Although some wags have bellowed about town that such lists—indeed “society as we once knew it”—are as dead as Ward McAllister’s prized walnuts, Quest prefers the more enlightened view of our editor-in-chief, David Patrick Columbia, who 11 years ago quipped: “Whereas Mrs. Astor’s subjects were distinctly old-family members of old New York, the Quest 400 is distinctly the jet-age family members who can find themselves here, there, and everywhere on any given day.” As Quest’s list has always been more rooted in philanthropy than celebrity, we are provided with an annual opportunity to recognize a handful of these eleemosynary organizations that continue to excel in their remarkably high standards of 118 QUEST

caring, giving, and building onto their heritage. Mirroring the tidal ebb and flow of the aformentioned social standings, a few of the once revered “old-line” philanthropies have sadly lost their way, allowing their original missions to be compromised, if not corrupted by their quest (apologies, dear reader!) to post ever bigger numbers and dollar amounts in the endless calcutta of charitable fund-raising. Ahh... one can almost hear the founding forebearers groaning from their graves! Fortunately, there are a number of new altrustic endeavors poised to supercede those once venerable, but now atropic institutions. In last year’s 400 Issue, Quest recognized “The Next Generation of Giving,” tipping our hats to a half dozen fresh-faced charities. Zibby Right, the article’s author, pointed out that, with so many charitable causes to choose from, there was absolutely “no excuse for apathy.” We endorse this conclusion and will continue to report on its charitable progress.

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New York Public Library

At the end of the 19th century, New York City still had no real public library. But thanks to a handful of visionaries, the New York Public Library is internationally recognized as one of the greatest institutions of its kind. The library’s importance is a function not only of its size and scope, but also of its character. Among the major donors was one-time governor Samuel J. Tilden, who upon his death bequeathed about $2.4 million, and John Jacob Astor, who pledged $400,000 for a reference library in 1849. This page: Laurence Rockefeller and Brooke Astor in 1998. Inserts: Anthony W. Marx, President of The New York Public Library (above); the new stacks (below).

American Ballet Theatre

American Ballet Theatre is renowned as one of the great

dance companies in the world. Few companies equal ABT in its combination of talent and outreach. Founded in 1940, ABT tours the United States, performing for more than 600,000 people. Cecil Beaton took this photograph of the members of the Artistic Committee of American Ballet Theatre in 1947. Left to right: Jerome Robbins, Lucia Chase, Agnes de Mille, Oliver Smith, and Aaron Copland. Inset, from left: Kevin McKenzie, longtime ABT Artistic Directorl ABT Executive Director Kara Medoff Barnett.

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Acquavella, Bill and Donna . . . . . . . . . . Acquavella, Alex and Mollie . . . . . . . . . . Acquavella, Nick and Travis . . . . . . . . . . Adams, Cindy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Addison, Bruce and Michael Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adler, Catherine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adler, Jonathan and Simon Doonan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aga Khan, Princess Yasmin . . . . . . . . . . Ainslie, Michael and Suzanne . . . . . . . . . Albers, Ruediger and Maggie . . . . . . . . . Allen, Chris and Kate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allen, Joe and Annette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ames, Anthony and Cetie . . . . . . . . . . . . Amling, Jeffrey and Katie . . . . . . . . . . . . Amory, Minot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amory, Julia and Minot IV . . . . . . . . . . . Anderson, Brenda and Kelley . . . . . . . . Anthony, Silas and Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony, Silas Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Araskog, Rand and Jessie . . . . . . . . . . . . Armstrong, Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Armstrong, Mrs . Thomas (Bunty) . . . . . Arnot, Courtney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arrouet, Paul and Dylan Lauren . . . . . . Asen, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astley, Amy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aston, Sherrell and Muffie Potter . . . . . Aston, Brad and Valerie . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aston, Jay and Allison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atkins, Charles and Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atherton, Lily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attoe, Stephen and Pat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auchincloss, Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auletta, Ken and Binky Urban . . . . . . . . Ayres, Charlie and Sara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Azqueta, Mrs . Norberto (Lian) . . . . . . . Azqueta, Norberto Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Baconovic, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bacon, Louis M . and Gabrielle . . . . . . . Bacon, Zack and Amanda Ross . . . . . . . Bahrenburg, Genevieve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker, George IV and Anne . . . . . . . . . Baker, Marianna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker, Callie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker, Kane and Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker, Mrs . Harold O . (Nancy) . . . . . . . Balkin, Norman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ballard, Bob and Lucinda . . . . . . . . . . . . Bancroft, Mrs . Thomas (Barbie) . . . . . .

Bancroft, Cryder and Elsie Swank . . . . . Bancroft, William and Debbie . . . . . . . . Bancroft, Townsend and Brooke . . . . . . Banker, Mrs . Bindy (Bea) . . . . . . . . . . . . Bardenheier, Joe and Camilla Bradley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barish, Keith and Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bass, Sid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beard, Anson and Deborah . . . . . . . . . . Beard, Anson Jr . and Veronica Miele . . . Beard, Jamie and Veronica Swanson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beinecke, Frances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beinecke, Rick and Candace . . . . . . . . . Beirne, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bell, Joel and Marife Hernandez . . . . . . Benedict, Daniel and Andrew Saffir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benoit, Mrs . Peter (Nellie) . . . . . . . . . . . Benson, Harry and Gigi . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkowitz, Tim and Amy . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernbach, John and Violaine . . . . . . . . . Bernhard, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berry, Bruce and Alexandra . . . . . . . . . . Bewkes, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biddle, Christine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biggs, Mrs . Jeremy H . (Friederike) . . . . Bilhuber, Jeffrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bishop, Brooks and Olympia Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black, Lee and Cece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black, Leon and Debbie . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blair, Mrs . William (Deeda) . . . . . . . . . . Blinken, Alan and Melinda . . . . . . . . . . . Blinken, Donald and Vera . . . . . . . . . . . Bloch, Godfrey and Marge . . . . . . . . . . . Block, John and Hilary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bloomberg, Michael and Diana Taylor . Blum, Mrs . Andy (Flis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boardman, Mrs . T . Dennie (Cynthia) . . . Boardman, Dixon and Arriana . . . . . . . . Boardman, Serena and John Theodoracopulos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bockman, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bodini, Francesca and Jack Sherman . . . Bofferding, Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bohannon, Kathryn and

Felix Schroder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bolander, Lars and Nadine Kalachnikoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bolen, Alex and Eliza Reed . . . . . . . . . . Boren, Reid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Borynack, James and Adolfo Zaralegui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bostwick, Tommy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bowles, Hamish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boykin, Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bradfield, Geoffrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Braddock, Rick and Susan . . . . . . . . . . . Brady, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Braff, Doug and Meg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breck, Henry and Wendy . . . . . . . . . . . . Breck, Christopher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breck, Owen and Rhea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bregman, Mrs . Martin (Cornelia) . . . . . . Brinker, Ambassador Nancy . . . . . . . . . . Brinn, Mildred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brodsky, Dan and Esty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brodsky, Alexander and Tom . . . . . . . . . Brodsky, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brodsky, Katy and Simone Falco . . . . . . Brokaw, Cliff and Amanda Taylor . . . . . Brokaw, George and Alison . . . . . . . . . . Brokaw, Tom and Meredith . . . . . . . . . . Bronfman, Edgar Jr . and Clarissa . . . . . . Brooks, Michael and Dede . . . . . . . . . . . Brown, Cabell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brown, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brown, Matt and Marisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brown, Gavin and Hope Atherton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brownlow, Girard and Jane Baird . . . . . Brumder, Will and Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan, Christina and Wilhelmus . . . . . . Bryan, Katherine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buckley, Chris and Katy Close . . . . . . . . Buffett, Jimmy and Jane . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buhl, Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bull, Bartle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bull, Bartle Breese and Claudia . . . . . . . Bunn, George and Jane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burch, Bob and Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burch, Tory and Pierre-Yves Roussel . . . Burden, Amanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burden, Mrs . Carter (Susan) . . . . . . . . . . Burger, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burke, Mrs . Coleman (Susan) . . . . . . . . . Burke, Robert and George Sotelo . . . . . Burke, Mrs . Edwin (Virginia) . . . . . . . . . Burnham, Patricia and Bill Brock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burns, Brian and Eileen . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUGUST 2021 121

Central Park Conservancy Central Park’s 843 acres have been home and spacious

backyard to New Yorkers, who have been lucky enough to benefit from its beautiful foliage, playgrounds, and ballparks. With 25 million visitors a year and status as the most popular urban park in the United States, Central Park requires an annual operating budget of $27 million. The Central Park Conservancy provides eighty-five percent of that budget. Founded in 1980, this private, non-profit organization has devoted over $450 million to restore and

maintain the land. The Conservancy has brought both magnificence and culture (through exhibitions, music series, and educational programs) to our park and over the past twenty-eight years we have relied on it to rake our leaves, plant our flowers, and preserve our bridges and monuments. Some of the conservancy’s most recent work has included adding a new reservoir fence, a $1.5 million restoration of the pool, the installation of artists Christo and JeanneClaude’s famous Gates as part of the park’s twenty-five year anniversary celebration, built a new soil and water lab, and completely renovated the mall, restoring its natural

landscape and character. This page, top to bottom: Betsy Smith (President and CEO) and Yesim Philip at the 2021 Central Park Conservancy Hat Luncheon; Charles Dana with Liz and Robert Gardiner. The trio pauses on the steps in Central Park; Anne Johnson, Norma Dana, and Betty Tilghman look smart in their suits at the Frederick Law Olmsted awards luncheon in 1987.

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Burns, Richard and Cricket . . . . . . . . . . Burns, Don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burris, David and Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bush, Hugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bush, Mrs . Jonathan (Jody) . . . . . . . . . . Bush, Sharon and Bob Murray . . . . . . . . Butcher, Billy and Natalie . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Calder, Donald and Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caldwell, Jeffrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calhoun, Robert and Liza Pulitzer . . . . . Calhoun, Benn and Molly . . . . . . . . . . . . Califano, Joseph Jr . and Hilary . . . . . . . . Callaway, Mrs . David (Brenda) . . . . . . . . Canet, Alejandro and Charlotte Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cantor, Iris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caravaggi, Robert and Blaine . . . . . . . . . Carduner, Wendy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carney, Mike and Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carpenter, Ed and Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carson, Bill and Laurie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carter, Graydon and Anna Scott . . . . . . Cartter, Jill Warburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cashin, Dick and Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Castle, John K . and Marianne . . . . . . . . Castle, John S and Rosanna . . . . . . . . . . . Cave, Edward Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chantecaille, Alexandra and Olivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapman, Duncan and Barbara . . . . . . . Childs, Jamie and Hannah . . . . . . . . . . . Chisolm, Hugh and Daisy Prince . . . . . . Chopin, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Churchill, Lady Henrietta . . . . . . . . . . . Churchill, Lady Jane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Churchill, Lady Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Churchill, Mrs . Winston (Luce) . . . . . . . Cicognani, Alejandra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clark, Alfred and Querube . . . . . . . . . . . Clark, Stephanie and Fred . . . . . . . . . . . Clark, Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Close, Chuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cohane, Heather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cohen, James and Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cohn, Charles Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colacello, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coleman, Denis and Annabelle . . . . . . . Coleman, Denis III and Merideth . . . . . Coleman, Nicholas and Briggs . . . . . . . . Coleman, Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coleman, Payson and Kim . . . . . . . . . . . Coleman, Chase and Stephanie . . . . . . . Coleman, Reed and Lindsey . . . . . . . . . . Colhoun, Nancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Colley, Bruce and Teresa . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collins, Brad and Amy Fine . . . . . . . . . . Collins, Nancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Columbia, David Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . Colwell, Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Condon, Cristina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connolly, John and Ingrid . . . . . . . . . . . Connor, Ian and Marina Rust . . . . . . . . . Connor, Sassy Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conover, Gery and Paula . . . . . . . . . . . . Cook, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cook, Everett and Helen Blodgett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cooke, Richard and Wendy . . . . . . . . . . Cooper, Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cooper, Maria and Byron Janis . . . . . . . Copeland, Ashley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corcoran, Barbara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cord, Cece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cordish, Reed and Maggie Katz . . . . . . . Corl, James and Krista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cormier, Judy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Couturier, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cox, Howard and Wendy Bingham . . . . Coyne, Andrew and Mary Ellen . . . . . . . Creel, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creel, Larry and Dana Fentress . . . . . . . Creel, Jamie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crespi, Pilar and Steve Robert . . . . . . . . Cullman, Edgar and Ellie . . . . . . . . . . . . Curtin, Jack and Beth Nowers . . . . . . . . Curtis, Curt and Mimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curtis, Ashton and Merrill Hanley . . . . . Curtis, Remington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cushing, Mrs . Howard (Nora) . . . . . . . . Cushing, Howard Jr . and Lucia . . . . . . . .

Dahl, Arlene and Marc Rosen . . . . . . . . Damgard, Britty and John . . . . . . . . . . . Dana, Norma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dance, Andrew and Jennifer Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dana, Charlie and Posy . . . . . . . . . . . . . David-Weill, Michel and Hélène . . . . . . Davidson, Marvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davidson, Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davis, Christina and Richard . . . . . . . . . Davis, Henry and Belle Burden . . . . . . .

Davis, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dawkins, Pete and Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . de Borchgrave, Mrs . Arnaud (Alexandra) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . de Bourbon-Parme, Princesse Maria Pia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . de Cabrol, Milly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . de Caraman, Countess Cristina . . . . . . . de Cuevas, Elizabeth Strong . . . . . . . . . . de Guardiola, Roberto and Joanne . . . . de Koning, Joep and Dixie . . . . . . . . . . . de Kwiatkowski, Lulu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . de la Renta, Mrs . Oscar (Annette) . . . . . de Montebello, Philippe and Edith . . . . de Neufville, Thomas and Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . de Neufville, Peter and Joanna . . . . . . . . de Neufville, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . de Peyster, Ashton and Anna Mann . . . . de Portago, Barbara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . de Roulet, Lorinda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . de Sayve, Countess Mona . . . . . . . . . . . . de Vogel, Willem and Marion . . . . . . . . . Dean, Thomas and Caroline . . . . . . . . . . Deane, Walter L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demsey, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Desiderio, Arlene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Devine, Mrs . Tom (Alix) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Devendorf, Alfred and Bonnie . . . . . . . . deWoody, Beth Rudin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . di Bonaventura, Peter and Bridgett . . . . Diamond, Jay and Alexandra . . . . . . . . . Dick, Hilary Limbocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dillard, Rodney and Peggy . . . . . . . . . . . Diller, Barry and Diane von Furstenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dodge, Mrs . John (Lore) . . . . . . . . . . . . Donahue, Barry and Linda . . . . . . . . . . . Donahue, Nevan and Sarah Berner . . . . Donahue, Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donnell, Maureen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donnell, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donnelly, Shannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donner, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douglas, Camille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douglass, Robert Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dowling, Peter and Deb Willis . . . . . . . Drake, Mrs . Rod (Jacqueline) . . . . . . . . . Drexel, Nicky and Jacqueline Astor . . . . Druckenmiller, Stanley and Fiona . . . . . du Pont, Lauren and Richard . . . . . . . . . Duchin, Peter and Virginia Coleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duenas, Miguel and Vivian . . . . . . . . . . . Duff, Ted and Lauren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duff, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duffy, Jim and Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUGUST 2021 123

Memorial Sloan-Kettering

Founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital by a group that included John J. Astor and his wife, Charlotte, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Society is the world’s oldest and largest private cancer center for both patient care and cancer research. In 1936, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (pictured here) donated the land upon which, in 1939, Memorial Hospital was constructed. Between 1970 and 1973, a new Memorial Hospital was constructed where it stands to this day. Inset: Chair Scott M. Stuart and Honorary Chair Douglas A. Warner III.

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Duke, Mrs. Anthony (Luly) . . . . . . . . . . Duke, Randolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durkes, Richard W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durkin, Charles P., Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dwyer, D.R. and Priscilla . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eastman, John and Jodie . . . . . . . . . . . . Eberstadt, Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ecclestone, Llwyd and Diana . . . . . . . . . Edwards, Philip and Ali . . . . . . . . . . . . . Egerton, Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eisenhower, Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elliott, Mrs. Osborne (Inger) . . . . . . . . . Ellison, Mrs. Nancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellwell, David and Christie. . . . . . . . . . . Elson, Ambassador Ed and Susie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Embry, Tally and Maggie . . . . . . . . . . . . Emmanuel, Nicholas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ercklentz, Cornelia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ertegun, Mrs. Ahmet (Mica) . . . . . . . . . Espy, Peter and Amanda. . . . . . . . . . . . . Evans, Mrs. Harold (Tina) . . . . . . . . . . .

Flusser, Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foley, Tom and Lesley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fomon, Bobby and Jill Fairchild . . . . . . The Forbeses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ford, Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ford, Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forsberg, Lars and Kelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . Forsythe, Sabrina Pray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foster, Jane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foster, Ridgely and Letsy . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank, James and Claiborne Swanson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frantz, Scott and Icy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frelinghuysen, Anson and Emma . . . . . Frelinghuysen, George and Nonnie . . . . Frelinghuysen, Peter and Barrett . . . . . . Freund, Hugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frist, Tommy and Julie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuchs, Michael J.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuller, Gillian Spreckels . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Fairstein, Linda and Michael Goldberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fales-Hill, Susan and Aaron Hill . . . . . . Fallon, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Fanjuls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Farias, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Farkas, Andrew and Sandi . . . . . . . . . . . Farkas, Jonathan and Somers . . . . . . . . . Farrell, Billy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fay, Sean and Byrdie Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . Fernandez, Luis and Lillian . . . . . . . . . . Fekkai, Frédéric and Shirin von Wulffen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feldman, Mrs. Richard (Diana) . . . . . . . Ferrare, Cristina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ferrer, Molly and Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Field, Mrs. Dick (Sky). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Field, Nikki and Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . Fine, Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finkelstein, Jimmy and Pamela . . . . . . . Firth, Edmée and Nicholas. . . . . . . . . . . Firyal, Princess of Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . Fisher, Debbie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fisk, Averell and Kirsten. . . . . . . . . . . . . Fitzgerald, Terry and Libby . . . . . . . . . . Flatto, Olivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floyd, Raymond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Galesi, Francesco and Marina . . . . . . . . Gammill, Lee and Jane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gandhi, Meera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardiner, Mrs. Robert (Liz) . . . . . . . . . . Gardiner, Susan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garrett, Mrs. Rob (Jacquie) . . . . . . . . . . Garrigues, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gauntt, Jonathan and Samantha . . . . . . Gay, Marion and John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gaynor, Vere and Susie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geary, Jack and Dolly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geary, Ted and Olivia Tiernan . . . . . . . . Geddes, Robin and Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . Geddes, Max and Missy . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgescu, Peter and Barbara . . . . . . . . Georgiopoulos, Peter and Kara . . . . . . . Gerry, Ebby and Kitty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerschel, Patrick and Elizabeth. . . . . . . Giard, George and Wendell . . . . . . . . . . Gilbert, Mrs. Parker (Gail). . . . . . . . . . . Gilbertson, Mark F.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gilligan, Fernanda and Adrian Jess . . . . Gilman, Kay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gilmour, David and Jill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giordano, Mark and Sallie . . . . . . . . . . . Giuliani, Rudy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giuliani, Judith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Givner, Colt and Pamela Fiori . . . . . . . . Glascock, Steve and Barbara . . . . . . . . . Glass, John and Martha . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Goelets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goldsmith, Barbara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goldworm, Amanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goodale, Jim and Toni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goodman, Chris and Julia . . . . . . . . . . . Goodrich, Jock and Buttons. . . . . . . . . . Gordon, Ellery and Marjorie Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goss, Jared duPont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gotbaum, Mrs. Victor (Betsy) . . . . . . . . Gould, George and Darcy . . . . . . . . . . . Grace, Jack and Sherri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graev, Larry and Lorna . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graham, Mrs. Ian (Ellen) . . . . . . . . . . . . Graham, Cathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grassi, Temple and Ellie. . . . . . . . . . . . . Grauer, Peter and Laurie . . . . . . . . . . . . Gregorian, Vartan and Claire . . . . . . . . . Gregory, Peter and Jamee . . . . . . . . . . . . Grunwald, Mrs. Henry (Louise). . . . . . . Gruss, Martin and Audrey . . . . . . . . . . . Gruss, Josh and Jessica Siebel . . . . . . . . Gruss, Shoshanna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guare, John and Adele Chatfield-Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gubelmann, Billy and Shelley . . . . . . . . Gubelmann, Jimmy and Kate . . . . . . . . . Gubelmann, Marjorie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gubelmann, Mrs. Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gubelmann, Bingo, Phoebe and Tantivy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guernsey, Tony and Eve . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guerrand-Hermès, Valesca. . . . . . . . . . . Guerrini-Maraldi, Antoinette and Hans Kurtiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guest, Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guest, Cornelia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guest, Mrs. Freddie (Carole) . . . . . . . . . Guest, Lisa Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guettel, Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gugelmann, Zani. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gumprecht, Christopher . . . . . . . . . . . . Gumprecht, Ian and Aileen . . . . . . . . . . Gund, Agnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gunther, Jack D. Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gurley, George and Hilary Heard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gustin, Andrew and Braken. . . . . . . . . . Gutfreund, Mrs. John (Susan) . . . . . . . . Guthrie, Randolph and Bea . . . . . . . . . . Gutierrez, Lourdes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gwathmey, Bette Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUGUST 2021 125

The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum

Arguably the preeminent institution of its kind in the world, the Costume Institute collection was originally called the Museum of Costume Art, an independent entity formed in 1937. In 1946, the Museum of Costume Art merged with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, becoming its own department in 1959. Diana Vreeland served as special consultant from 1972 until her death in 1989, creating a spectacular suite of costume exhibitions, and setting the international standard to this day. This page: Valentino Garavani and Nan Kempner at the “party of the year,” the Costume Institute gala in 2003. Insert: A recent exhibit, “Camp: Notes on Fashion.”

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Hackett, Monte and Mayme . . . . . . . . . . Hackley, Maria and Sherlock . . . . . . . . . Haden-Guest, Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halberstam, Julia and Ryan Harvey . . . . Hall, Curt O . “Chip” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halstead, Clark and Hilary . . . . . . . . . . . Hamilton, Matt and Anne . . . . . . . . . . . Hamilton, Ted and Christy . . . . . . . . . . . Hamm, Mrs . William (Candy) . . . . . . . . Hampton, Mrs . Mark (Duane) . . . . . . . . Hampton, Kate and David Breithbarth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanley, Dan and Denise . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanley, Mrs . Lee (Allie) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardwick, Bob and Beth . . . . . . . . . . . . Harpel, James W . and Judy Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harris, Ira and Nicki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harris, Patti and Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harrison, Bill and Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harrison, Mai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harrison, Walter and Ann Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hathaway, Philips “Pete” . . . . . . . . . . . . Hawkins, Ashton and John Moore . . . . Hawks, Kitty and Joe Leiderman . . . . . . Hay, R . Couri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hayman, Gale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hayward, Brooke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hayward, Frances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hearst, Amanda and Joachim Ronning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hearst, Anne and Jay McInerney . . . . . . Hearst, Patricia and Jamie Figg . . . . . . . Hearst-Shaw, Gillian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hearst-Shaw, Lydia and Chris Hardwick . . . . . . . . . . . . Heinz, Chris and Sasha Lewis . . . . . . . . Held, Jim and Kenn Karakul . . . . . . . . . Henckels, Kirk and Fernanda Kellogg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hendrickson, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herman, Dorothy “Dottie” . . . . . . . . . . Herrera, Reinaldo and Carolina . . . . . . . Hess, Marlene and James Zirin . . . . . . . Heyman, Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hickox, Chat and Linda . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hicks, Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hidalgo, David and Mary Ann Tighe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hill, Tom and Janine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hilliard, Landon and Kiwi . . . . . . . . . . . Hilliard, Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hilson, Gail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hinman, George and Emilie . . . . . . . . . Hirsch, Caroline and Andrew Fox . . . . . Hirsch, Jeffrey and Danielle . . . . . . . . . . Hitz, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hoadley, Amy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hoagland, Jim and Jane Hitchcock . . . . Hobbs, Fritz and Linda . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hobbs, Nick and Ashley . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hogan, Michael and Margot . . . . . . . . . . Hoge, Jim and Casey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hoge, Sharon King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hoge, Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hormats, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horn, Linda and Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horn, Stoddard and Leslie . . . . . . . . . . Horvitz, Michael and Jane . . . . . . . . . . . The Houghtons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hovey, Chandler and Valerie Urry . . . . . Hovnanian, Ara and Rachel . . . . . . . . . . Howard, Pamela and Wynn Laffey . . . . Howard, Philip and Alexandra . . . . . . . Howard-Potter, Jake and Erica . . . . . . . Howe, David and Ritchey . . . . . . . . . . . . Hoyt, Tony and Mark Daniels . . . . . . . . . Hubbard, Bill and Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . Hufty, Page Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Husain, Fazle and Blair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hussein, Her Majesty Queen Noor . . . . Husted, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hutchins, Winston and Diane . . . . . . . . Hutton, Punch and John Hodges . . . . .

Ingham, Joy Hirshon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ireland, Bob and Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irwin, Arthur and Kathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isham, Mrs . Heyward (Sheila) . . . . . . . . Isham, Chris and Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . . . Isham, Ralph and Ala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isles, Philip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ittleson, Tony and Chan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ives, Mrs . Philip (Caroline) . . . . . . . . . . Ives, Alexander C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jagger, Bianca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James, Bob and Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James, Tony and Aimee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Janjigian, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janklow, Mort and Linda . . . . . . . . . . . . Janney, Stuart III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Javits, Eric Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennings, Mitch and Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnson, Charles and Ann . . . . . . . . . . . Johnson, Ellie and Jay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnson, Jamie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnson, Richard and Sessa von Richthofen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnson, Ambassador Woody and Suzanne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnstone, Bob and Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . Jones, Peter and Leslie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jones, Mick and Ann Dexter . . . . . . . . . Jordan, Vernon and Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan, Jerry and Darlene . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph, Ken and Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph, Wendy and Jeffrey Ravetch . . . . Jurdem, Ann and Arnold . . . . . . . . . . . .

Kaiser, Larry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kan, Yu-Sai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kanavos, Paul and Dayssi . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaplan, Ed and Nathalie Gerschel . . . . . Kargman, Harry and Jill . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kassimir, Joel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaufman, Mrs . George (Mariana) . . . . . Kean, Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keating, Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keeler, Alexander and Gail . . . . . . . . . . Keith, Jayne Teagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keller, David and Avery . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kellogg, Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kellogg, Chris and Vicki . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly, Ray and Veronica . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kemble, Celerie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kemble, Phoebe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kempner, Tom and Kitty . . . . . . . . . . . . Kennedy, Mrs . Michael (Eleanora) . . . . . Kessler, Howard and Michele . . . . . . . . . Khosrovani, Hashem and Kate . . . . . . . . Kirkpatrick, Mrs . Stuart (Meg) . . . . . . . . Kissinger, Henry and Nancy . . . . . . . . . . Kivlan, Elizabeth Ann Stribling and Rebecca Cleary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Knechtel, Tom and Kerith Davies . . . . . Kneisel, Bill and Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Koch, Dana and Jessica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Koch, Mrs . David (Julia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Koch, Paulette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Koch, Bill and Bridget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kopelman, Arie and Coco . . . . . . . . . . . AUGUST 2021 127

The Frick

Upon his death, Henry Clay Frick (pictured here) bequeathed his New York residence on Fifth Avenue and his many art works to establish a public gallery for the purpose of “encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts.” Chief among his bequests, which included sculpture, drawings, prints, and decorative arts such as furniture, porcelains, enamels, rugs, and silver, were 131 paintings. After Mrs. Frick’s death in 1931, family and trustees of The Frick Collection began the transformation of the residence into a museum. In December of 1935, The Frick Collection opened to the public. Inset: Lil Phillips, Nathalie Gerschel Kaplan, and Marina Rust Connor at the Frick’s Young Fellows Ball.

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Korte, Kathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kosner, Ed and Julie Baumgold . . . . . . . Kotur, Alexandra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kovner, Michael and Jean Doyen de Montaillou . . . . . . . Kravis, Henry and Marie-Josée . . . . . . . . Krieger, Stephanie and Brian Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Krusen, Will and Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . Krusen, Charlie and Kristen . . . . . . . . . .

P H OTO G R A P H S BY M A RY H I LL A R D ( B OT TO M I N S E RT ) CO U RT E S Y O F T H E F R I C K / L I B R A RY O F CO N G R E S S

Lamphere, Lucy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Landrigan, Ward and Judith . . . . . . . . . . Landrigan, Nico and Kimberly . . . . . . . . Langenberg, Margo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Langham, Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lansing, Mrs . Gerrit (Sydie) . . . . . . . . . . Lansing, Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lansing, Gerrit and Patricia . . . . . . . . . . Lapham, Lewis H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lapham, Andrew and Caroline . . . . . . . Lapham, Winston P . and Jennifer . . . . . . Larner, Lionel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latham, Aaron and Leslie Stahl . . . . . . . Lauder, Jane and Kevin Warsh . . . . . . . . Lauder, Leonard and Judith . . . . . . . . . . Lauder, Ronald and Jo Carole . . . . . . . . Lauren, Ralph and Ricky . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren, David and Lauren Bush . . . . . . Lauren, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lawrence, Jeanne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leach, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leach, Howard and Gretchen . . . . . . . . LeConey, Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leatherman, Bill and Elizabeth . . . . . . . Leeds, Thomas and Heather . . . . . . . . . . LeFrak, Denise and John Colicchio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LeFrak, Richard and Karen . . . . . . . . . . LeFrak, Francine and Richard Friedberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LeFrak, Jamie and Caroline Bierbaum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LeFrak, Harrison and Katherine . . . . . . Leidy, Bobby and Ivey Day . . . . . . . . . . . Leidy, Page and Courtney . . . . . . . . . . . . Leidy, Christopher and Cayla Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leidy, Francie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leone, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lesesne, Cap and Briana . . . . . . . . . . . . . L’Esperance, Ros and Fran . . . . . . . . . . . Leventhal, Natalie Leeds . . . . . . . . . . . . Leviant, Sasha and Jeanne . . . . . . . . . . .

Lewis, Memrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liberman, Bobby and Barbara . . . . . . . . Lickle, Bill and Renee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liebman, Pamela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limbocker, Derek and Nicole . . . . . . . . Lindemann, Mrs . George (Frayda) . . . . Lindemann, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindstrom, Pia and John Carley . . . . . . . Lloyd, Ewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lloyd, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loeb, Sharon and John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Long, Gregory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Long, William Ivey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lorber, Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lorber, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loring, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lufkin, Dan and Adrienne . . . . . . . . . . . Luter, Joe and Karin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lyden, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynch, Shelly Tretter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MacGuire, Jamie and Michelle Coppedge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MacGuire, Peter and Becky . . . . . . . . . . MacGuire, Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MacGuire, Kevin and Sally . . . . . . . . . . . Mack, Ambassador Earle and Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mack, Andrew and Schuyler . . . . . . . . . MacRae, Cameron and Ann . . . . . . . . . . Maddock, Charlie and Caroline . . . . . . . Maddock, Jay and Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddock, Locke and Lily . . . . . . . . . . . . Magrino, Susan and Jim Dunning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mahoney, Mrs . David (Hillie) . . . . . . . . . Malloy, Tim and Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Mangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manice, John and Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manice, Peter and Celeste . . . . . . . . . . . Manice, Christopher and Elizabeth . . . . Manning, Tony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marchessini, Alexander and Genevieve Faure . . . . . . . . . . . Mariner, Marion and Michael Heed . . . . Marino, Peter and Jane Trapnell . . . . . . Marron, Mrs . Donald (Catie) . . . . . . . . . Martinez, Roman and Helena . . . . . . . . .

Maschmeyer, Troy and Debby . . . . . . . . Mason, Christopher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Masson, Charles Jr . and Cristina . . . . . . Mauran, Lousie K .S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maxey, Talbott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May, Mrs . Anthony (Karen) . . . . . . . . . . Mazor, Boaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mazzola, Alison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McAndrew, Timothy and Alexis van der Mije . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McBean, Edith and Hank Lowenstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McCarty, Michael and Kim . . . . . . . . . . . McCarty, Michael R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McCarthy, Brian and Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . McCloskey, Michael and Holly . . . . . . . . McCloy, John and Laura . . . . . . . . . . . . . McCloy, Rush and Brooke . . . . . . . . . . . McDonough, Michael and Pandy . . . . . McFadden, Cynthia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McFadden, Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McGrath, Tom and Diahn . . . . . . . . . . . McGurk, Whitney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McHenry, Barnabas and Bannie . . . . . . . McIlvane, Wendy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McKnight, Bill and Kitty . . . . . . . . . . . . McLaughlin, Barbara and Kevin . . . . . . McMakin, Leigh and Mimi . . . . . . . . . . . McMillen, Earl and Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . McMullan, Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McPherson, Stephen and Tina . . . . . . . . McSweeney, Thayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McWilliams, Heidi and Tom . . . . . . . . . Meehan, Michael and Dee de Ganay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meier, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meiland, Lisa and Andy Martin . . . . . . . Meister, Todd and Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mejia, Alberto and Peggy . . . . . . . . . . . . Mejia, Alexander and Justine . . . . . . . . . Melhado, Mrs . Frederick (Virginia) . . . . Melwani, Anjali and Prakash . . . . . . . . . Mercer, Dabney and Tinsley . . . . . . . . . . Merck, Laddie and Dede . . . . . . . . . . . . Mettler, Mr . John W . II (Speedy) . . . . . . Meyer, Blair and Eliza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michaels, Sam and Anita . . . . . . . . . . . . Prince Michel of Yugoslavia . . . . . . . . . . Michener, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Middleton, Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Millard, Craig and Michelle . . . . . . . . . . Millard, Peter and Polly Espy . . . . . . . . . Miller, Courtland and Gina . . . . . . . . . . Miller, Don and Muffy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miller, Leverett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miller, Whitney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUGUST 2021 129

The Humane Society of New York Since 1904, the Humane Society of New York has been a presence in New York City,

caring for animals in need when illness, injury, or homelessness strikes. The Society’s mission is to prevent the suffering of animals through the provision of affordable and free quality medical care in the HSNY’s Hospital, shelter in the Society’s Vladimir Horowitz & Wanda Toscanini Horowitz Adoption Center, and humane education. When a companion animal gets sick or hurt, HSNY will help when no one else will. Seven days a week, the Humane Society of New York helps people care for their pets and seeks to provide loving homes for dogs and cats. From above: HSNY President Virginia Chipurnoi with Mikhail Baryshnikov and HSNY Board Member Cornelia Guest; The Humane Medal. Some of the Humane Society of New York’s Humane Medal recipients are Sir David Frederick Attenborough, Dame Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Henry Spira, Nick Brandt, Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Peter Singer, and E.O. Wilson.

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Milliken, Mrs. Minot (Armene) . . . . . . . Miniter, Sylvester and Gillian . . . . . . . . . Mirabella, Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missett, Joe and Nancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mohr, Ian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moinian, Joe and Nazee . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molyneux, Juan Pablo and Pilar . . . . . . Monell, Ambrose and Lili. . . . . . . . . . . . Monell, Ned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monn, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moore, Danielle Hickox . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moore, George and Calvert . . . . . . . . . . Moore, Mrs. George (Kathie). . . . . . . . . Moore, Peggy and Dudley . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan, Alfred and Virginia . . . . . . . . . Morgan, Sue and Harry . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morris, Chappy and Melissa. . . . . . . . . . Morrison, Ham and Mimi van Wyck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Mortimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mowinckel, John and Cheryl . . . . . . . . . Mowinckel, Nino and Carol . . . . . . . . . . Mulroney, The Hon. Brian and Mila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murdoch, Rupert and Jerry Hall . . . . . . Murdock, Pamela and Stephen Stefanou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murphy, Hebe Dowling and John . . . . . Murray, Mrs. John (Nancy). . . . . . . . . . . Murray, Stephen and Muffie. . . . . . . . . . Musso, Carlos and Carolina Latour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Musso, Tony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Musso, Lucy Nielsen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CO U RTE S Y O F T H E H U M A N E S O C I E T Y

Nederlander, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nemy, Enid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nesbit, Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Newhouses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ney, Judy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholas, Nick and Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicklas, Brent and Laura . . . . . . . . . . . . Nievera, Mario and Travis Howe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prince Nikolaos of Greece . . . . . . . . . . . Nitze, Bill and Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nitze, Peter and Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Niven, Fernanda and Mark Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Niven, Fernanda Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Niven, Eugenie and Nicholas Goodman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Niven, Ellen and Tris Deery . . . . . . . . . . Niven, Jamie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nordeman, Jacques and Anne . . . . . . . . Nordeman, Eliza and Blake Davis . . . . . Nordeman, John and Kay. . . . . . . . . . . . Nordeman, Landon and Shannon . . . . . Norwich, Billy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nye, Richard and Francesca . . . . . . . . . .

Ober, David G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ober, Polly Norris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O’Malley, Hilaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Onet, Polly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orthwein, Chris and Binkie . . . . . . . . . . O’Shaughnessy, William and Nancy. . . . O’Sullivan, Ryan and Palmer . . . . . . . . . Otto, Katharina and Nathan Bernstein.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ourisman, Mrs. Florenz (Nan). . . . . . . . Owens, Zibby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pachios, Chris and Allyson Ross . . . . . . Paduano, Daniel and Nancy. . . . . . . . . . Page, Blakely and Lindsey . . . . . . . . . . . Pahlavi, Pari-Sima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pakula, Mrs. Alan (Hannah). . . . . . . . . . Palermo, Olivia and Johannes Huebl. . . Paley, Jeff and Valerie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Palitz, Anka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pannill, Mrs. William (Kit) . . . . . . . . . . . Papachristidis, Alex and Scott Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Papageorgiou, Pavlos and Alexa Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Papanicolaou, Alexandra and Edward Shaheen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Papanicolaou, Nick Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pardoe, Ted and Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patricof, Alan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pattee, Gordon and Dailey . . . . . . . . . . . Paull, Harold and Joanne . . . . . . . . . . . . Paulson, John and Jenny. . . . . . . . . . . . . Prince Pavlos and Marie Chantal . . . . . . Peabody, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearson, Kevin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pedroso, Alina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Peek, Jeff and Liz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pell, Haven and Simmy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pell, Peter J. Jr. and Tice Burke . . . . . . . Pendergast, Patrick and Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pennoyer, Peter and Katie . . . . . . . . . . . Perkin, Mrs. Richard (Leslie) . . . . . . . . . Perkin, Thorne and Tatiana . . . . . . . . . . Perry, Betsy Freund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Perry, Richard and Lisa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Perry, Samantha and James David . . . . . Peterson, Holly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petito, Frank and Beatrix . . . . . . . . . . . . Petroff, Di and Dr. Steven Butensky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyrelongue, Guy and Sarah . . . . . . . . . Pfeifer, Chuck and Lisa Crosby . . . . . . . Pfeifle, Jeffrey and David Granville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pfeifler, Brian and Emilia . . . . . . . . . . . . Phillips, Sallie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Phippses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pickett, Brett and Nicole Hanley . . . . . . Pickett, John and Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pickett, John O. III and KC . . . . . . . . . . Picotte, Michael and Margi . . . . . . . . . . Pileggi, Nick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilkington, Robert and Helen . . . . . . . . Pitt, Pauline Baker and Jerry Seay . . . . . Pittman, Robert and Veronique . . . . . . . Plimpton, Mrs. George (Sarah) . . . . . . . Plimpton, Taylor and Lizzy Eggers . . . . Pomerantz, Ernest and Marie Brenner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ponton, Dan and Stephane Castoriano.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posen, Zac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power, Jim and Tina Fanjul . . . . . . . . . . Price, Peter and Judy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prince, Mrs. Frederick (Diana) . . . . . . . Prounis, Kathy and Othon . . . . . . . . . . . Purcell, Tom and Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . Putnam, Bambi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pyne, John and Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pyne, John and Melinda Mettler . . . . . .

Quartucci, Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quasha, Diana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick, Chris and Ann. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick, Mary and Jim Daras . . . . . . . . . . Quick, Tommy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick, Tricia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUGUST 2021 131

Museum of the City of New York

With its unique mandate—to explore the past, present, and future of New York City and celebrate its heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation—the Museum of the City of New York presents a variety of exhibitions, public programs, and publications, all investigating what gives New York its singular character. Insets: Louis Auchincloss (above); Mark Gilbertson, Alex Roepers, Sara Ayres, Amory McAndrew, Whitney Donhauser, Jamie Dinan.

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Quinn, Piper and Sara Groff . . . . . . . . . Quinn, Thomas Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CO U RTE S Y O F T H E M U S E U M O F T H E C I T Y O F N E W Y O R K / M A RY H I LL A R D ( E V E N TS )

Radziwill, John and Eugenie . . . . . . . . . . Radziwill, Phillip and Devon Shuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rafferty, John and Emily . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rafferty, Nick and Caroline . . . . . . . . . . Ramirez, Diane and Sam . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ramirez, Sam Jr . and Fabiana . . . . . . . . . Rapp, Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray, David Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rayner, Mrs . William (Kathy) . . . . . . . . . Raynes, Patty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reginato, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reeves, Nina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retz, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richardson, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richter, John and Nina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rickel, Annette and John Leone . . . . . . Rigas, John and Darcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robertson, Alex and Alexandra . . . . . . . Robertson, Jay and Clare . . . . . . . . . . . . Robertson, Bill and Scarlett . . . . . . . . . . Robertson, Julian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robertson, Spencer and Sarah . . . . . . . . Robertson, Wyndham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robinson, Guy and Libba Stribling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rockefellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roehm, Carolyne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow . . . . . . . . . . . . Rogers, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Romanoff, Princess Alexander (Mimi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt, Jill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt, Tobie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt, Teddy and Serena . . . . . . . . . Rose, Alexandra Lind and Louis . . . . . . Rose, Elihu and Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rose, Marshall and Candice Bergen . . . . Rose, Tanner and Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosen, Aby and Samantha Boardman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosenthal, Shirley Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosenthal, Mitch and Sarah . . . . . . . . . . Rosenwald, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosita, Duchess of Marlborough . . . . . . Ross, Burke and Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ross, Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ross, Wilbur and Hilary Geary . . . . . . .

Rosselli, John and Bunny Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rothschild, James and Nicky Hilton . . . Rowley, Cynthia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Royce, Chuck and Deborah . . . . . . . . . . Royall, John and Céliane . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rudin, William and Ophelia . . . . . . . . . . Rumbough, Mrs . Stanley (Janna) . . . . . . Rutherfurd, Guy and Daisy . . . . . . . . . . Rutherfurd, Winthrop and Mary . . . . . . Ruttenberg, Eric and Perri Peltz . . . . . . Ryan, Baird and Alexia Hamm . . . . . . . . Ryan, Allen IV and Christa . . . . . . . . . . .

Sabbagh, Sana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint-Amand, Elisabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint-Amand, Emilia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint-Amand, Nathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saltzman, Ellin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sanchez, Jorge and Serina . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandberg, Bill and Betsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sanger, Alex and Jeannette . . . . . . . . . . . Santo Domingo, Mrs . Julio (Beatrice) . . Santo Domingo, Alejandro and Lady Charlotte Wellesley . . . . . . . . Santo Domingo, Andrés and Lauren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saunders, Andrew and Colleen . . . . . . . Sawyer, Diane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scaife, Frances and Tom McCarter . . . . Scarborough, Charles and Ellen . . . . . . . Schaeffer, Marcia Meehan . . . . . . . . . . . Schaeffer, Georgina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scherer, Allan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Schiffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schlesinger, Alexandra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schlossberg, Edwin and Caroline Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schorr, Burwell and Chip . . . . . . . . . . . . Schuler, John and Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schulhof, David and Lesley . . . . . . . . . . Schulhof, Jonathan and K .K . . . . . . . . . . Schwarzman, Stephen and Christine . . . Schwarzman, Teddy and Ellen Zajac . . . Scott, Megan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scribner, Charlie and Ritchie . . . . . . . . . Scully, Mrs . Dennis (Nancy) . . . . . . . . . . Shaw, Claude and Lara Meiland . . . . . . .

Sherrill, Steve and Kitty . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shields, Mrs . Frank (Didi) . . . . . . . . . . . Shields, Mrs . Jerry (Maury) . . . . . . . . . . Shnayerson, Gayfryd and Michael . . . . . Shuman, Fred and Stephanie . . . . . . . . . Shuman, Stan and Sydney . . . . . . . . . . . . Sidamon-Eristoff, Anne and . . . . . . . . . Constantine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Siegel, Herb and Jeanne . . . . . . . . . . . . . Siegal, Peggy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simmons, Brian and Julie . . . . . . . . . . . . Simonds, Talbott and Carter . . . . . . . . . Singer, Mortimer and Amy Sykes . . . . . . Singer, Oliver and Elizabeth Pyne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sitrick, James and Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slonem, Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smith, Charlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smith, Mrs . Earl E .T . (Lesly) . . . . . . . . . Smith, Earl Jr . and Tatiana . . . . . . . . . . . Smith, Emily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smith, Mrs . Page (Jayne) . . . . . . . . . . . . Snow, Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Snyder, Jay and Tracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Snyder, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sondes, Sharon and Geoffrey Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soper, Jared and Linda Lane . . . . . . . . . Soros, Mrs . Paul (Daisy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . South, Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spahn, Steve and Connie . . . . . . . . . . . . Spahn, Kirk and Jennifer Alden . . . . . . . Spalding, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speer, Ramsey C . and Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stark, Andrea and John . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stark, Candice and Steven . . . . . . . . . . . Steele, Bob and Gillian . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steinberg, Jonathan and Maria Bartiromo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steinberg, Kathryn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steinberg, Michael and Joan . . . . . . . . . . Steinbrech, Doug and Jeff Sharp . . . . . . Steinhart, Percy III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stenbeck, Hugo and Sophie . . . . . . . . . . Stephaich, Lousie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephenson, George and Shelia . . . . . . . Stern, Leonard and Allison . . . . . . . . . . . Stevenson, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stewart, Martha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stewart, Serena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stoddard, Alexandra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stokes, Ben and Asia Baker . . . . . . . . . . Stokes, Stephanie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUGUST 2021 133

Museum of Natural History

In April of 1869, Albert Smith Bickmore, a former student of Harvard zoologist

between West 77th and 81st streets, to build a bigger facility. Architects

Louis Agassiz, successfully proposed the creation of a natural history muse-

Calvert Vaux and J. Wrey Mould prepared a monumental plan for the entire

um in New York with the support of William E. Dodge, Jr., Theodore Roosevelt,

Manhattan Square. The cornerstone of the museum’s first building at 77th

Sr., Joseph Choate, and J. Pierpont Morgan. Former New York governor, John

Street was laid in 1874. AMNH also appointed the first woman president of a

Thompson Hoffman, signed a bill creating the American Museum of Natural

museum when Ellen V. Futter came to the helm in 1993. This page, above: The

History. By 1872 the Museum had outgrown its original Arsenal and secured

Duke of Windsor in front of the African lion diorama. Below, from left: Lewis

Manhattan Square, a block of land across the street from Central Park,

W. Bernard, Chairman; a gala in the famous Blue Whale Room.

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Stover, Jamie and Ellie Berlin . . . . . . . . . Stroh, Whitney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strong, Marianne (Mimi) . . . . . . . . . . . . Stubbs, Michael and Ronnie . . . . . . . . . . Stubgen, Patrick and Dana . . . . . . . . . . . Suarez, Raul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sullivan, John and Nonie . . . . . . . . . . . . Summers, Peter and Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . Surtees, Willie and Pam . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sutton, Kelso and Jo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swenson, Ed and Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swid, Stephen and Nan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sykes, James W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Tadini, Luigi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talese, Gay and Nan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talley, André Leon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tally, Kari and Luka Siminiati . . . . . . . . Tarr, Jeff and Patsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor, Felicia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor, Rhetta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor, Topsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor, Zach and Missie . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry, Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teryazos, Chris and Bellinda . . . . . . . . . Theodoracopulos, Harry and Gail . . . . . Theodoracopulos, Taki and Alexandra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theodoracopulos, Alexis . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas, Andrew and Kathy . . . . . . . . . . Thomas, Michael and Tamara Glenny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas, Patrick and Rachel Peters . . . . Thomas, Rich and Tamie Peters . . . . . . . Thorne, Mazie and Brink . . . . . . . . . . . . Thorne, Oakleigh and Jacqueline . . . . . . Tighe, Aaron and Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Tisches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tober, Mrs . Donald (Barbara) . . . . . . . . Tomenson, Walter and Virginia . . . . . . . Tompkins, Evelyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tower, Harry and Hilary . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tower, Whitney Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Townsend, Chuck and Jill . . . . . . . . . . . . Traglio, Carlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traina, Trevor and Alexis . . . . . . . . . . . Trump, Donald and Melania . . . . . . . . . Trump, Blaine and Steve Simon . . . . . . . Tuckerman, Mrs . Roger (Edith) . . . . . . . Twombly, Alessandro and Soledad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

van Amerongen, Lewis and Diane . . . . . Van Pelt, Mary and Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . van Rensselaer, Kiliaen and Shaina . . . . . van Schaack, Gregory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . van Wyck, Bronson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vanden Heuvel, Mrs . William (Melinda) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vanden Heuvel, Mrs . William (Katrina) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanderbilt, Jean Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanderlaan, Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vartanian, Annabel and Andrew Jeffries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vecellio, Leo and Kathryn . . . . . . . . . . . Veronis, John and Lauren . . . . . . . . . . . . Vietor, David and Nancy . . . . . . . . . . . . Vittadini, Gianluigi and Adrienne . . . . . von Auersperg, Alex and Nancy . . . . . . von Bidder, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . von der Goltz, Andreas and Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . von Stade, Skiddy and Elizabeth . . . . . .

Webster, Peter and Martha . . . . . . . . . . . Weekes, Chris and Lilly Bunn . . . . . . . . Weill, Sanford and Joan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weintraub, Ronald and Harriet . . . . . . . Weld, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wellner, Karl and Deborah Norville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wenner, Jann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wetenhall, Andrew and Sarah . . . . . . . . Weymouth, Lally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wheeler, Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitehead, Mrs . John (Cynthia) . . . . . . Whitney, Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitney, Nancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilkie, Angus and Len Morgan . . . . . . . Wilkie, Rich and Steven . . . . . . . . . . . . . Williams, Gene and Jackie . . . . . . . . . . . Wilmot, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilson, Kevin and Alexandra Wilkis . . . Wilson, Kendrick R . III and Ann Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilson, Jay and Stephanie . . . . . . . . . . . Wintour, Anna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wister, Mrs . William (Diana) . . . . . . . . . Witmer, Michel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wolf, Christopher and Lise Honoré . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wolfe, Mrs . Tom (Sheila) . . . . . . . . . . . . Wolff, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wolff, Peter I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woods, Ward Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wyatt, Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wyser-Pratte, Vivian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ulmann, Mrs . Edward F . (Priscilla) . . . . Unterberg, Ann and Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . Uzielli, Barbara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wadia, Dinyar and Gool . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waldin, Erik and Casey Cook . . . . . . . . Walker, Darren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waller, Alexis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walsh, Gil and Johnny Johnston . . . . . . Warburton, Barclay “Tim” and Julia . . Ward, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warner, Miner H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warner, Philip and Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . Warner, Philip W . Jr . and Carolyn . . . . . Warner, Christina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warner, Patsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warren, Catharine and Bradley Geist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waterman, Mrs . Richard (Lis) . . . . . . . . Wathne, Thorunn, Soffia, and Berge . . . Wattleton, Faye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Webster, Joe and Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yealland, Mrs . Daniel (Liska) . . . . . . . . . Ylvisaker, Jon and Eleanor . . . . . . . . . . . Yorke, A . Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Zacharias, Tom and Clelia . . . . . . . . . . . Zeckendorf, Arthur and Connie . . . . . . . Zeckendorf, Will and Laura . . . . . . . . . . Zenko, John and Jere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zenko, Starrett and Petter Ringbom . . . Zilkha, Bettina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zilkha, Mrs . Ezra (Cecile) . . . . . . . . . . . . Zinterhofer, Eric and Aerin Lauder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zoullas, Sophocles and Silvia . . . . . . . . Zuckerman, Mort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zug, James W . Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUGUST 2021 135

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Field, Dick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Field, Jamee Jacobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ford, Whitey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forstmann, Stephanie Peoples . . . . . . . . Franks, Lucinda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Banker, Bindy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bienstock, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bostwick, Laura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brady, Katherine Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . Buchanan, Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burke, Coleman Poston . . . . . . . . . . . . Busch Webster, Carlota “Lotsie” . . . . . Bush, Jonathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cabot, Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cardin, Pierre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carey, E . Harriet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cates, Barbara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cave, Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Church, Gerald Boardman . . . . . . . . . . Clark, Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connery, Sean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cormier, Frank Wisner . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cramer, Douglas S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Currey, Agneta Akerlund . . . . . . . . . . . .

d’Amboise, Jacques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . de Rothschild, Lady Victoria . . . . . . . . . Dinkins, David N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . du Pont, Pete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durand, Pierre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Easton, David Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epstein, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evans, Harry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Gimbel, Lesley Bush-Brown . . . . . . . . . . Ginsburg, Ruth Bader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goodhue, Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goodman, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graham, Ian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gregorian, Vartan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grigg, Robert D . IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guest, Frederick Edward II . . . . . . . . . .

Havemeyer, Jane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holbrook, Hal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hughes, Karen T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ives, Philip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Kinney, Gilbert H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lasorda, Tommy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . le Carré, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lembo, Carole Rose Neri . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsay, Mary D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lott, Carola dePeyster Kittredge . . . . . . Lynch, Dennis Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Patricof, Susan Hatkoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peretti, Elsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Perkins, Edward J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pillsbury, Philip Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Price, Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh . . . . Pryor, Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rauch, Benjamin Brewster . . . . . . . . . . . Reed, Julia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rense, Paige . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restivo, Dezia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rubens, Charles “Carky” . . . . . . . . . . . . Rubenstein, Howard J . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Scully, Robert T ., Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seaver, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheehy, Gail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheridan, John Edward “Ted” . . . . . . . Silver, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spalding, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stokes, Linda Scheerer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stolley, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stone, Ingrid “Ganga” Hedley . . . . . . . Stone, Roger David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stranahan, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strom, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Thorndike, William Nicholas . . . . . . . . Tober, Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trabert, Tony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trebek, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyson, Cicely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Miller, Linda Bartlett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mondale, Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgenthau, Lucinda Franks . . . . . . . . . Mortimer, Tyler Cushing . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nederlander, Joseph Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

vanden Heuvel, William . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanderbilt, Heidi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wanetik, Shirley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Aaron, Hank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allen, Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anson, Robert Sam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Azqueta, Norberto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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In Memoriam

Wildlife Conservation Society

The organization first began as the New York Zoological Society in 1895 to promote the study of zoology and conserve wildlife. It has since established its headquarters at the Bronx Zoo, and today saves wildlife and wild lands through conservation, education, and scientific research. This page, background: An event held at the Bronx Zoo in the early 1900s. Inset: Trustees Lisa Schiff, Sigourney Weaver, David Schiff, Joe Walston, and Naomi Walston celebrate Wildlife Conservation.

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OLD GUARD FAMILIES Mr. Nelson Aldrich Mr. Cleveland Amory Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Auchincloss Mr. and Mrs. John W. Auchincloss III Mrs. Lily Auchincloss Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bancroft Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Boardman Mr. Clifford Brokaw Mrs. Amanda Burden Mr. and Mrs. Carter Burden Mr. Harry C. Cushing IV Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dana Mr. And Mrs. Nicholas Drexel Ambassador and Mrs. A. Biddle Duke

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Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Duke Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Eberstadt Mrs. Fernanda Kellogg Gilligan Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Hearst Mr. and Mrs. Amory Houghton Ambassador Francis Kellogg Mr. John Knott Mrs. Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman Mrs. Topsy Taylor McFadden Mr. and Mrs. Henry Middleton Mr. and Mrs. Minot Milliken Marchese and Marchesa Alessandro di Montezemolo Mr. and Mrs. David Mortimer Mr. and Mrs. John Jay Mortimer Mr. and Mrs. Tony Mortimer Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Peabody Mr. Harry Platt Mr. and Mrs. George Plimpton Mr. Eben Pyne Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Rockefeller Mr. and Mrs. David Schiff Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Sherrill DIAMONDS AS BIG AS THE RITZ Mrs. Anne Bass Mrs. Joy Hirshon Briggs Ms. Elizabeth Strong Cuevas Mrs. Beth Rudin DeWoody Mrs. Charlotte Ford Ms. Anne Hearst Mrs. Bianca Jagger Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Kennan Ms. Samantha Kluge Ms. Francine LeFrak Ms. Bokara Legendre Mrs. Anne Ford Scarborough Ms. Ivana Trump Ms. Nancy Whitney Ms. Mollie Wilmot MOSTEST HOSTS AND HOSTESSES Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass Mr. Bill Bernhard and Mrs. C. Cahill

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Mr. and Mrs. William Buckley Mr. Henry Buhl Mrs. Anne Eisenhower and Mr. W. Flottl Mr. and Mrs. Anastassios Fondaras Mr. and Mrs. John Gutfreund Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kempner Mr. David Koch Ms. Alice Mason Mr. and Mrs. Rober Miller Mr. and Mrs. William Rayner Mr. Khalil Rizk Mr. and Mrs. Ian Schrager Sharon, Lady Sondes and Mr. G Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trump Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Mrs. Jayne Wrightsman Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Zilkha THE TASTEMAKERS Mr. Ludovic Autet Mr. Glenn Bernbaum Mr. Bill Blass Ms. Diana Brooks Mr. Mario Buatta Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Bulgari Ms. Naomi Campbell Mr. and Mrs. William Chaney Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cole Mr. Madison Cox Miss Kitty D’Alessio Mr. Robert Denning Mr. Ralph Destino Mr. Sean Driscoll Mr. and Mrs. Ahmet Ertegun Princess Diane von Furstenberg Mr. Albert Hadley Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hampton

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Mr. and Mrs. Reinaldo Herrera Mr. Gene David Mr. Eric Javits Mr. Jed Johnson and Mr. Alan Wanzenberg Mr. and Mrs. Barry Kieselstein-Cord Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Klein Mr. and Mrs. Arie Kopelman Mr. Kenneth Jay Lane Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lauren Mr. John Loring Mr. Boaz Mazor Ms. Mary McFadden Mr. and Mrs. Brian McNally Mr. Isaac Mizrahi Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nye Mr. Alex Papachristidis Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pennoyer

Ms. Alison Spear Ms. Olivia Watson and Ms. Leighton Candler Mrs. Jean Harvey Vanderbilt Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Forstmann Mr. Ted Forstmann Mr. David Geffen Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kravis Mr. and Mrs. Henryk de Kwiatkowski Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mosbacher Mr. Ronald Perelman and Mrs. Patricia Duff Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rudin Mr. and Mrs. Julio Mario Santo Domingo Mr. and Mrs. Herb Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Saul Steinberg Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Stern Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Taubman Mr. and Mrs. John Veronis Ms. Linda Wachner Mr. Mortimer Zuckerman LES DAMES

Mr. Campion Platt Mrs. Chesbrough Rayner Mr. Mingo del Ren Mr. and Mrs. Oscar de la Renta Ms. Carolyne Roehm Mr. Arnold Scaasi and Mr. Parker Ladd Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Tilberis Mr. George Trescher Miss Gloria Vanderbilt Mr. Stephen Weiss and Ms. Donna Karan Ms. Bunny Williams Mr. Robert Woolley Mr. Jerry Zipkin THE LAST TYCOONS M. and Mme. Michel David-Weill Mr. Barry Diller Mr. and Mrs. Pepe Fanjul

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Mr. John Punnett Mr. Harry Tower Mr. Charles Urstadt Mr. Diego del Vayo Mr. Charles Washburne Mr. Paul Wilmot CORONETS AND COUNTESSES Count and Countess Nuno Brandolini Baroness Milly de Carbrol Marchese and Marchesa Alessandro Crosini Laiatico Count Roffredo Gaetony-Lovatelli Count and Countess Demetrio GuerriniMaraldi Princess Firyal of Jordan Ali Reza Pahlavi Baron and Baroness Gottfried von Meyern-Hohenberg Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia ARTS AND LETTERS Mr. and Mrs. William Acquavella Mr. Leo Castelli Mr. Charles Cowles Mr. Dominick Dunne Mr. Richard Feigen

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Lucie de la Falaise Alexa and Kate Hampton Carolina & Patricia Herrera Astrid Kohl Stefan de Kwaitkowski Erin Lauder Alexandra Lind Alexandra and MarieChantal Miller Steven Perelman Andrea Pomerantz Eliza Reed Mr. and Mrs. Steven Rockefeller Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rockefeller Tracee Ross Dr. Andrew Schiff Alexis Stewart Jill Swid Alexander von Furstenberg Tatiana von Furstenberg Ilyse Wilpon THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS Ms. Lauren Bacall Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bregman Mr. David and Ms. Helen Gurley Brown Miss Barabara Carroll Mr. Michael Fuchs Ms. Brooke Hayward and Mr. Peter Duchin Mr. and Mrs. Mick Hones Mr. Lionel Larner Madonna Mr. Christopher Mason Ms. Dina Merrill and Mr. Ted Hartley Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Modine Ms. Tina Nederlander Mrs. Josephine Premice Ms. Joan Rivers Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ross Mr. Bobby Short Ms. Marti Stevens THE GOLDEN COUPLES Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ainslie Mr. and Mrs. O. Kelley Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Rand Araskog

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Mr. and Mrs. Warren Avis Mr. and Mrs. Marquette de Bary Mr. and Mrs. Richard Blanchard Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bronfman Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bruckman Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Burke Mr. and Mrs. Charles Byron Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Califano Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Connor Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Creel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cullman Ambassador and Mrs. Walter Curley Ambassador and Mrs. Thomas Enders Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fomon Mr. and Mrs. Winston Fowlkes Ambassador and Mrs. Evan Galbraith Mr. and Mrs. Francesco Galesi Mr. and Mrs. John Gates Mr. and Mrs. John Geary Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goelet Mr. and Mrs. Alan (Ace) Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Stephanie Groueff Ambassador and Mrs. Henry Grunwald Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gruss Mr. and Mrs. Roberto de Guardiola Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Guthrie Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hallingby Dr. William and Mrs. Gale Hayman Heseltine

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Mr. and Mrs. Ara Hovnanian Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Isham Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Isham Mr. and Mrs. Deane Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood Johnson III Mr. Richard Kaplan and Ms. Edwina Sandys Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lauder Mr. and Mrs. Richard LeFrak Mr. and Mrs. John Loeb Mr. and Mrs. Earle Mack Mr. and Mrs. David Mahoney Mr. Alexandrer Marchessini and Mme. Genevieve Faure Mr. and Mrs. Walter Maynard Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William McDonough Mr. and Mrs. Damon Mezzacappa Mr. and Mrs. Minot Miliken Dean and Mrs. Robert Morton Mr. and Mrs. James Niven Mr. Michael Rena and Mrs. Kalliope Karella Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Rockefeller Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Saint-Amand Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spielvogel Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Tisch Mr. and Mrs. Donald Trump

Mr. Anthony Haden-Guest Mr. and Mrs. James Hoge Mr. Warren Hoge Mr. Peter Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kissinger Mr. Jesse Kornbluth and Ms. A. Tapert Mr. Ed Kosner and Ms. Julie Baumgold Mr. David Lauren Dr. Richard and Mrs. Ellen Levine Mr. Patrick McMullen Mrs. Aileen Mehle Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Meigher III Mr. Michael Musto Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Newhouse Jr. Mr. Khoi Nguyen Miss Polly Onet Ms. Alexandra Penney Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Abe Ribicoff Ms. Liz Robbins Mr. Charlie Rose Mr. and Mrs. Felix Rohayton Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Scarborough Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Schlossberg Ms. Peggy Siegel Grace, Lady Dudley, and Mr. R. Silvers Mr. Howard Stringer and Dr. Jennifer Patterson Mr. and Mrs. John Stubbs Mr. and Mrs. Taki Theodoracopulos Mr. James Truman Ms. Barbara Walters Mr. Karl Wellner and Ms. Deborah Norville Mr. and Mrs. Jann Wenner

MEDIA AND OPINION MAKERS Mr. Joe Armstrong Dr. Daniel Baker and Mrs. Nine Griscom Mr. Andre Balcz and Ms. Katie Ford Mrs. Eleanor Lambert Berkson Mr. and Mrs. Bill Beutel Ms. Tina Brown and Mr. Harry Evans Dr. and Mrs. William Cahan Mr. and Mrs. Graydon Carter Ms. Jennet Conant and Mr. Steve Kroft Mr. Carl and Mrs. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Mr. Malcom Jr., Christopher, and Robert Forbes Mr. Geordie Greig AUGUST 2021 141

BRINGING BACK THE PICTURE: PAUL MCCARTNEY WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY HARRY BENSON

WITH THE BREAKUP of The Beatles—usually considered to be April 10, 1970—fans everywhere were distraught. Yet all four Beatles went on to other great achievements in music. Sadly, two are now gone...but all their music will be here forever. When Paul formed his own band, Wings, later in the 1970s, I was pleased to have the opportunity to cover the journey—on stage; backstage; in the recording studio; celebrating the launch of a new album with former colleagues and friends; at home with his wife, Linda Eastman, and their brew of children… My job was made easier not only because I had traveled with The Beatles in the 1960s, but because Linda, as a photographer, understood what it was to be on assignment and to have to “bring back the picture,” the picture that will tell the story—which is what every photo editor calls for when giving out an assignment. I am very pleased and proud to have a new book being published by Taschen entitled Paul, which delves into the life of Paul McCartney, arguably one of the most iconic musical geniuses of any generation. Here is a glimpse… u Harry Benson’s new book Paul (Taschen). Opposite, clockwise from above: On stage during a Wings Over America concert, 1976; preparing for the Beatles arrival for their first visit to New York, Paul has a shave; Linda and Paul McCartney, 1976; Stella, 3, looks up lovingly at her father, Los Angeles, 1975. AUGUST 2021 143

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From above: At a Wings party with Linda, Paul, and Tatum O’Neal; John and Paul deep in thought as they compose at the piano in their suite at the George V Hotel with George and Ringo in the background. Paris, January 1964. Opposite, clockwise from above: Jamming on the Wings plane (seated, left to right: Jimmy McCulloch playing a guitar, Linda, Paul, and Joe English); an animated Paul shouts and points at Benson while visiting New York City’s Central Park, 1964; Paul and Linda in matching multicolored ponchos and caps, Los Angeles, March 1975.

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The Brooklyn Bridge built by John Augustus Roebling. It was the longest suspension bridge when it was completed in 1883.

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MANHATTAN IN DETAIL

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IN THE NEW BOOK Manhattan in Detail: An

Intimate Portrait in Watercolor (Rizzoli), Robert L. Bowdon presents intimate, beautiful scenes of Manhattan’s most prized sights. In celebration of the city, we publish them here along with quotes from some of our favorite writers on the subject of New York. For in the words of Tom Wolfe, “One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.”—Georgina Schaeffer

“Over the great bridge, with the sunlight through the girders making a constant flicker upon the moving cars, with the city rising up across the river in white heaps and sugar lumps all built with a wish out of nonolfactory money. The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.” — The GreaT GaTsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald 148 QUEST

Above: The great steps of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870, built by Richard Morris Hunt. Right, above: A RIZZOLI

view of Central Park West. Below: The Guggenheim Museum, built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1943.

“My favorite New York was the one they led me through on Sunday afternoons. A girl in high heels can show you Rome, a drinking companion is the best for Dublin, and I enjoyed the New York my children knew.” — “Moving out,” John Cheever

“There was always something immensely comic to her in the thought of living else-where than New York.” — “Big Blonde,” dorothy Parker

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This page: A 36th Street view looking uptown at the Chrysler Building, built by William Van Alen from 1928-1930. Opposite page: The New York Public Library, built by Carrere and

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Hastings from 1897-1911.

This page, above: The Washington Square Arch at the center of the park. Below: The New York Stock Exchange. Opposite: A street scene in Greenwich Village.

“On Broadway it was still bright afternoon and the gassy air was almost motionless under the leaden spokes of sunlight, and sawdust footprints lay about the doorways of butcher shops and fruit stores. And the great, great crowd, the inexhaustible current of millions of every race and kind pouring out, pressing round, of every age, of every genius, possessors of every human secret, antique and future.” — Seize The Day, Saul Bellow 152 QUEST

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B L A C K | B RYA N | B R O W N | T R AV E R S

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THE YOUNG & THE GUEST LIST It’s not quite as old as Quest, but this column has always managed to capture the energy of the younger generation partying around the globe. So let’s raise a glass to the four columnists—Jack Bryan, Andrew Black, Lizzie Brown, and Alex Travers—who expertly navigated the nightlife map over the years.

Fête,” the New Yorkers for Children event in April, 2011.

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Karolina Kurkova is photographed at “A Fools

Winston Lapham, Hayley Bloomingdale, Tory Burch with Mary J. Blige, who performed at the Society of

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Maddock Foundation’s winter benefit, 2010.

Jack Bryan at the Parker boutique party on Madison Avenue, 2009.

MSKCC’s event, 2009.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at a Cinema Society screening at the SoHo Grand, 2011.

Anne Huntington and Lauriston Roach sporting Lisa Perry designs at her Madison Avenue boutique, 2010.

Valerie Boster, Byrdie Bell, designer Stacey Bendet, and Ali Wise at the opening of the alice + olivia shop at Saks Fifth Avenue, 2010.

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and Samer Awwa at the Charles

Ashton Kutcher and Andrew Saffir following the Cinema Society screening of No Strings Attached, 2011.

Daniel Benedict and Johannes Huebl at an event sponsored by Grey Goose, 2011.

Wass Stevens, Alison Melnick, Ali Smith, and Rich Thomas at Marquee’s anniversary party, 2011. AUGUST 2021 155

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Mariska Hargitay, Ellen Pompeo, Drew Barrymore, and David Harbour.

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Clockwise from top left: Brooke Shields; Sophie Sumner; Christie Brinkley; Don Lemon and Tim Malone; Chris Ivery and Daniel Benedict.

CINEMA SOCIETY’S SCREENING OF BLACK WIDOW IN EAST HAMPTON

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OVER FOURTH OF July weekend, the Cinema Society hosted a screening of Black Widow, Marvel Studios’ highly anticipated

new film starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, and David Harbour, who was present for the evening. The premiere took place at the East Hampton Cinema, and was followed by a dinner at the nearby home of Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann. Guests included Drew Barrymore, Gayle King, Don Lemon, and Christie Brinkley, among others. AUGUST 2021 157

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CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN’S PARTY IN SOUTHAMPTON TO CELEBRATE THE opening of its pop-up boutique out East, Christian Louboutin hosted a cocktail party at the Thomas Halsey Homestead in Southampton. The evening featured an outdoor screening of In the Footsteps of Christian Louboutin, a documentary about the brand’s namesake founder. The evening attracted guests such as Olivia Palermo, Johannes Huebl, Tracy Anderson, TK Quann, Casey Fremont, and more.

TK Wonder and Caroline Vazzana

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ALICE + OLIVIA’S PRIDE PROM IN WATER MILL

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LAST MONTH, Alice + Olivia hosted a party to celebrate pride at the Parrish Art Museum. The evening featured music by DJ Ty Sunderland and dancing, and benefited the Ali Forney Center in New York, an organization that protects LGBTQ youths from the harms of homelessness and empowers them to live independently. Guests included the brand’s creative director, Stacey Bendet, as well as Huma Abedin, AnnaLynne McCord, Vito and Stella Schnabel, and Andrew Rosen.

Makenzie Phelan, Andrew Warren, Ryan Thomas Roth, and Sarah Shatz Lea Michele and Tayshia Adams

Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Stacey Bendet AnnaLynne McCord Katie and Grace Sands AUGUST 2021 159

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AN ACE UP HER SLEEVE QUEST ARCHIVE: JULY/AUGUST 1999

“See how impressed the Rake is by his guests. The Lovelies are present, all wearing the expression peculiar to their tribe: eyebrows raised as if they were indignantly outfacing some adversary inferior to themselves.” —Rebecca West WHEN JOURNALIST Rebecca West penned and Sir David Low illustrated (above) The Modern “Rake’s Progress”—an update of Hogarth’s 1735 cautionary tale of a young man’s rise and fall in society—West’s unconventional lifestyle had already set her on a precarious progression of her own. The prolific writer set the literary world’s tongues wagging at the early age of 19 when she began a torrid affair with 46-year-old H.G. Wells; the ten-year tryst produced a son, New Yorker critic Anthony Panther West. Rebecca went on to have famous affairs with Charlie Chaplin, Francis Biddle, and Lord Max Beaverbrook, while still finding time to write social and political commentary The New Republic, Atlantic Monthly, and a 160 QUEST

slew of British newspapers. She authored an analysis of the Nuremberg trials entitled The Meaning of Treason, several novels, and her most renowned book, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, a 1941 study of Yugoslavia’s age-old ethnic tensions. Today’s pundits view that thoughtful analysis of the human condition as the seminal volume on the subject, and they have been recently invoking the book and its author on political talk shows and op-ed pages in connection to the region’s current strife. West said she wrote the book for future historians and “to explain to the world why what happens in Central Europe affects the core of Western identity.” It sems that Hogarth wasn’t the only prophetic scribe with a cautionary tale to tell. u

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