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Barbara M
A Beautiful Venue, a Disappointing Tour
Oheka Castle的点评
点评：Great house on the outside, completely rebuilt in the inside, and a mighty uninformed docent. She said nothing about the architecture of the place. She gave no details about how the original furnishings might have been arranged in various rooms or what works of art hung on the walls (of course, nothing remains after years of vandalism). Surely there are old photos and records she could have drawn upon. All she talked about was how rich Otto Kahn was.
She was impressed that Otto Kahn hired the Olmsted firm for landscaping and credited his vast wealth. So what rich people didn't use Olmsted? Greenhouses and driveways and vistas all over New Jersey, the Hudson Valley, and Long Island and beyond were designed by Olmsted for similarly wealthy men. Otto Kahn just went to the go-to guy.
The docent was also impressed by two Renaissance statues and again talked about Kahn's money. In those days, every wealthy man imported architectural elements from Europe. Planting Fields sports enormous gates from an English manor. Samuel Untermyer in Yonkers had Stanford White bring him back Roman columns and fountain components. San Simeon might be the tops in this area. And as far as Oheka's expensive slate roof from Vermont goes, the roof atop the mansion in Old Westbury Gardens is from England. And when it was redone a couple of years ago, the old slate quarry in England was reopened.
It was an odd presentation possibly because so little of the original Oheka was left, but the emphasis on Kahn's money without mentioning everyone else's money, and the context of that old Long Island way of life, was exasperating and a little suspicious. Never have I been on a house tour that reduced a man to his cash like this.
That said, Gary, the man who purchased and restored Oheka, was clearly motivated by love, and that's greatly to the place's credit.
She was impressed that Otto Kahn hired the Olmsted firm for landscaping and credited his vast wealth. So what rich people didn't use Olmsted? Greenhouses and driveways and vistas all over New Jersey, the Hudson Valley, and Long Island and beyond were designed by Olmsted for similarly wealthy men. Otto Kahn just went to the go-to guy.
The docent was also impressed by two Renaissance statues and again talked about Kahn's money. In those days, every wealthy man imported architectural elements from Europe. Planting Fields sports enormous gates from an English manor. Samuel Untermyer in Yonkers had Stanford White bring him back Roman columns and fountain components. San Simeon might be the tops in this area. And as far as Oheka's expensive slate roof from Vermont goes, the roof atop the mansion in Old Westbury Gardens is from England. And when it was redone a couple of years ago, the old slate quarry in England was reopened.
It was an odd presentation possibly because so little of the original Oheka was left, but the emphasis on Kahn's money without mentioning everyone else's money, and the context of that old Long Island way of life, was exasperating and a little suspicious. Never have I been on a house tour that reduced a man to his cash like this.
That said, Gary, the man who purchased and restored Oheka, was clearly motivated by love, and that's greatly to the place's credit.
翻译：房子外观宏伟，内部完全重建，讲解员却一无所知。她对这个地方的建筑只字未提。她没有详细说明各个房间里原来的家具是如何布置的，也没有说明墙上挂着什么艺术品（当然，经过多年的破坏，什么都没有留下来）。当然，她可以参考一些旧照片和记录。她只说奥托·卡恩有多富有。
她对奥托·卡恩聘请奥姆斯特德公司进行景观设计印象深刻，并称赞他拥有巨额财富。那么，哪个富人没有找过奥姆斯特德呢？新泽西、哈德逊河谷、长岛及其他地方的温室、车道和景观都是奥姆斯特德为同样富有的人设计的。奥托·卡恩只是去找了这位可靠的人。
讲解员还对两尊文艺复兴时期的雕像印象深刻，并再次谈到了卡恩的钱。在那个年代，每个有钱人都会从欧洲进口建筑元素。 Planting Fields 拥有来自英国庄园的巨大大门。扬克斯的 Samuel Untermyer 让 Stanford White 带回了罗马柱和喷泉组件。圣西蒙可能是该地区的佼佼者。至于 Oheka 昂贵的佛蒙特石板屋顶，Old Westbury Gardens 豪宅的屋顶来自英国。几年前重建时，英国的旧石板采石场重新开放。
这是一个奇怪的介绍，可能是因为原来的 Oheka 所剩无几，但强调 Kahn 的钱而不提及其他人的钱，以及长岛旧生活方式的背景，令人恼火，也有点可疑。我从来没有参加过像这样把一个人贬低到只剩钱的房屋参观。
话虽如此，购买和修复 Oheka 的人 Gary 显然是出于爱，这在很大程度上是这个地方的功劳。
她对奥托·卡恩聘请奥姆斯特德公司进行景观设计印象深刻，并称赞他拥有巨额财富。那么，哪个富人没有找过奥姆斯特德呢？新泽西、哈德逊河谷、长岛及其他地方的温室、车道和景观都是奥姆斯特德为同样富有的人设计的。奥托·卡恩只是去找了这位可靠的人。
讲解员还对两尊文艺复兴时期的雕像印象深刻，并再次谈到了卡恩的钱。在那个年代，每个有钱人都会从欧洲进口建筑元素。 Planting Fields 拥有来自英国庄园的巨大大门。扬克斯的 Samuel Untermyer 让 Stanford White 带回了罗马柱和喷泉组件。圣西蒙可能是该地区的佼佼者。至于 Oheka 昂贵的佛蒙特石板屋顶，Old Westbury Gardens 豪宅的屋顶来自英国。几年前重建时，英国的旧石板采石场重新开放。
这是一个奇怪的介绍，可能是因为原来的 Oheka 所剩无几，但强调 Kahn 的钱而不提及其他人的钱，以及长岛旧生活方式的背景，令人恼火，也有点可疑。我从来没有参加过像这样把一个人贬低到只剩钱的房屋参观。
话虽如此，购买和修复 Oheka 的人 Gary 显然是出于爱，这在很大程度上是这个地方的功劳。
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