Cutting & Vanderbilt
⇐ Woodland Garden at Cutting Arboretum‘s southern tip.
Visiting Cutting Arboretum on a sunny 51 degree December day without wind. We’ve lunch at Hidden Oak Cafe – could have it outdoor but the restaurant was a little reluctant to seat our outside.
⇐ Idle Hour, the estate of W. K. Vanderbilt (1849-1920), cross the Connetquot River
At the moment, I’m listening to 📖 The Vanderbilt (2021) by Anderson Cooper (1967-), etc.
This English-style mansion on the other side of the river, Idle Hour was built in 1901 for 
William K. Vanderbilt I (Cooper’s great granduncle) by Richard Howland Hunt, after a fire that destroyed previous house built by Richard Morris Hunt, father of Richard. Cutting and Vanderbilt were neighbors and both were members at the South Side Sportsmen’s Club.
I’m wondering, half a century or a century from now on, will people going West, 
to the estates of Gates, Bezos, Buffett and Ellison? Elon Musk has sold all of his earthy real estates … guess our descendants have to travel to Mars or beyond?
Also, work from home seems gaining momentum, what kind of changes will have on city/urban/rural in the next few decades or century?
📖正在听 Anderson Cooper (cnn 广播记者和政治评论员)刚刚出版的书1⃣️ .
他妈妈 Gloria Vanderbilt (1924-2019; 万德比尔特) 是老爷子 Cornelius (1794-1877)的后人. 是万家新闻多之人. 尤其十岁时其母和姑妈为争夺抚养权 对簿公堂 媒体称之为世纪官司.
长岛有很多万家房地产. 河的对面是他曾叔家 2⃣️ – 老万的孙子. 他虽然混得风生
水起 (从爷爷起已经富有)但是纽约的400家(其实只有300家)/旧钱 就是不带他玩. 
他想买旧歌剧院的包厢 被拒绝. 嫌他手不干净 (as 劳动人民)
