skyscrapers and gilded age mansions

Marble House, Newport, RI. JSTOR/RISD.https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.35127680https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.35127680

What did Chicago’s skyscrapers have to do with the “cottages” of Newport, R.I.? As someone who spent much time in Rhode Island as a kid, this was an irresistible question to help answer. Glad to have the invitation from Trudy Coxe and Bill Tavares of “Inside the Newport Mansions,” a podcast and regular program on Newport’s WADK, to talk about all things tall and gilded…

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