### Second Story

Robert Khederian

Professional old-house and history nerd. @notenoughangers on IG and TT. Opinions and stories are mine alone © Second Story Media LLC.

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### Who saved the Vanderbilt Gates?

[Robert Khederian](https://substack.com/@notenoughangers)  
[33m](https://substack.com/@notenoughangers/note/c-281937138 "Jun 24, 2026, 10:46 AM")  
There’s a gate that stands in Central Park that once guarded the ballroom to the largest single-family house in NYC history. This is its story.

### Floorplan lies?!?

[Robert Khederian](https://substack.com/@notenoughangers)  
[3h](https://substack.com/@notenoughangers/note/c-281842795 "Jun 24, 2026, 7:51 AM")  
I suspect that the chamber shown opposite those elevators in fact never existed

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[Inside the lost 30-room triplex penthouse of Arthur Brisbane at 1215 Fifth Avenue](https://robertkhederian.substack.com/p/arthur-brisbane-1215-fifth-avenue-triplex-penthouse-nyc-history)