We discovered a New York City treasure today!

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9. My first visit was summer of 1980, for an art history course

I attended CUNY, took art history in summer 1980 and we went there on a class trip. Ended up moving to that area in the late 80's, lived there for 10+ years. I thought of it as an oasis too.

I was always a nature lover, despite being born and raised in NYC, and like architecture too. Living in Western NC for almost 20 years now, the environment and climate are great, but political climate sucks (meadows, cawthorn); a red zone in a red region, although the state is purple.

In NY and Northeast we had a number of Vanderbilt mansions. Here in NC we have one too, called Biltmore estate, built at the turn to the last century, with much brought over from Europe. The grounds and gardens are amazing, as is the house. Reminds me a bit of the cloisters whenever I visit, but on a much grander scale.