Have seen the swimming pool photo here several times/places on web, identified as part of a Vanderbilt mansion. (They used to have many mansions.) Toured the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC. Very popular landmark. Shocked to turn the corner in the basement to see THAT swimming pool. Even spouse, who knows little of these things, could see it was constructed in a way that made for easy clean up after certain kinds of activities. Spooky. Gloria Vanderbilt was a successful designer. Watched a TV biography where she said the method of all her art was to create "order out of chaos." She also described watching her son throw himself off her balcony to his death.
Have seen the swimming pool photo here several times/places on web, identified as part of a Vanderbilt mansion. (They used to have many mansions.) Toured the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC. Very popular landmark. Shocked to turn the corner in the basement to see THAT swimming pool. Even spouse, who knows little of these things, could see it was constructed in a way that made for easy clean up after certain kinds of activities. Spooky. Gloria Vanderbilt was a successful designer. Watched a TV biography where she said the method of all her art was to create "order out of chaos." She also described watching her son throw himself off her balcony to his death.