宋美龄长岛故居吸引中国买主

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赫海威, 宋美龄长岛故居吸引中国买主. 纽约时报中文网, Aug 2, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150802/c02sino-chiang/


, which is translated from

Javier C Hernández, Big Turnout for Madame Chiang Kai-shek Estate. New York Times, July 31, 2015 (blog)
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes. ... ng-kai-shek-estate/
("the estate on Feeks Lane in Lattingtown, NY * * * Madame Chiang’s family bought the Long Island estate, known as Hillcrest, in 1949. * * * A developer, the Stillman Organization, purchased the estate in 1998, dividing it into lots and building new homes.  The $11.8 million property now for sale includes several features that were around in Madame Chiang’s era, including a carriage house and a bamboo garden. The centerpiece of the property, a sprawling mansion, is newer, having been completed in 2003")

Note:
(a) Lattingtown, New York
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattingtown,_New_York

(b) Latest one first.
(i) Fang Block, Chinese History Hits the New York Luxury Market; A portion of Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s former Long Island estate is now available with an asking price of $11.8 million. Mansion Gloal, July 24, 2015.
www.mansionglobal.com/articles/6622

two consecutive paragraphs:

“She [Madame Chiang] had frequented Lattingtown since the 1950s but officially called it home after returning from Taiwan in 1975. She spent more than 20 years of tranquility at Hillcrest before moving to Manhattan in 1998.

“Madame Chiang sold the estate to the Stillman Organization in 1998 for $2.8 million and the real estate company split the 37-acre property into three parcels. Built in 2002, Fieldstone Manor sits on approximately 12.8 acres and contains Madame Chiang’s carriage house and barn.

(ii) Felicia Paik, Private Property. Wall Street Journal , Oct 9, 1998.
www.wsj.com/articles/SB907886144384030500

Quote:

"What do Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Imelda Marcos have in common? When it comes to politics, the answer is complicated. When it comes to real estate, however, the answer is: Long Island.  Both the widow of former Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek and the widow of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos had residences on the New York island, and both properties are for sale.

"the estate where Madame Chiang Kai-shek had lived occasionally since the 1950s has been put on the market by its new owner, a New York commercial and residential real-estate firm. The asking price for the 37-acre estate is $6.5 million. The new owner, the Stillman Organization [whose president at the time was Irwin Stillman], bought the property for an undisclosed sum just over a month ago, at a time when its asking price was $4 million. The estate, known as Hillcrest, has a main house with more than 11,000 square feet, a guest house, a carriage house, stables and a barn. The previous owners were relatives of Madame Chiang's sister, the late Soong Ailing [宋藹齡 (1889-1973); the eldest of the Soong sisters and the wife of HH Kung (Kung Hsiang-Hsi) 孔祥熙], who was married to a finance minister in the Chinese Nationalist government.