Episodes

  • Introduction
    May 8 2019
    Someone Lived Here tells the strange, unusual stories of cool New Yorkers by exploring the homes they once lived in. The host Kendra Gaylord brings you through these properties and talks to the caretakers, historians, and experts who know them best. Subscribe for new episodes every Monday starting June 3rd.

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  • The Alice Austen House
    Jun 3 2019

    In the first episode of Someone Lived Here, Kendra Gaylord brings you to the Alice Austen House on Staten Island. Alice Austen was a photographer who took beautiful personal photos of her friends. These photos include crossdressing and card games. She was also in a loving relationship with another woman, Gertrude Tate, for 50 years. Alice Austen lived from 1866 to 1952.

     

    While walking through the home you learn Alice’s story and the events that led to poverty and how her work was found before her death.

     

    In this episode we speak to Victoria Munroe, the Executive Director at the Alice Austen House, and Amy O’Hara, the Director of Operations and Visitor Services. If you have any suggestions or ideas for the show please reach out to someonelivedhere@gmail.com.

     

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    26 mins
  • The Lewis Latimer House
    Jun 17 2019

    In this episode of Someone Lived Here, Kendra brings you to the Lewis Latimer House in Queens, NY. Lewis Latimer was an inventor and electrical pioneer who shaped the history of objects we still use everyday. He was African American and the son of slaves.

    While we walk through the home with Alex Unthank, we learn the story of Lewis Latimer and his career. Alex tells the story of his father and mother's escape from slavery. Nearly a hundred years after purchasing the home, his granddaughter helped save the home by moving it to safety.

    If you have any suggestions or ideas for the show please reach out to someonelivedhere@gmail.com. Thanks to Tim Cahill for music and Ben Kirk for artwork.

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    29 mins
  • Sailors' Snug Harbor
    Jul 1 2019

    In this episode of Someone Lived Here, Kendra brings you to Sailors' Snug Harbor on Staten Island. The site was a retirement home for sailors that operated from the 1830s to the 1970s.

    While we walk through the Noble Maritime Collection in building D with Megan Beck, we learn the story of the retirement homes creation and sailor's who lived there. And like many things happening in the early 1800s in New York, there is a Alexander Hamilton connection.

    If you have any suggestions or ideas for the show please reach out to someonelivedhere@gmail.com. Thanks to Tim Cahill for music and Ben Kirk for artwork.

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    18 mins
  • Pollock-Krasner House
    Jul 15 2019

    In this episode of Someone Lived Here, Kendra brings you to the Pollock-Krasner House in Easthampton, Long Island. The home and studio of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner are explored and their lives uncovered. We also learn more about the other key characters in Easthampton, like Alfonso Ossorio and Ted Dragon.

    While we walk through the home and studio, we learn more about Lee and Jackson's work, their relationship, and Jackson Pollock's death. The episode ends in the studio Jackson used for 11 years, and Lee used for nearly 30.

    If you have any suggestions or ideas for the show please reach out to someonelivedhere@gmail.com. Thanks to Tim Cahill for music and Ben Kirk for artwork.

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    25 mins
  • Lyndhurst Mansion
    Jul 29 2019

    In this episode of Someone Lived Here, Kendra brings you to Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown, New York. The home was owned by a mayor, a businessman, a robber baron, and two sisters who knew it was worth saving.

    While we walk through the art gallery, library, and bowling alley we learn more about Helen and Anne Gould. Two sisters who led extremely different lives, but both valued the same thing, their childhood home.

    If you have any suggestions or ideas for the show please reach out to someonelivedhere@gmail.com. Thanks to Tim Cahill for music and Ben Kirk for artwork.

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    19 mins
  • Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
    Aug 12 2019

    In this episode of Someone Lived Here, Kendra brings you to the Edgar Allan Poe cottage in the Bronx. The cottage was the final home of Poe and his wife.

    While learning the story of the troubled and complicated Poe, we learn more about his wife and cousin Virginia, who died in the home of tuberculosis.

    If you have any suggestions or ideas for the show please reach out to someonelivedhere@gmail.com. Thanks to Tim Cahill for music and Ben Kirk for artwork.

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    18 mins
  • Steepletop, home of the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay
    Aug 26 2019

    In this episode of Someone Lived Here, Kendra brings you to Steepletop in Austerlitz, New York. The farmhouse was the home of Edna St Vincent Millay.

    While walking through her home and property, we better understand Edna St. Vincent Millay's poetry and life. Vincent would die in the home and her sister would be it's steward for decades.

     

     

    If you have any suggestions or ideas for the show please reach out to someonelivedhere@gmail.com. Thanks to Tim Cahill for music and Ben Kirk for artwork.

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    28 mins