Talk:Olana State Historic Site

message: Is it really necessary to have separate articles on the house and the historic site? Daniel Case 04:13, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure whether there were two then, but there is just one merged article now.  Also not sure which way you wanted it to be.  But this seems fine now as 1 article. doncram (talk) 22:34, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Separate articles

message: Parts of the 1976 pornographic musical Alice in Wonderland were shot at Olana. (The house is clearly visible in the last reel.) Unfortunately I can't find any good reference for this—the top googgle result only states "...it is rumored
that..." Anyone have anything better? 198.228.195.97 (talk) 00:58, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: From the article, concerning the main house, not the grounds:
The main building is an architectural masterpiece designed mainly by Church himself, working with the architect Calvert Vaux [citation needed].
From the National Park Service's "National Historic Landmarks" page for Olana:
The picturesque estate was designed by the artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900). The Churchs residences on the estate include a cottage designed by Richard Morris Hunt and the mansion designed by Calvert Vaux. 
http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=365&ResourceType=Building
On The Olana Partnership website:
Drawings by Richard Morris Hunt document that Church considerd using him as an architect, but ultimately decided on Calvert Vaux. Church spent the next two years working with Vaux designing and building a home that would be, as he called it "Persian, adapted to the Occident" 
http://www.olana.org/learn_the_house.php
Martha Stewart's remarks at the Olana Partnership 2012 Frederic E. Church Award Gala (she was an awardee):
His appreciation of Central Park may have been one reason that Church hired Calvert Vaux to design Olana. Vaux’s reputation for collaboration was surely another! Church was deeply involved in the project—he did everything from drawing ballusters and slate patterns for the roof to mixing all the colors. I'm sure some of the architects and designers in this room are thinking: “nightmare client!” In fact, Church’s immersion in the creation of Olana was such that Vaux eventually took to identifying himself a consultant on the project.
http://www.themarthablog.com/2012/01/being-honored-by-the-olana-partnership-at-the-new-york-public-library.html
So, since opinions of the extent of Vaux' design runs a gamut, is this a case where boundaries were so blurred that it isn't possible to say where Vaux stopped and Church began? If so, was Vaux alarmed or did he enjoy the collaboration? Thanks, Wordreader (talk) 03:44, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Blurred, yes, to the point of easing the language now in the article, to shift the responsibility to somewhere between the two men. Good point! Binksternet (talk) 13:40, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extent of Vaux' design of main house. 

message: The bibliography for this article lacks internal links to the authors and editors. Does anyone know how to add them, given the formating that was used? Whackyaboutwiki (talk) 10:21, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Bibliography