Where The Old Money From Fifth Avenue Actually Went

For a few short decades, upper Fifth Avenue held what may have been the greatest concentration of private wealth in American history, a row of marble palaces built by families who were certain their fortunes would last forever. Within two or three generations, almost all of it was gone, the houses pulled down and the famous names all but forgotten. This documentary follows where that money actually went, from the European marriages and the new income tax to the Rockefeller trusts and the silent glass towers of today's Billionaires' Row. It is the story of how the most visible money in America slowly learned to disappear, and what it suggests about whether any great fortune can truly survive. Public Domain Photos from: Library of Congress Wikimedia Commons (Non-restricted) Copyright Disclaimers • We use images and content in accordance with the YouTube Fair Use copyright guidelines • Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” #fifthavenue #gildedage