Years later, I was using her phone when I made an utterly chilling discovery. At one point, she even called up CBS and asked them, Whats the old S.O.B. All my life people have had such great expectations of me. In preparation for her impending death, she planned her own funeral, including the food and wine selections that would be served at the funeral luncheon. Kate was soon hired as the Daily Bugle's new city editor to replace Joe Robertson, who had been promoted to editor-in-chief. Burden said the goal of the initiative was for the water to become the "sixth borough" of the city. Babe had two children with Paley. Copyright 1999-2023 AncientFaces, Inc. All Rights Reserved. William S. Paley denies ever trying to keep his son's name out of print. William S. Paley, 89, founder and chairman of the Columbia Broadcasting System and one of the most powerful and influential figures in the history of American radio and television, died at his. Otherwise, she was perfect. While the divorce paperwork was still in limbo, Babe started seeing CBS media mogul William Paleyand his back-story was even more sordid than her own. She was introduced to photographer Peter Parker . Long after her death, Paley remains iconic in the world of fashion and style. Barbara Cushing Paley was born on July 5, 1915 in Boston, Massachussets, United States. "'My son the yacht broker' was a bit sleazy," Bill Paley smiles. [5], Burden worked with the architecture firm Gruzen & Partners and one of her mentors was William H. Whyte, the urbanologist, with whom she worked on his Project for Public Spaces. But he's read a lot. I knew that she was going to take it badly, but I had no idea about the insane lengths she would go to just to get revenge and mess with my life. Babe and Bill famously hobnobbed with the writer Truman Capotebut their first meeting was the definition of embarrassing. Impervious to the Duchess vitriol, Minnie replied: My good woman, why dont you act your age?. Anyone can read what you share. As a child he would give away his toys, a practice Paley says "frecked out" his parents. Welcome to AncientFaces, a com "Thank you for helping me find my family & friends again so many years after I lost them. Fortune remebers the time she found a pile of books on her doorstep, gifts from Paley. She got into a horrific car accident, and she didnt walk away unscathed. Each home Kiluna Farm in Manhasset, a house in Lyford Cay, Nassau, and an apartment in New York reflected both its setting and, according to Billy Baldwin, the decorator, her immaculate quality and immense serenity. She was one of the first recipients of a citation by the National Society of Interior Decorators for inspiring good design. Kate Pawley. In short, dysfunction ran in the family. What is Kate's ethnicity and where did her parents, grandparents & great-grandparents come from? Capote included Paley and Keith in his group of "swans" (a group of New York socialites) along with Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, and C.Z. "'I' is my favorite word in the vocabulary," he says with a smile. [21] She was buried in the Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church, Cold Spring Harbor, New York. The new couple quietly committed to each other in a shotgun ceremony held at Gogsies East Hampton summer rental. , updated She attended the Winsor School in Boston and the Westover School in Middlebury, Conn., and was presented to society in Boston in 1934. Once last year while Bill was out of town his father showed up at The Gandy Dancer after a black-tie dinner with the Kissingers. On his death in 1990, Bill Paley was buried next to her. After determining to accept her coifs natural shift from dark brunette to shining silver, Babe started an instant trend, as all the other socialites clamored to grow the dye out of their own hair. Babe was born Barbara Cushing on July 5, 1915, to prominent brain surgeon Harvey Cushing and his well-heeled socialite wife Katharine. Although everyone wanted the Paleys at their dinner parties, they kept themselves deliberately scarce. Thousands were sold in the first month. As a successful painter, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Frick Collection acquired much his work. Kate Cushing Paley Daughter: Amanda Mortimer Burden Son: William Cushing Paley Son: Stanley G. Mortimer III References. nete a Facebook para conectar con Kate Cushing Paley y otras personas que tal vez conozcas. No clan is left untouched, and even families that seem happy and normal on. Babe was draped in Russian sable furs and dripping in multi-million dollar diamonds. Well. Even though Bill wanted Babe to look like his trophy wherever he went, he also had little patience or empathy for the amount of time and effort it took for her to maintain her looks. No, he wasn't bad, just indifferent to a formal education. Everyone adored Babe for her style, her smarts, and her exquisite beauty, butshe only had eyes for one man. Discover how our Uncovering Our Shared Memories: An Introduction to the Community Standards at AncientFaces She was determined to find herself a partner that matched the credentials of her two brothers-in-law, which landed her in the arms of John Hay Whitney, known to friends and gossip pages as Jock. Much like the Astors, Vanderbilts and Rockefellers, the Whitney family were icons of The Gilded Age. [9] During her tenure, the department rezoned almost 40% of the city. Yet when she healed, people were astonished and envious to find that her false teeth made her smile even more beautiful. Oh, but Gloria got her back. In 2011, Burden received the American Architectural Foundation Keystone Award, which recognizes an individual or organization from outside the architectural discipline for exemplary leadership in design that improves lives and transforms communities. Burden also focused on managing the aesthetics of new development in a way that maintains the character of a neighborhood. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. The notorious gossip columnist Walter Winchell reported about an event in which Wallis Simpson, The Duchess of Windsor, descended into anger after her reserved table was unavailable. Barbara Cushing worked as a fashion editor at Vogue magazine for almost two years before her marriage, in September 1940 to Stanley G. Mortimer Jr. of New York. I love my parents, but I hated them, you know? Share what Kate did for a living or if she had a career or profession. Mrs. Paley's sense of elegance set a standard for styleconscious women for three decades. After reading "The Swans of Fifth Avenue" I simply wanted to know more about the Cushing Sisters: Mary "Minnie" Astor Fosburgh; Betsey Roosevelt Whitney: & Barbara "Babe" Mortimer Paley: which led me to this, "The Sisters". Her appearance in pants gave them a stamp of acceptability; when her hair became threaded with gray, she made no attempt to hide it, and scores of silvertoned heads began to emerge from hiding. According to Cushing sisters biographer, David Grafton, Gogsie confided to a New York gossip columnist that she fully expected her girls to marry into the highest level of European nobility or into Americas moneyed aristocracy.' The couple took an elegant apartment at the St. Regis and hired noted interior designer Billy Baldwin to decorate. Madame de Pompadour was the alluring chief mistress of King Louis XV, but few people know her dark historyor the chilling secret shared by her and Louis. Even worse, he met his 30-year-old paramour at his granddaughters school play, which was a low blow even for Bill. The 2016 Melanie Benjamin novel The Swans of Fifth Avenue depicts Paley alongside Truman Capote and Slim Keith. Within a few years, Bills finicky demands turned Babes life into a waking nightmare. Starting in 1990, Burden served on the New York City Planning Commission, when she was appointed by New York City Council president Andrew Stein. She was also under public and media scrutiny, and seemingly expected to maintain an unrealistic standard of beauty and social grace. The socialite had so many near-priceless jewels, she kept them in a bank vault and would drive down and unlock them whenever she wanted to wear them. In addition to entertaining, Paley maintained her position on the best-dressed list fourteen times before being inducted into the Fashion Hall of Fame in 1958. [2] Her older sisters Mary and Betsey both married into wealthy families:[3] Mary Cushing was the second wife of Vincent Astor, and Betsey Cushing married James Roosevelt, the son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and then later John Hay Whitney. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Together, Babe and Bill had two additional children:[9]. Catherine of Aragon was King Henry VIIIs first wife and longest-lasting Queen of England. To help her cope with her searing headaches, Paley even started taking a strong dose of tranquilizers. She was named to fashion's Hall of Fame in 1958. Three of President Roosevelt's sons Franklin Jr., James and John were among the ushers at the debut. Multiple women at the tables were eyeing up Bill and saying, Im going to marry him. Babe was just 32 years old, while Bill was over a decade her senior at 45. Babe once confessed to Truman Capote that she and Bill hadnt had intimate relations for years. The first married was 21-year-old Betsey, the middle sister who ensnared the affections of James Roosevelt II. By Paley died of lung cancer on July 6, 1978, a day after her 63rd birthday. Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley (July 5, 1915 July 6, 1978) was an American magazine editor and socialite whose second husband William S. Paley was the founder of CBS. So I went to Spain for three months, worked on a film called 'A Talent for Loving' as a production assistant, and picked up a very heavy amphetamine habit. [8] She was also named to the best-dressed lists of 1945 and 1946. I had a sense that Billy had fallen in with a very good crowd of people. Paley was instantly smitten with Babe and he married the ultimate trophy wife in 1947. One day, a lamp got damaged just as they were leaving for Europe, and it was still broken when they came back. [9] The Bloomberg administration also launched a "comprehensive waterfront plan known as Vision 2020", which would increase access to the water for kayakers and canoeists and address climate change. She graduated from the Westover School in Middlebury, Connecticut and attended Wellesley College until her marriage in 1964. Barbara grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. she says. He is becoming less shy. His father would, in turn, reimburse Bill for the cost of the meat. A heavy smoker, Paley was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1974. But Paley says he did carry a non issue 12-gauge shotgun for self-protection, which was not unusual among some non-combat soldiers. I'm a hedonist. Terrified of what her husband would say, Babe called her sister and begged her to, Run overand get it out of the house. Katherine "Kate" Cushing Paley was born on month day 1950, at birth place, New York, to William "Bill" Samuel Paley and Barbara (Babe) Paley (born Cushing Crowell). Please reach out to us to let us know what youre interested in reading. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Kate's lifetime. Caitlyn Elizabeth . Babe apparently took a nap, thought it over, and never mentioned divorce again. Burden is leaving an indelible legacy of how all five boroughs will look and feel for decades to come. Likewise, Vincent never gelled with Minnies new cast of acquaintances, a veritable whos who in the art and show business world: Noel Coward, Cole Porter, Salvador Dali, Fred Astaire, David Hockney, Princess Margaret and Rudolph Nureyev. I remember when she was going to China and she was told that the luggage carriers there were older women, one friend said. Paley and his second wife, in spite of . Biographies are our place to remember and discover more about the people important to us. Burden is the daughter of socialite Babe Paley (19151978) and her first husband, Stanley Grafton Mortimer Jr. (19131999), an heir to the Standard Oil fortune. "You know he's done awfully well," Paley continued. Dancy Mason is the Editor-in-Chief at Factinate. And of course I wasn't a success. But she wasn't like that. Who were the people in Kate's life? Historys most fascinating stories and darkest secrets, delivered to your inbox daily. "[1], Burden previously worked for the New York State Urban Development Corporation. Her association with Vogue continued until 1947, with absences for the birth of a son and a daughter. But as well see, the final betrayals of her life hit much closer to home. He prowled around in search of money-making. Apparently unable to keep his decency in his pants, Bill took up with yet another mistress, Joan, around this time. The Cushing sisters - Minnie, Betsey and Babe - captivated the American public during the poverty-stricken Great Depression, a time defined by breadlines and dust bowls. Her stepmother, Kathleen Harriman Mortimer (1917-2011), was a daughter of railroad heir and United States ambassador W. Averell Harriman . [6], In 1938, Paley began working as a fashion editor for Vogue in New York City. With Babe's social connections, Paley stood a greater chance of being granted entre into a society which, until that time, had effectively shut him out. It was lovely," Paley says. Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject's importance, use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance. He told her: Look, you dont have any money and youve got four children. In 1950, in the year that Kate Cushing Paley was born, on June 25th, the Korean War began when North Korean Communist forces crossed the 38th parallel. "The only thing we could ever relate to together was food.". [3] She is a descendant of the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Jay, and a granddaughter of Dr. Harvey Cushing, the "Father of American Neurosurgery" and Pulitzer Prize winning author. [11], In her term, Burden sought to combine the large transformative change of Robert Moses with a neighborhood-sensitive ethic inspired by Jane Jacobs, writing in 2006, "Big projects are a necessary part of the diversity, competition and growth that both Jacobs and Moses fought for. The immediate aftermath of the surgery was intense and unsettling, with Babe covering the ghastly bruises on the lower half of her face with a chiffon handkerchief whenever company came over. In an interview with author Grafton, Alexander Liberman, a long time artistic director at Conde Nast, revealed that the Social Register was the great publishers bibleIn an era when bright, socially elite young women did not necessarily attend or finish college and did not quite know what to do with themselves before marriage, Conde Nast served as a sort of finishing school.. Your only chance, bizarre as it was, was to send them a formal letter, and then Babe might reply. Kate 'Gogsie' Cushing was hot to lock in a marriage that would secure her position in New York's renowned '400'the most exclusive and illustrious social circle that was given its nickname from. No proof of spying was ever found. With Bill Paley, she had a girl, Kate, and a boy, Billie, but both heirs all but exiled themselves from the clan. Capote called his gaggle of fabulously rich and glamorous women, the swans.. No one knows about me. It was carried out, doggy-bag style, to a waiting black limousine. He was responsible for producing Gone With The Wind, the blockbuster movie which, when adjusted for inflation, is still the most successful film in box office history to this day. In an interview for New York magazine, she cited her stepfather's influence on her design sensibilities, noting the Canadian black granite she chose for the esplanade was the same stone he selected in 1964 for "Black Rock", the CBS headquarters. Early in their marriage, Babe confessed that she stopped setting her hair before bed because, he didnt want her doing her hair at night. Eventually, Minnies soirees became one of the hottest tickets in town. Babes big sisters Minnie and Betsey soon married into the fabulously wealthy Astor and Roosevelt families, and Babe herself was turning out to be quite the high-class looker. To get some sense of just how much pressure Babe put herself under while she was married to Bill, get a load of this: Whenever she sent out invitations to dinner parties or other soirees, she always made sure that her secretaries snipped off the stamp edges by hand, just because she thought they looked more elegant that way. Share memories and family stories, photos, or ask questions. She complainedthat she had done too many things that he wanted her to do, one source recalled. Before the divorce went through, though, Babe caused a scandal all by herself. Very lovable. [1], Born Barbara Cushing in Boston, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of brain surgeon Harvey Cushing, professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins, Harvard and Yale, and Katharine Stone (ne Crowell). "Billy's not a killer," says David Kubisch. Her style influenced many women, but as Bill Blass once observed, "I never saw her not grab anyone's attention, the hair, the makeup, the crispness. Her daughter Amanda has admitted that their relationship was "virtually nonexistent" and that the distance "was her choice, not mine". Besides extensively cataloguing her jewelry collection in her will, she planned her own funeral down to the very last glimmering detail, and made sure her family carried out her exact wishes. Friends, including Kubisch, came to Piney Point and found Paley. Babe was desperate enough to try divorceuntil Capote talked her out of it with some harsh words. "The water should become a part of our everyday lives", she declared. Everyone in the Upper East Side saw it for what it was: A publication of Babe Paleys miserable marriage. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. She was the director of the New York City Department of City Planning and chair of the City Planning Commission under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2013. Babe pretended she was above all the fame-mongering of her socialite life, but that couldnt be further from the truth. When Babes hair started to go grey, she naturally panicked about what Bill would think. After a stint in a Swiss. He had worked at a string of jobs: yacht broker, dolphin trainer, construction worker, photographer, even sold camping lots door-to-door. NEW YORK William S. Paley, the one-time cigar salesman from Chicago who, at the age of 26, bought a second-rate string of radio stations and subsequently turned them into a communications. They had two children, Flobelle Fairbanks Burden (b. Well, rest in peace, Babe. [20] This psychological battering took its toll on her and her family. They stayed married until Jocks death in 1982. Back in America, Paley made films for the Armed Forces Information Service and upon his release from the Army spent four months in Piney Point, Md., alone. Betseys close relationship to President Roosevelt only elicited jealousy and resentment from both his son, James, and his wife, Eleanor. . The story spread like wildfire up Park Avenue. Their mother, Katherine "Kate" Crowell Cushing was a formidable social climbing force in the lives of her daughters. Babe Paley was the consummate hostess, and she went to painful lengths to satisfy her guests. Her taste was reflected in the Paley residences, where she was known to have made Plasticine property maps with markers for planting. Known by the nickname "Babe" for most of her life, she was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1958. Put on your best face for these facts about Babe Paley, The Queen Of New York. She had a reputation of holding developers to stricter design standards than previous planning directors. "I was a hermit," he remebers. Paleys immense wealth provided them an unimaginably privileged lifestyle. She was a proponent of revitalizing Lower Manhattan, improving public access to the Brooklyn waterfronts, improving commuter rail into the city, and reconsidering rezoning plans. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. In 1974, before the beautiful Babe Paley had even turned 60, doctors diagnosed her with lung cancer, a direct result of her nervous habit. William S. Paley often traveled to Europe with young Bill in tow, tasting the foreign cuisines and teaching his son to appreciate fine food. In 1947, her mother married William S. Paley, the son of a successful immigrant cigar entrepreneur who built a family acquisition into CBS. Before long, Capote had dubbed Paley one of his beautiful swans, adding her to his inner circle of glamorous socialites like Slim Keith and Gloria Guinness. Born as the elder of two children, she Stanley Grafton Mortimer III and 5 half-siblings from her mother's second marriage with William S. Paley. He's a very independent thinker. kate cushing paley @katecushingpaley7474 36 subscribers Home Videos Shorts Playlists Channels About Recently uploaded Popular 4:05 "Truly truly I say to you, he who keeps My word will never see. She later earned a Master of Urban Planning from Columbia University, writing an award-winning thesis about solid-waste management. doing today? in reference to her husband. She Has 19 Months Left", "New York's Next Frontier: The Waterfront", "Jane Jacobs, Robert Moses And City Planning Today", "Bloomberg: Would Be 'Godsend' If More Billionaires Moved to NYC", "Everything You Love Will Be Eaten Alive: The Efficient City's war on the Romantic City", "State of New York City's Housing & Neighborhoods 2014", Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, "100 Most Powerful People in New York Real Estate", "Carter Burden, Progressive Patrician, 54, Dies", "S. Carter Burden Jr. [5][27], Department of City Planning, City of New York, New York City Department of City Planning, New York State Urban Development Corporation, "Once at Cotillions, Now Reshaping the Cityscape", "The International Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame: Women", "Amanda Jay Mortimer Married on L.I. In 1935, shortly after her debutante ball, Babe moved to New York City to be with her sisters, taking up a series of jobs in the glamorous world of high fashion before ending up at Vogue as an editor in 1939. Instead, she got her revenge on Bill in other ways. Kate Cushing Paley Parents : William Samuel Paley 1901-1990 : Barbara Cushing 1915-1978 Siblings. But Fortune thinks Paley is strong. Facebook gives people the. Burden was inducted into the membership of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) College of Fellows,[19] and was named the 5th most powerful person in New York real estate by The New York Observer. Photos, memories, family stories & discoveries are unique to you, and only you can control. Babe made sure to always pack her Sunday best after that. Select the next to any field to update. Another restaurant in Baltimore, The Brass Elephant, is set to open this summer, and plans are under way for a third venture, The Biltmore Ballroom on Columbia Road in Adams-Morgan. The banker may have been the one who spurred Babe into seriously considering divorcing Bill for that first and only time. We want our readers to trust us. [4] An owner of The Village Voice and New York magazine and later a New York City councilman, he worked as an aide to Sen. Robert Kennedy in the 1960s, sparking his wife's interest in social justice and inspiring her to pursue a teaching career. Burden also worked as a public school teaching aide in Harlem in the 1960s. By many biographers' accounts, Paley was lonely and frustrated as William Paley carried on a chain of extramarital affairs. Bill Paley is currently interested in a number of causes, including the Miccosukee Indians in Florida and NORML, the marijuana lobby, but his No. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. And that wasnt all. "When people ask me if I'm related to the New York Paley I say, 'No, Pele, the New York soccer player.' The legacy of the Cushing sisters, however, lives on - through the countless photographs and newspapers that chronicle their charm, beauty and lives well lived. Early in 1934, Babe was driving home from a society party on Long Island with her beau when disaster struck. Kate Cushing Paley. See Photos. For her part, Dorothy later called Bill cold as ice. The family connections include half-sisters Amanda Burden, and Hilary Byers, half-brothers Jeffrey and Stanley, and sister Kate. Updated: March 31, 2022 Biography ID: 192856361 Jump to: Biography Memories Family Tree 1 Follower Kate Paley's Biography "I was too weird for them to beleive. But rather than fiction, it was a gaudy tell-allabout Babes biggest secret. [5] Among her other New York projects are the Midtown Community Court[6] and the Red Hook Community Justice Center,[7] which provides integrated legal, economic and social services.[8]. New York City, New York County, New York United States. And the price of housing didn't go down at all. But that didnt stop her from taking the plunge. We'll connect you with others who know the person you follow. A debutante at 18 years old and a high-society wife at 25, Babe had New York City in the palm of her hand. Factinate is a fact website that is dedicated to finding and sharing fun facts about science, history, animals, films, people, and much more. Busty blondes in the vein of Marilyn Monroe. In 1975, in January, Popular Mechanics featured the Altair 8800 on it's cover. On the side of Barbara Cushing, born 5 July 1915 - Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, deceased 6 July 1978 - New York, NY aged 63 years old: At first, Babe handled it like the doctors daughter she was: She was unflinching about the likelihood of her survival, and when chemotherapy made her hair fall out, she simply tied a chic turban around her forehead. They married on September 21, 1940 in East Hampton in a tasteful, understated ceremony. Burden has been married twice. ", "My father and I never really got along," Bill Paley says. Mrs. Paley, known to friends as Babs or Babe, was born on July 5, 1915, the youngest of three daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Cushing of Boston. While Babe Paleys life was falling apart in her trendy apartment, the rest of the world had almost no idea. [18] In 2008, Ms. She knew she was dying. Burden herself characterized the administration as "unabashedly pro-development", and said, "What I have tried to do, and think I have done, is create value for these developers, every single day of my term. By then, Gogsie had passed away, which cleared the path for Minnie to break tradition and marry for love, even in the most unconventional sense. Burden is an increasingly powerful and apparently emboldened force in the Bloomberg administrationone whose often forceful views are imprinted and emblazoned on nearly every major skyscraper, mall, public plaza and large development that rises in city limits."[15]. The Yale graduate was tall, athletic, fabulously rich and famous for his playboy reputation - which did not deter Betsey, who was attracted to Jock for his more intellectual interests. By 1940, the couple officially divorced after James moved to Hollywood with his mistress to become a movie executive. After a stint in a Swiss boarding school, Paley enrolled in Rollins College. From petty paybacks to insane acts of karma, these bitter people somehow found the most ingenious ways. As their friend Lady Mary Dunn once recounted, You could hardly get into the bedroom for the flowers. He says he used heroin, regularly, was almost court-martialed for passing out black arm bands in Long Binh on Moratorium Day of that year (an act he describes as more a "symbol of mourning" than to protest the war), and ended up sweeping floors in photo labs. Guest. Astor, known for his serious personality and famous for his mercurial mood swings, was nonetheless instantly taken by Minnies excitable and youthful spirit. The department helped to create the East River Esplanade, transform the High Line into High Line Park,[10] and develop the Brooklyn Waterfront and Hudson Yards. That's a practitioner's point of view.[17]. Worried that her eldest daughter, nearing 35 years of age, was getting old and headed toward spinsterhood, Gogsie urged Minnie to marry the 49-year-old real estate scion as soon as legally possible. Kate Paley - Biographical Summaries of Notable People - MyHeritage Kate Paley In Biographical Summaries of Notable People Save this record and choose the information you want to add to your family tree Save record Spotted an error? This prize is the Institute's highest honor and comes with a $100,000 award. Babe's youngest daughter, Kate Cushing Paley, is a video artist whose main advocacy is to present the Word of God in a creative way and make it "come alive." In 1947, her mother married William S. Paley, the son of a successful immigrant cigar entrepreneur who built a family acquisition into CBS. Thanks for your time! Did Kate serve in the military or did a war or conflict interfere with her life? For the first time, the self-effacing young man is approaching a degree of success in a business which, ironically, his dynamo father always wanted to pursue. When we do, we depend on our loyal, helpful readers to point out how we can do better. the heart becomes full This was actually an ingenious ploy. At Factinate, were dedicated to getting things right. Babe ignored her children while in pursuit of social status and depended upon the wealth of her husbands to support her lavish lifestyle. "[16] Despite a focus on increased development and intent to respect the wishes and diversity of neighborhoods, the increase in housing supply, density and major zoning changes had not translated into affordable rents or homes. Even for Bill 32 years old and a daughter, they kept themselves deliberately scarce called Bill Cold as.... 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