Carl Sagan's house, Ithaca, NY per Wikipedia.... "The building was built as the meeting place of the Sphinx Head Society, a Cornell University secret society formed in 1890. The society had discussed building a meeting place since the early 1900s, and bought the site in 1908. At the time, the site was far away from campus, secluded by trees, and lacking neighbors across the gorge. After raising $25,000 they hired local architect J. Lakin Bainbridge, who also designed the Tompkins County Courthouse. Ground was broken in 1925, and the building was finished in 1926. The design was intended to resemble an Egyptian tomb, perhaps partly as a delayed expression of the popularity of Egyptian Revival architecture in the late 1800s, perhaps partly as a resurgence in popular interest in Classical Egypt after the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, and perhaps partly because of similar structures at Yale and Dartmouth (the Skull and Bones tomb and the Sphinx, respectively). The building only had a single door, and no windows."
I did read that. It originally had no windows. Makes me suspect the goings on inside were as secret as the society perpetuating the rites. Just a tad Strange. Wonder what Carl actually used it for. It wasn’t stargazing 🤷🏻♂️
@@whatabouttheearth if you were to be able to see the place in person, you’d see this is all but impossible and a horrible place for Sky watching. Super misty from the falls. Always foggy. No windows. Trees all over, no real view of the sky except over the city below. Ludicrous to think anyone would star gaze from this site 🤷🏻♂️ I’m a stargazer. Have scopes. Been to his house several times now. Couldn’t get me to bring MY telescope there lol
That's the *public* house. I don't think he lived there since the 80's. The papers at the Library of Congress used to be visible from the outside through a window.
@@UncleDruncles I never said they sold the property. I'm saying it was used as a study (a short walk to the Space Sciences Building) when they moved to... an undisclosed location, just outside of Ithaca proper.
@@UncleDruncles How is it that these people can somehow even get it appraised as if it is totally new and has amazingly low cost of materials (vs if you actually built such a revival) - yet the rest of us cannot even tour officially real and "public" egyptian architecture without one of their NGO/gov/environmentalist/archeological societies stop us from unvestigating or recording what is right outside of our walled garden... Sorry a bit of a run-on sentence.
In good faith, and based off your comments below may I ask what is it about Sagan and Druyann that you find eerie, creepy and "definitely not for stargazing but for other intents" ? I am genuinely curious about what you theorize based on your visit and potential personal biases.
Well the place has no windows yet sits on an incredible cliff overlooking breathtaking waterfalls. Be like buying scenic wallpaper yet being blind! Furthermore, it’s a replica of an Egyptian tomb which has connections, literally, to a secret society. Look up the history of this building sometime
So as a window cleaner, in your expert opinion, do you think that Carl Sagan( while he was alive) had cleaner or dirtier Windows than the mansions located above (as you mentioned) .."high above" his estate? Just asking for a friend
Great video!! Love seeing the sights of Ithaca through your eyes 👀
Thanks, hope I can visit the area like you sometime.
Carl Sagan's house, Ithaca, NY
per Wikipedia....
"The building was built as the meeting place of the Sphinx Head Society, a Cornell University secret society formed in 1890. The society had discussed building a meeting place since the early 1900s, and bought the site in 1908. At the time, the site was far away from campus, secluded by trees, and lacking neighbors across the gorge. After raising $25,000 they hired local architect J. Lakin Bainbridge, who also designed the Tompkins County Courthouse. Ground was broken in 1925, and the building was finished in 1926. The design was intended to resemble an Egyptian tomb, perhaps partly as a delayed expression of the popularity of Egyptian Revival architecture in the late 1800s, perhaps partly as a resurgence in popular interest in Classical Egypt after the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, and perhaps partly because of similar structures at Yale and Dartmouth (the Skull and Bones tomb and the Sphinx, respectively).
The building only had a single door, and no windows."
I did read that. It originally had no windows. Makes me suspect the goings on inside were as secret as the society perpetuating the rites. Just a tad Strange. Wonder what Carl actually used it for. It wasn’t stargazing 🤷🏻♂️
@@UncleDruncles
He actually did modify it for real astronomy purposes. Sagan is a skeptic not a weird cultist
@@whatabouttheearth mind explaining how?
@@UncleDruncles
I don't really know how, there are articles I've read that say that but they didn't go into detail
@@whatabouttheearth if you were to be able to see the place in person, you’d see this is all but impossible and a horrible place for Sky watching. Super misty from the falls. Always foggy. No windows. Trees all over, no real view of the sky except over the city below.
Ludicrous to think anyone would star gaze from this site 🤷🏻♂️
I’m a stargazer. Have scopes. Been to his house several times now. Couldn’t get me to bring MY telescope there lol
That's the *public* house. I don't think he lived there since the 80's. The papers at the Library of Congress used to be visible from the outside through a window.
Yeah it’s been some time since he’s owned the house but, his widow is still the publicly listed owner of the property
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/900_Stewart_Avenue
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Druyan
@@UncleDruncles I never said they sold the property. I'm saying it was used as a study (a short walk to the Space Sciences Building) when they moved to... an undisclosed location, just outside of Ithaca proper.
@@saganandroid4175 I DID say she still owns the property.
I wonder what's going on inside considering Carl died years ago.
As of 2016, the building is still owned by his widow, Ann Druyan, and is assessed at $475,000 according to public records
@@UncleDruncles How is it that these people can somehow even get it appraised as if it is totally new and has amazingly low cost of materials (vs if you actually built such a revival) - yet the rest of us cannot even tour officially real and "public" egyptian architecture without one of their NGO/gov/environmentalist/archeological societies stop us from unvestigating or recording what is right outside of our walled garden... Sorry a bit of a run-on sentence.
In good faith, and based off your comments below may I ask what is it about Sagan and Druyann that you find eerie, creepy and "definitely not for stargazing but for other intents" ? I am genuinely curious about what you theorize based on your visit and potential personal biases.
Well the place has no windows yet sits on an incredible cliff overlooking breathtaking waterfalls.
Be like buying scenic wallpaper yet being blind!
Furthermore, it’s a replica of an Egyptian tomb which has connections, literally, to a secret society.
Look up the history of this building sometime
So as a window cleaner, in your expert opinion, do you think that Carl Sagan( while he was alive)
had cleaner or dirtier Windows than the mansions located above
(as you mentioned) .."high above" his estate?
Just asking for a friend
I bet his windows were kept pretty clean for Star gazing
What River is that?
So it’s actually called Fall Creek and is located in the heart of Ithaca NY. This creek is where Carl Sagan’s former home is located.
Very weird.