How Abandoned and Eroding Victorian Mansions of the Gilded Age Came to Symbolize Impending Doom

November 14, 2017 #19th century, #Architecture, #art, #art history, #design, #ghosts, #haunted house, #History, #home design, #Hyperallergic, #McMansion Hell, #podcasts, #victorian, #vox, #youtube

In a portentous video essay for Vox, producer Coleman Lowndes explains why the highly decorated, overly trimmed Victorian mansions (McMansions of their time) of the Gilded Age went from being a symbol of wealth and comfort to a frightening symbol of impending danger and doom.

Kate Wagner, aka McMansion Hell talks about this in this wonderful episode of the Hyperallergic podcast. Listen to it to get a more in-depth understanding of architecture as social dominance.