Its empty. And, well, lets face it, they never had any hot water over there at all. Daller: Well, remember how much it took to paint the whole house, and how you had to paint sections of it? But you do have Chris thats upstairs that lives in the servants quarters. Adriana would come out and shed say, Well, Ill tell you what, George. Put through the years, people recognized it and everything. And so they lost it. So thats my uncles hope for it as well. Burke: The only thing is, the house will be closed. So that was the reason we chose to do a White Party. Its still there. They were gorgeous. And you cant control it from the grave. Oh shit, Im going to have to rebuild the wall. So I started pulling the bricks out, and wrapped up where one of the bricks was, was an oil cloth rag all wrapped up. The mayor and everybody else in the cityyou cant ride on the beach. Restored the building, looked around, come down, bought this house from Mrs. Seguine, and then moved out of the bar and restaurantbecause I had a room upstairs in it. I lived in one room, for almost five years. This old? People: Mario Buatta, Luis Caizares, Linda Daller, John Krawchuck, James and Kathleen Pistilli, Adriana Scalamandr, John Scalia, Elizabeth Bess Seguine Aug, Joseph Seguine, Organizations: Friends of the Seguine Mansion, Historic House Trust, House of Scalamandr, NYC Departments of Parks and Recreation, Sherwin-Williams, U.S. Air Force, Places: Annandale, Hammersmith College, Port Richmond, Old Bermuda Inn, Saks Fifth Avenue, Seguine Mansion, St. George, Staten Island, Tidewater Inn, Tottenville, The New York Preservation Archive Project. Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow. Daller: A lot of the paintings came from Europe, though. I dont need The Death of Cleopatra hanging above my fireplace. I cant remember her name. Daller: Stating that it is part of it part of Historic House. And I had to laugh. Burke: Down in the basement, my friend Eriche was great, with this Ouija board and all this stuffand he said, George, lets do a seance! So we got a bunch of people together and we went all down in the basement. I bought another restaurant, didnt I? Burke: Oh, when I bought the house, everybody told me, Oh, what are you buying that old crap for? Well, I didnt say I bought it because I got it practically for nothing because they couldnt get rid of it. Tell me when you want me to start. Because look how long the war went, and England had nothing. Its still there, the framework of it, with the brick. Im no bulldozer!. Daller: And that house was beautiful. Theyd come out and Id say, Look, I can get you this. Find your ancestry info and recent death notices for relatives and friends. So I found this big beautiful, French, mansard roof, big Victorian house in Tottenville. And that was inwhere the hell, what did they call that area where all the Eskimos lived? And whats going on up the street here now? Click here to view all obituaries Search Obituaries Contact Us / Location. GEORGE CROAKE OBITUARY. STATEN ISLAND, NY 10309. Daller: No, that still has to be discussed. And here was the street. Daller: Yes, I found him. He got involved with riding there and was constantly riding. Daller: So can you imagine a three room apartment filled to the brim with antiques? Its going to hell. Stole all that carved stuff, stole all that stuff, that whole box of stuff. Thats what I was. Because he lived right here, lived right here on Staten Island. Either you buy me out, or I buy you out. Tell us about when you were born? So what I did, I decided, well, Id go inand we had where you could buy all your liquor and such in the post exchange. Daller: That was the house that had ghosts. So Walter was re-stationed to Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Burke: Yes. But when they were building houses, if you had a third story, your taxes went out of sight! Yes, Mrs. Mackey. Daller: Well, yes. Q: Yes. [laughs] But, itll be here. And she was laid in a dress with a big lace collar. I mean, as a kid going down here crabbing, down on the beach, we used to look back at the house all the time. And I said, Was that a dream? So they. And I looked in the thing, I said, Holy shit. No, its not something were talking about right now. Everybody had left, and Bess and Marge were there, and Bess said to me, George, sit down. Beloved husband of Rosanna (Ialuna) Burke. He says, Hes my good friend, and so on, We live on Staten Island. And I got to know a tremendous amount of people that way. She spent most of her life as a homemaker. And then finally she sold the house and she bought a beautiful place in Greenwich Village and moved to Greenwich Village. And thats what I called out for was help. Burke: the Historic House people did give me a big bronze plaque to put on the front of it. And I had the money to do it, and I said, You know, let me do it.. Cohasset crypto case: Everything court documents reveal. Casey Funeral Home Kathleen Burke, age 78 passed away at Richmond University Medical Center after a brief illness on January 26, 2023. See Photos. Donald was born August 16th, 1954, in Staten Island, New York, to Michael and Eleanor. Burke: Oh, its in beautiful condition because the guy I told you, Jimmy Pistilli, he had it landmarked. He introduced me all the time tobecause look at look at what he was. So I come home dead tired. Dont forget I, for yearsin London, I went to university. Because back when they built the houses, kitchens were never built in the house. So I paid it off and bought it in cash, with the cash. I dont know, Im just used to it. Burke: Well, when it came to really heavy construction, like this whole wall being rebuilt and things, I had to hire carpenters and I had to hire plasters to plaster the ceiling. All these walls used to be white. And I was in the medical department, worked in the operating room. If we can reach an agreement with Historic House Trust, by all means. Q: Can you tell me about studying interior design? I traveled all over the world, traveled to Alaska, all over, with the military. That place took off like you couldnt believe. Served in NYPD for 25 years, ran many mararthons George Arthur Croake, 78, of Manasquan, NJ (previously Flatbush, Brooklyn & New Dorp, Staten Island) passed away peacefully . And then I was able to get all my stuff out of storage and out of peoples homes where I stored them, and furnished the house and moved and lived in the whole house, took care of it. But anyway, I had come back to America. He spends time in every part of it. My sisterher mother [indicates Daller], Francesmy sister living in the Bronx, she got me a little apartment and she got me a job working for Saks Fifth Avenue. I saved that, thats still there. My brother, he come in and he said, What are you, nuts? They cant develop it. Q: Yes. Remember him? And I want somebody to take care of it. So I would go to the flea markets and things. And it was twice the size of this house. Was her name Mackey? Burke: She has it. He was from Central America somewhere, and he just believed in everything had to be right. So the next day, Im up and Im outside. Q: And, do you keep records on, on those kinds of things? Burke: Yes. It was so overgrown in the front yard and everything. But how many people really have a sense of history anymore? I loved being there and everything. Because Evelyn didnt like the house, his wife. I cant think ofdoesnt matter, the name of the people. Burke: One was a necklace with a heart on it. When I bought the house, the real estate people, they wouldnt go in. And not only that, we got a lot of manureI used to have it to put on all the gardens and to put on the fields and whatnot. You can retire. By Carol Ann Benanti | benanti@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It's designated one of Staten Island's signature society events of the year, a. Burke: And Im leaving everything thats in the houseits staying. Aug. 16, 1954 - February 25, 2023 Loving and loyal husband, father, brother, uncle, great uncle and friend. And he did the big sofa in there, didnt he? I saved it years and years ago. She said, Now you can save it., And I said, Well, I can save it. Because Mrs. Seguine was holding the. Burke: years ago, because I couldnt afford to keep it. But the picture in the locket was all crumbled up. And I wanted these little chairs tufted but he had passed away before he could get around to tuft. So it was fascinating. I bet I left the cellar door open under the stairwell, from the basement, and I bet thats the soap Ive got in the washing machine that smells like that. Email or phone: Password: . And my father died, and we were all very young. And in order to have food and such, youd have to bring it up the back stairs. Daller: From Michael and Jennifer, your nephew. He painted that for me. Will they appreciate it? So most of the stuff is Victorianturn of the century and Victorian. And then I what else? I found these here on Staten Island in somebodys basement! Burke: Of course, I come from a big house. Burke: Chris will stay living here. Yes. Burke: So I did that [sold the Tidewater Inn]. And he kept up with him, up until the time Mario passed away. And their mansion, the White people that owned SS White, the White family, owned right across the creek, there, where the Captains Quarters [private development] are. Chris was the one that got involved with it. Burke: And its great when you have friends come, you have extra bedrooms, you can put them all up. Where were you stationed and what was it like? That was the most beautiful mansion. Brother Celestine George Burke, an educator who was a member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools for 63 years, died on Thursday at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, N.J. . Theyre very few. And even though the house belongs, in essence, to Historic House Trust, they werent reimbursing him for anything. Burke: Oh, my nephew. Q: Okay. And, oh, nobefore then, when I had moved in, I had moved in, and the house had been empty for years. Daller: What about the coat? Oh, God. Burke: Its right on the Boulevard and it goes down to the beach. Hell utilize every room of the house. When did it start to feel done? The Secret Service, as well as a Cohasset school accounting specialist and the superintendent, are determining how much the operation cost the town. Frank Tredici. Burke: Her sister has it [indicating Daller]. But down here, all the beautiful homes that were down here are gone. So she finally died. But the only thing was it was too small. What were the things that you did when you were young? And when they werent in the house, they would go and buy them at the stores, and there was always lilacs in the house. Oh god, that was a gorgeous mansion. Daller: Thats a story you should share, about the lilacs and the lady. So she said, Bess said, Were going to have to quit, George. I said Oh, shit. I loved them too. Visitation will be held on April 24, 2015 at 7:00 pm at Casey Funeral Home, 350 Slosson Ave, Staten Island, NY. And the house was like this, a big piece with two big wings. I hope it isnt that the people who have access come in and empty it because Ive had people say, Oh, when youre not here, Im taking that painting, and Im taking that painting, and I want that couch, you know. But I forgot what the other two things were. When they shipped me back from where I was, where the Eskimos were, they sent me back to the base, because they were shipping everybody now, backafter your time was up, you had to go back because you couldnt stay any longer than two years, and after two years, you had to come back to the States. Or was that brother Ed? And then when I went looking for myhis name was Joinerand everybody was saying, Well, Sergeant Joiner is leaving, Sergeant Joiner is leaving. And I never thought much of it. Or you can do a small whatever. From what youve described, the different places that have been demolished over the years were extremely different from each other. Q: and Linda Daller for the New York Preservation Archive Project. Burke: Oh, what I want to do isover that fireplace, I want to take that painting downand bring my painting and put it over that fireplace. They had The [Charging] Bull in the city and they had the little [Fearless] Girl there. And thats where she was. 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