What The Gilded Age Gets Right About Infamous Architect Stanford White

Up until the very minute he was shot on the rooftop of Madison Square Garden, Stanford White might have considered June 25th, 1906, to be a good day. White, 52, the defining architect of the Gilded Age, the man who helped design Madison Square Garden itself, was sitting at one of the best tables that the rooftop theatre afforded, listening to the song “I Could Love a Million Girls,” when millionaire playboy Harry K. Thaw walked up to White’s table. Minutes later, as White lay bleeding on the floor, Thaw announced, “I killed him because he ruined my wife.” Harry… Read Full Article