Colorized view of the Ballroom in the William Collins Whitney Mansion, 871 Fifth Avenue & 68th Street.

 

The Whitney mansion had one of the largest & most opulent ballrooms in any New York City mansion. The only other private ballroom's it could compare to was the famous Fifth Avenue ballroom of, “The Mrs. Astor” and the Cornelius Vanderbilt II mansion located on Fifth Avenue between W57th & W58th Streets. All three have now been demolished. More about the Whitney mansion HERE.