ONTD Original: The Biltmore Estate, the Vanderbilts, and Hollywood

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The Biltmore Estate might be America's largest private home and a tourist destination visited by over one million visitors to the Asheville, North Carolina area each year, but its connections to Hollywood, the film industries, and a few well-known celebrities via a now mostly broke old money dynasty run deeply. A full deep dive into its legacy and

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[fernandocolunga]

Not enough Tim gifs op smh

[squirrels_oh_no]

I had to fiddle with the first one to just get it to play LMAO. Also why don't we have a tag for him?!

[ironicmustache]

i went to school in asheville, so i've been to the biltmore many times. it's a good place to visit if anyone is every nearby!

[veracity]

I went in the 80s and 90s since it's not that far from Cherokee and Maggie Valley, where we vacationed a lot. My one regret is never seeing the Christmas season. Godmom wanted to go but dementia set in and she had to be put in care. Honestly, Biltmore is a wonder.

[genbu_no_miko24]

I remember for a while I'd get those Biltmore ads before my videos on youtube, had no idea it was related to the Vanderbilts!

[squirrels_oh_no]

Which season was it? Because there's an entire fucking series of those ads playing in the general vicinity around Asheville LMAO.

THERE WAS A TIME!

[genbu_no_miko24]

Seems like the first one cause I remember the "reserve now to experience chihuly".

[squirrels_oh_no]

That series of ads has been going on for years. They come out with new ones every season.

It was this ___ at Biltmore is stuck in the head of everyone in NC.

[peddlestools]

today i learned the biltmore hotel in miami was named after this place

[squirrels_oh_no]

There's one in Los Angeles, too, so I guess it's a chain (google confirms it at least was a chain in the 1920s LOL).

You know what was filmed at the Biltmore Los Angeles?

[syzygy09]

There's a Biltmore in Atlanta too.

It's now condos, office space, and has a ballroom where I'm pretty sure every school within city limits holds their prom.

[delfintaka]

I used to work there at one point!

There were many weddings there too back then!

[theoryofwar]

My first apartment was in Asheville! It was really close to Biltmore. I miss that apartment so much 😭

[squirrels_oh_no]

And now it probably rents for 5x as much as it did when you were there LMAO - Asheville is now unaffordable.

[theoryofwar]

I went to see the prices, since no apartment has the same layout, it's a bit different, but wow yeah. I think mine was 600-700 a month? It was a studio, but fairly big. The 1 bedrooms go from 1400 to 2005. Why can't things be affordable?

[cleanofslate]

were you in east asheville? i used to live in verde vista, literally like 4 minutes from the biltmore gates. biltmore village is my favorite part of asheville.