The article has a personal connection for me because my paternal grandfather, with wife in family in tow, got off the boat at Ellis Island in 1927 (coming from Germany). They lived in the Bronx for about five or six years before moving up to Thornwood and he hand-built his own Tudor Revival style home which still stands today. The stately trees he planted in the front yard are gone now, so it doesn't look as grand. I remember it seemed like a palace to me as a little kid in the 50s.
