Traditional Gypsies still swear fealty to self-declared "kings" who tend to hold court in sprawling, flamboyant residences, dispensing favours and receiving tribute.
Meanwhile, in New Canaan, Conn., more than a dozen classic Modernist houses — some of them designed by world-famous architects like Marcel Breuer and John Johansen — have been replaced by sprawling new residences.
In addition to the sprawling main residence, the expansive property features two guest cottages, a barn that houses a three-bedroom guest apartment and an eight-car garage, and a dock complete with a quaint dock house.
While much of the gathering was probably taking place away from prying eyes (the bikers politely declined our request to get closer) the Nomads' property seemed to consists of a sprawling lot, a large residence and a swimming pool and hot tub area, the latter not too popular on this sweltering 30 degree day.
For the last 14 years, Belmont, Maine resident Rick Kidson has hosted an electronic festival called BelTek on the sprawling property behind his rural residence.
His mother, Susan, raised the children full time, and, together with Bill, she turned the Ritchie residence into a sprawling entertainment complex.
In the early evening of Sept. 11, as perfect a day in Islamabad as in New York, Ms. Chamberlin was walking from her office in the sprawling embassy complex to her residence.
You are being taken to the Foreign Secretary's official residence, Chevening, a sprawling grace-and-favour country house in Kent.
Hamptons-style shingle residences, traditional colonials and sprawling ranches are set back along country roads leading to the neighboring villages of Matinecock, Muttontown and Upper Brookville to the east and north, and Old Westbury and Brookville to the south.
The Mezhgorye mansion, a sprawling estate outside of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, was once home to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev before it became the residence of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.
