Returning to the Abandoned King Zog’s Estate
Syosset, New York
December 29, 2023
As promised a few years ago, a visit to King Zog’s estate in the barren winter. Thwarted at two previous visits, I finally saw the ruins of these ruins, formerly the Knollwood Estate. It was purchased by the exiled ruler of Albania, King Zog, in 1951. But King Zog, who had been fleeing Mussolini from country to country in Europe, never moved in and it sat abandoned after Zog’s parliament sold the estate to Lansdell K. Christie, an ore tycoon, in 1955. Mostly demolished in 1959, to follow are the structure’s remains within the hiking and horse trails of Muttontown Preserve. Here is what remains….
Chomp chomp
Where art thou, King Zog?
Shootin’
Bangs girls
Horse prints!
