 A temporary site in Syosset, N.Y., was opened while school officials searched for a permanent home.Many prospective sites were examined before the officials decided on one of Long Island's most famous properties – a 280-acre (1.1 km²) tract of the Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney estate in Old Westbury.Later, the college would acquire a number of neighboring properties in Brookville and Old Brookville, joining together more than 700 acres (2.8 km²) of the fabled stretch of Gold Coast estates that thrived on Long Island's North Shore during the Roaring '20s.