The Astor family first rose to prominence in 19th-century America after the family patriarch, John Jacob Astor, made a ...

Astor had made his money through the bloody and brutal beaver fur trade. "He saw the huge markups that beaver fur could get – you know, 600%, 700%, 800% markups," Cooper said.

In honor of The Gilded Age’s third season, here are the period mansions-turned-hotels you can stay in right now.

The Astor Tower where it is located was completed in 1963, and Maxim's de Paris Chicago opened in December of that year. The tower was designed by Bertrand Goldberg ...

From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until 2009, when Brooke Astor's son, Anthony Marshall, was convicted of defrauding his elderly mother, ...

The Astors and the Vanderbilts competed for power and prestige over decades; the Vanderbilt fortune was so massive that the Astors were forced to accept the nouveau riche interlopers. Cooper met ...

A s soon as he realized that the Titanic had struck an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, John Jacob Astor IV sprung into action. He roused his pregnant wife, told her to put on her warmest ...

‘Astor’ Review: The Name on Every Block After John Jacob Astor made his fortune in the fur trade, he invested in cheap real estate in Manhattan. A New York dynasty was born.

The Astor Place Opera House debuted on November 22, 1847 with a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Ernani, which was very well-received and very well-reviewed.Later on, the Astor Place Opera House ...

Leaving the Astor Club, the Bilters proudly showed off one of their two cars. It is a fully restored 1923 Ford Model T. It runs and they sometimes drive it through the neighborhood, ...