ASTORS' PLACE. New York's first family of philanthropy is also one of scandal By DAVID HINCKLEY The allegation that beloved centenarian Brooke Astor has been shamefully mistreated by an ungrateful ...

Like the 19th-century robber barons of the American West, New York City’s Astor family bought up land in anticipation of the coming of the railroad–locally called the subway.

Astor's appetite for New York real estate appears to have had no limits. On his deathbed in 1848, he is said to have exclaimed, "Could I begin life again, knowing what I now know, and had money to ...

Astor was the great-great granddaughter, by marriage, of John Jacob Astor. She donated over $195 million to hospitals, cultural institutions, and community service programs in New York City ...

The Astors: Anderson Cooper on an American dynasty 07:37. Astor Place in New York's Greenwich Village is named for John Jacob Astor, America's first multi-millionaire.

Oct. 9, 2009— -- In New York City, Brooke Astor, was an icon, the epitome of high society and a respected philanthropist.Inheriting her husband's $120 million fortune, she was called by some ...

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. The ...

NEW YORK – Brooke Astor was the immaculately dressed grande dame of New York City, a philanthropist, taste-setter and host extraordinaire, at ease with kings and queens and world leaders.

Brooke Astor, the civic leader, philanthropist and fixture of New York high society who gave away nearly $200 million to support the city’s great cultural institutions and a host of humbler projects, ...

A young person who’s just moved to New York can hardly ignore the name Astor. It spans only one block, but Astor Place is frequently invoked by 23-year-olds, as it connects Broadway to St. Ma… ...

The debut issue of The New York Times on Sept. 18, 1851, known then as The New-York Daily Times, contained one wedding announcement, and one wedding announcement only, for the newlyweds Sarah ...