John Jacob Astor built his fortune in the fur business and through buying and selling New York real estate. After the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, he immigrated to New York and took a job ...
Socialite Madeleine Astor was 18 years old and five months pregnant when she boarded the RMS 'Titanic.' Here's the story of ...
Financier John Jacob Astor III, 67, grandson of Astoria’s founder, died unexpectedly on Feb. 22, 1890, in New York, of heart ...
Located at 1537 Broadway at 45th Street, the Astor Theatre was built in 1906. The Astor Theatre featured the premiere of the first Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Why Marry? The theatre was ...
The Astoria Filmmakers Club nominated Bronx-based production company, Wabi Sabi Productions for an Astor Award in the ...
to be awarded to the winner of the Astor Cup Challenge – a 350-mile race on a 2-mile board track at Sheepshead Bay, New York. The inaugural Astor Cup Challenge race in October 1915 featured a purse of ...