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  Astor, John Jacob - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Astor, John Jacob
Astor immigrated to the USA in 1783 and worked in small shops before entering the fur trade.
The great-grandson of John Jacob Astor, he built the Astoria section of the New York Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1897.
Astor also invented a bicycle brake and an improved turbine engine.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Astor%2c+John+Jacob   (225 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Astor, William Backhouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
ASTOR, WILLIAM BACKHOUSE [Astor, William Backhouse] 1829-92, American financier and sportsman, b.
The son of William Backhouse Astor (1792-1875), he was a retiring man, notable principally for his wealth and for his marriage to Caroline Schermerhorn.
Astor of modern folklore, queen of New York City society's legendary Four Hundred.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/AstrW1B1-son.asp   (164 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Astor, William Backhouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
ASTOR, WILLIAM BACKHOUSE [Astor, William Backhouse] 1792-1875, American financier, b.
New York City; son of John Jacob Astor (1763-1848).
Later called the landlord of New York, he also inherited money from his uncle Henry Astor and left an immense fortune.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/AstrW1B1-dad.asp   (156 words)

  
 While staying at the Linden Row Inn - Enjoy all that Historic Richmond Virginia has to offer
The land on which Linden Row Inn sits was originally part of a 100 acre tract owned by Thomas Rutherford, who amassed a fortune in tobacco, milling and real estate.
Between 1847 and 1853, the land was purchased by Fleming James, and Samuel and Alexander Rutherford, and a row of 10 houses were built.
The proposal for the present Linden Row Inn was accepted, for it ensured the retention of original interior features.
www.lindenrowinn.com /history.htm   (448 words)

  
 Astor, Brooke - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Astor, Brooke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Largely self-educated, she was a magazine journalist and the author of four books.
She married three times, and the death of her third husband, Vincent Astor, left her with the fortune that enabled her to become a philanthropist.
Astor awarded an average of $9 million a year in grants to civic projects, social projects, and cultural institutions in New York City (notably the New York Public Library).
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Astor%2c+Brooke   (146 words)

  
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 USA-Decouverte - New York City - Harlem - East Harlem - El Barrio
Ce vaste secteur de Manhattan regroupe un ensemble de quartiers que sont Bradhurst, Manhattanville, Striver's Row, Astor Row et Hamilton Heights, encore appelé Sugar Hill.
Striver's Row : Considéré comme un ensemble urbain au développement harmonieux, Striver's Row (les 138e et 139e rues entre la 7e et la 8e avenue) regroupe cent trente élégantes maisons, construites à partir de 1891et désignées sous le nom de St. Nicholas Historic District, et les luxueux Dunbar Apartments (1928).
Astor Row : Un ensemble de maisons de brique rouge et aux porches en bois, construites dans les années 1880 par la riche famille de propriétaires immobiliers Astor.
www.usa-decouverte.com /nyc/harlem.html   (1218 words)

  
 New York Architecture Images- Astor Row
In the early 1880s, William Astor built 28, semi-attached row houses on 130th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues in Harlem.
Built on land owned by William Astor (great grandson of fur entrepreneur John Jacob Astor and scion of his real estate empire), Astor Row is made up of 28 brick houses, some attached, some not.
Though not all the Astor Row houses are in the terrific shape this one is in, since 1992 great strides have been made toward rehabilitating them.
www.nyc-architecture.com /HAR/HAR012.htm   (317 words)

  
 Gotham Gazette -- Favorite Books About New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
For more than 70 years, beginning in the last decade of the 19th century, blocks and blocks of sidewalk bins filled with bargains, and scores of disorderly shops, piled high with dusty volumes, rivaled the quays of Paris and the bookshops of London's Charing Cross Road.
Although barely a shadow remains, Book Row has left behind a colorful history almost as cluttered as one of its stores.
According to Marvin Mondlin, a veteran of more than 50 years in the trade, and Roy Meador, a book collector and writer, it is a history of the strange business practices of stranger personalities.
www.gothamgazette.com /books/bookrow.php   (283 words)

  
 Astor - Find The Best Astor Resources Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Astor is one of the best-known hotels in Kolkata, with a reputation for warmth and hospitality.
The hotel which is located in the heart of the city is housed in a 100-year-old building and has been...
Astor Chocolate is a family-owned business, established in 1950 in New York.
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 Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio), 19 April 1912, p
From reports received from the steamer Carpathia when it docked at New York it now seems certain that included in the list of those who went down to death with the Titanic were a number of Ohioans.
We could see the crowds of passengers falling down the stairways, while the officers sought to reassure them of their safety.
After we were lowered away the men in our boat started to row.
www.webcom.com /jrudolph/turja/Cleveland.html   (734 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
To find them, pay a call on the Astor Row Houses, 130th Street between Fifth and Lenox avenues, a fabulous series of 28 red-brick town houses built in the early 1880s by the Astor family and graced with wooden porches, generous yards, and ornamental ironwork.
Equally impressive is Strivers' Row, West 139th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Handsome brownstones, limestone town houses, and row houses are sprinkled atop Sugar Hill, 145th to 155th streets, between St. Nicholas and Edgecombe avenues, named for the "sweet life" enjoyed by its residents.
www.deltavacations.com /Frommers.aspx?RecordId=0021021208&IATA=NYC   (1153 words)

  
 New York Theatre Workshop - New York, NY, 10003 - Citysearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
A mid-sized space on East Village's theater row that encourages directorial v...
Many had not heard of the New York Theatre Workshop before it produced the hit musical "Rent," but the small downtown theater has, in fact, been turning out solid productions for over a decade.
Located on what has become the East Village's theater row, the auditorium is intimate, while the stage is large enough to support moderate-scale
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 Hilarious Rugby jokes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
These tall powerful men are the driving engines not only the scrum, but of the entire game.
They can be found working their magic from deep in the scrum, behind the front row, or lofting high above the line outs pulling balls from the air.
Remember, the back row defines the whole team's style of play.
members.aol.com /RugbyKing3/rugby.html   (817 words)

  
 HOMELESS - Endpiece
At three years old, all of this is a little hard for you to understand right now, but one day when your mother shows you this essay, and that old bay leaf, you’ll know I was thinking of you, Amelia.
No executions are expected in Georgia until after the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Atlanta; the Olympic village is just 70 kilometres from death row.
Were I to describe Mr Foxx in comparison to another I would call him the Will Rogers of color, with a dirty yet pleasant mouth.
www.newint.org /issue276/endpiece.htm   (783 words)

  
 Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival: Day 4, Wednesday, June 23   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Row 1 (l-r): Katie Liebowitz, Melinda Fossell, Rachel Schendel, Liz Drotning, Cassi Stewart; Row 2 (l-r): Seth Hartwell, Nate Zullinger, Cole Burger, Justin Knoepfel, Matt McKenna
Row 1 (l-r): Heather Groerich, Andrea Petska, Kristen Heider, Joy Hansen; Row 2 (l-r): Daniel Nelson, Andrew Webb, Aaron Bahr, Nathan Porath, Corey Daniel, Jonathan Wessler
We are blessed with a very talented group of counselors and college interns to help mentor and guide students during their time at Lutheran Summer Music.
www.lutheranmusicprogram.org /index.php?id=108   (422 words)

  
 Gallery1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In back row left of Catherine Pony (9), Julius (11), Marvin (12), and Imandra (15).
Thomas died August 8, 1885, and is buried on Buck Dee's farm in Madison County, Missouri.
There were four children born to this marriage; Eugene Astor born 1878, Cora S. born March 19, 1876 and twin girls Anna Bell and Ida who were born September 2, 1880.
www.limbaugh.net /gallery1.html   (829 words)

  
 New York Architecture Images- SEARCH- lower east side
In 2000, the patch of Orchard Street in front of the Tenement Museum was torn up and replaced by perfectly even rows of unchipped fl cobblestone, to give a period feel.
Though they still had to struggle to control the conditions of their resistance (as with the conditions of their labor), women and Jews could no longer be ignored by any union claiming to represent the worker.
In addition to the fashionable Astor Place, Washington Square Park, still a potter’s field in1826, at the foot of Fifth Avenue, became a military parade grounds and a spacious pedestrian commons.
www.nyc-architecture.com /LES/LES.htm   (4839 words)

  
 London Clubs: The Stafford Hotel
Follow the road round past Stornoway House by Wyatt (built in 1796) and the row of elegant houses, continue along Cleveland Row and turn left.
At the end of Cleveland Row is Pall Mall.
No 4, the only original house, was built in 1676 and rebuilt by Hawksmoor in 1728.
www.thestaffordhotel.co.uk /destination/clubs.html   (779 words)

  
 lowermanhattan
Today the section between Park Row and Worth Street is occupied by the U.S. Courthouse (1936) and New York County Courthouse (1926).
The landmarked Colonnade Row on today's Lafayette Street was built in 1833 by architect Seth Geer and originally consisted of nine houses, of which only four remain today.
Originally a dead end on Astor Place that was home to John Jacob Astor and son William's mansions, and the distinctive "Colonnade Row", built in 1833.
www.forgotten-ny.com /streetnecrology/lowermanhattannecrology/necro1.html   (2841 words)

  
 swastika in Russia [Archive] - Stormfront White Nationalist Community
Please note the left corner on the bottom (the first row of the Russian Saints) there are swastikas on the dress of Prince Vladimir whom I mentioned earlier.
Also, note in the far left (middle level of the painting) there is a big yellow swastika on the board of a peasant.
I think it’s a magnificent message as well, note in the first row on the bottom, there is a young Prince Alexei Romanov who was murdered by the Bolsheviks.
www.stormfront.org /archive/t-165066swastika_in_Russia.html   (1105 words)

  
 Fingerle/Fingerlin Photopage
Back Row L to R:Eugen Gotthilf Fingerle, Emile Rosine (Schroff) Fingerle, Friedrich Emil Fingerle, Maria Luise (Jud) Fingerle.
Back Row L to R:Alfred Kimmel, Frieda (Kimmel) Deschuer, Joseph Weuzel Deschuer, Eugen Gotthilf Fingerle, Eugen Kimmel.
Front Row L to R:Elizabeth Katharine Engelfried, Ema Deschuer, Erika Frieda Fingerle, Marie Rosine (Kimmel) Fingerle, Johann Jakob Kimmel.
www.cwo.com /~fingerle/fingpoto.htm   (336 words)

  
 The Neighborhood, Then and Now
row house in 1835, they were living in one of
Across the street, extending northward to Astor Place, lay Vauxhall Gardens, an outdoor
their row houses for more fashionable precincts uptown.
www.merchantshouse.com /a_Neighborhood,%20Then%20and%20Now.htm   (738 words)

  
 REAL E$TATE 2000:
Uptown Boomtown
Civil rights for this new crowd -- fl, white, and Latino -- means equal access to Starbucks and a DSL connection.
The febrile real-estate market is drawing buyers and renters who never would have considered the neighborhood even five years ago, and it's pushing them beyond the eternally desirable enclaves of Striver's Row, Astor Row, and Hamilton Terrace.
A three-family brownstone on West 131st between Seventh and Eighth Avenues (Adam Clayton Powell and Frederick Douglass Boulevards) that would barely have commanded a six-figure price tag five years ago was just sold by broker Margaret Adams for $435,000.
www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/realestate/features/2652   (953 words)

  
 Variances: How To Undermine Zoning and Make a Profit (Gotham Gazette. October, 2003)
"They're more concerned with profit than improving the neighborhood," snapped Georgina Bailey, a resident of Astor Row in Harlem.
Bailey went with her neighbors and representatives of Manhattan's Community Board 10 to speak out against the proposal to build a 14-story building with 102 apartments on a site located at Astor Row and 130th Street.
The Harlem residents testified at a recent meeting of the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA), a little-known body that has the power to grant property owners exemptions from the city's zoning regulations.
www.gothamgazette.com /article/20031022/12/568   (1557 words)

  
 harlemwalk
Other famed fire towers were the "Mechanics Bell" which stood from 1831 to 1873 in East River shipyards, and the Jefferson Market bell tower at Sixth Avenue and 9th Street, which lasted from 1832 to 1877, to be replaced by the Gothic building which currently stands there.
north from Marcus Garvey Park, and turning left at West 130th Street, we arrived at the magificent Astor Row.
Called "two of the most spectacular streetscapes in New York City" by Andrew Dolkart and Gretchen Sorkin in Touring Historic Harlem, 146 rowhouses and three apartment buildings were built by developer David King Jr.
www.forgotten-ny.com /forgothar/harlemwalk.html   (962 words)

  
 Tenants Say Police Act As Landlord Goons
According to a group of Harlem residents, on May 7th, members of the New York City Police Dept. used sledgehammers to illegally enter their homes, seeking to evict them.
Tenants of 36 West 130th Street, part of the historic Harlem district called Astor Row, charged that officers from the 32nd Precinct working with Helen Daniels, the landlord, came into their home without a search warrant, with name tags obscured and guns drawn.
According to Dolores Shepard, who has lived at 36 West 130th Street for twelve years, officers went into an apartment and placed a gun at a tenant’s head.
nwo.media.xs2.net /articles/86_02_12landlordgoons.html   (608 words)

  
 First of the Month   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
For an extra $30 a visit to a gospel church is thrown in; for $40 further you can thrill to all this at night!
Others give architectural brownstone tours to Strivers Row, Astor Row or the Mount Morris Park Historical District, directly encouraging gentrification.
So many bus loads of tourists are coming to Harlem now - mostly European and Japanese - that the churches have had to issue rules of appropriate behavior - no flashes during prayers please.
www.firstofthemonth.org /new/new_brash_harlem.html   (2834 words)

  
 Branch Real Estate Co., Inc. New York, Harlem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Branch Real Estate Co, Inc. specializes in rentals and sales in Upper Manhattan better known as Harlem.
Covering the Hamilton Heights District, Mount Morris Park, Manhattanville, Astor Row, East Harlem, Strivers Row, Washington Heights, St. Nicholas Historic District, and more.
This firm is headed by Jimmy Branch who has been a licensed Real Estate Broker for over 24 years.
www.branchrealestateco.com   (405 words)

  
 Ogden & Company, Inc., AMO® | Ogden Development Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Ogden Development Group proudly introduces the White Coach Condominiums to Thiensville, Wisconsin, Milwaukee’s North Shore and Ozaukee County.
Located at North East corner of Astor and Lyon Street in downtown Milwaukee.
Adaptive reuse development located in the heart of downtown Milwaukee at Milwaukee and Mason Streets.
www.ogdenhomes.com /develop/projects.php   (199 words)

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