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The Astor is a building at 235 West 75th Street, on Broadway between 75th and 76th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. William Waldorf Astor hired architects Clinton and Russell to design the two southern towers of The Astor in 1901.
The Astor family achieved prominence in business, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries. With German roots, some of their ancestry goes back to the Italian and Swiss Alps, [1] the Astors settled in Germany, first appearing in North America in the 18th century with John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest people in history.
William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor [1] (31 March 1848 – 18 October 1919) was an American-English attorney, politician, hotelier, publisher and philanthropist. Astor was a scion of the very wealthy Astor family of New York City .
Liz Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever (born 1950), British author; Madeleine Astor (1893–1940), wife of John Jacob Astor IV; Mary Astor (1906–87), Academy Award-winning American actress; Michael Astor (1916–80), British Conservative Party politician; Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879–1964), first woman to serve as a British Member of ...
Vincent Astor redeveloped the site at 217 Broadway as the Astor House Building, a modest seven stories tall, in 1915–1916. [20] The rest was demolished in 1926 and the site rebuilt as the Transportation Building , which was designed by York and Sawyer with Art Deco details.
MG Astor, a sport utility vehicle sold in India; MS Astor (1981), a cruise ship that sailed under the name in 1981–1985 for Hadag Cruise Line and Safmarine; MS Astor, a cruise ship that sailed under the name in 1986–1987 for Marlan Corporation and 1995 onwards for Transocean Tours; SS Astor, a Panamanian cargo ship in service 1955–70
The Astor Library was a free public library in the East Village, Manhattan, developed primarily through the collaboration of New York City merchant John Jacob Astor and New England educator and bibliographer Joseph Cogswell and designed by Alexander Saeltzer. It was primarily meant as a research library, and its books did not circulate.
The Astor Market was an indoor public market built in 1915 at 95th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. It was financed by Vincent Astor with between $750,000 and $1,000,000.