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4 giorni fa · The historic Astor Row in Harlem dates back to land purchased by John Jacob Astor in 1844 for the sum of $10,000 on what is now 130th Street between Lenox Avenue and Fifth Avenue in Harlem.
1 giorno fa · Between 59th and 78th Streets, rich New Yorkers like Cornelius Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor purchased and built extravagant homes along Fifth Avenue, some valued at over $150 million...
1 giorno fa · The hospital has enjoyed sturdy financial support throughout its history. Since its founding in 1884 by financier John Jacob Astor III and other wealthy folks, what’s now known as MSKCC has always functioned as a research center for cancer. The Rockefeller family donated the land on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where it now is located.
4 giorni fa · The Astor family started the trend of building 5th Avenue Gilded Age mansions uptown. The first popped up on a parcel of land at 34th Street and 5th Avenue. The land was a wedding gift to William...
3 giorni fa · In 1810, famed trader and entrepreneur John Jacob Astor had hired them to work for his Pacific Fur Company. Stuart was part of the crew of an Astor company ship, the Tonquin , which sailed first to the Falkland Islands and then around Cape Horn and up the western coast of North America, reaching what is now Astoria, Ore., in May 1811.
5 giorni fa · Once the richest man in the world, John Jacob Astor passed away in 1848 and dedicated a huge sum of money to establish the Astor Library, a free public library, the first public library in NYC. In 1985 the Astor Library merged with the New York Public Library.
1 giorno fa · 1822 - John Jacob Astor III, imprenditore e filantropo statunitense († 1890) 1822 - Cathrinus Bang, storico norvegese († 1898) 1823 - Antonio Piterà, vescovo cattolico e teologo italiano († 1913) 1825 - Ildegarda di Baviera, principessa tedesca († 1864) 1825 - Sondre Norheim, sciatore alpino norvegese († 1897)
