This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Park Avenue: from slum to symbol of wealth and style
A Town & Country feature traces Park Avenue’s rise from a 19th century slum along Fourth Avenue to a refined corridor from Grand Central to 97th Street. It traces the three distinct communities, the Vanderbilt era development, landmark buildings, social prominence, and population shifts among millionaires and the wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Avenue
Vanderbilts
Astors
Walter Hoying
Gianni Agnelli
Louis Auchincloss
Louis Lefkowitz
Town & Country
Park Avenue of Fame and Fortune
Grand Central Station
97Th Street
Ritzy Park
Fourth Avenue
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Grand Central
Elihu Root
71St Street
Park