Four Hundred fades as Astor and Vanderbilt mansions fall
A long feature chronicles Benjamin Winter's rise from Polish immigrant to owner of the Astor and Vanderbilt Fifth Avenue mansions, both slated for razing to build twenty story office and apartment towers. It traces the decline of old New York society and the shifting center of wealth from private townhouses to commercial towers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Astor
United States
Benjamin Winter
South Ferry
East 3Rd Street
Mr. Winter
Astor House
New York
Fifth Avenue
William Waldorf Astor
John Jacob Astor
Vincent Astor
William K. Vanderbilt
Fifty-second Street
Richard Morris Hunt
Winter
America
Winker
Lodx
Boland
Benjamin
Third Street
Broadway
Houet
Nathan Hale
Fort Washington Avenue
181St Street
Chaim Salomon
Astor
Vanderbilt
Belevue Avenue
Newport
Mrs. Astor
Ward McAllister
McAllister
Cicily
Inner Circle
New York World
Alten
Don Teherknow
Astors
Aster
Ward McAlister
Fasta
Georgia
Cordays
Charlotte Corday Eee Bangs
Louvre
Duke of Wellingtom
London
Delmonico’s
14Th: Street
Switzerland
Jenks
Oklahoma
Tinmouth
Vermont
Eugene O'Neill
Princs
Walee
Ward MacAllister
Waites Waldorf Astor
Hester Prynne
Ebost
Alost
Gilda Grey
William K. Vanderbilt II
Sarah Bernhardt
Charles Alexander
Cecil Sorel
Fifty-eighth Street
Huntington
Whitehouse
Harriman
Hamilton-Fish
Sixty-second Street
Dgpet
Button Place
Fifty-ninth Street
East River
East Side
Astors House
Manhattan
Colonel Astor
Helen Dinsmore Huntington
Robert B
Samuel Huntington
Helen Huntington Astor
Ferncliffe on-the-Hudson
Europe
Four Hundred Mares Ranked by Gold Brains and Beauty
A historical notice describes a selection of mares admitted for positions by wealth gold and human traits. The list emphasizes gold as most potent, beauty next, and brains least, noting the careful weighing and sifted entries.
Smoking Etiquette Sparks Frigid Exchange in Public
A woman confronts a man in a theater aisle about smoking, calling it repellent. He calmly lights his pipe and retorts that smoking does not bother him, prompting her to urge him to quit.
Notice of land claim and filing in Roseburg Oregon
U S Land Office Roseburg Oregon May 27 1925 notice Leslie L Evernden of Bridge Oregon filed intent to make three year proof to establish claim to homestead entries No 0101 as No 015580 for se nw 15 and No 015599 for ne quarter section 15 township 30 s range 11 w Willamette meridian before Edgar A S Commissioner Myrtle Point Oregon July 7 1925 witnesses William A Fish Raymond A Waterman Mark E Hardman all Bancroft Oregon and William A Lett of Bridge Oregon Hamill A Canaday Register
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Ipsee Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Roseburg
Oregon
Leslie L. Evernden
Bridge
Willamette Meridian
Edgar A
Myrtle Int
William A. Fish
Raymond A. Waterman
Mark E. Hardman
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Park Avenue
A.H. O'Brien
Sand
Pat
Peartn
Weally
William Waldorf -Astor
Tandard Oil Company
ERAL
Westing House
Westinghouse
Coquille
Vatuntain
States Power
Myrtle Point