An auction that marks a painful chapter. The Astor Hotel in Florence, sadly famous for the disappearance of little Kata, is now up for auction for two million euros. This building ...

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John Jacob Astor III, along with his wife Charlotte Gibbs, was a major philanthropist who founded the Children's Aid Society. The iconic Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City was the result of a ...

The Astor family hoped to repeat their success when they opened this sequel to their megahit Waldorf Astoria hotel in 1904. It became an anchor of the nascent Theater District, buzzy (and naughty ...

Considered “best hotel east of the Suez” by Mark Twain ... Built by a British missionary in 1863, the Astor has always been a retreat—even for exiled emperor Henry Pu Yi, who danced a ...

John Jacob Astor IV, used the episode to make more money. Following his cousin’s example, he demolished the family house and built a 16-story hotel called the Astoria in 1897. That same year ...

The 14-story edifice occupies the site of the historic Astor Hotel, on the nexus of Canal and Bourbon streets, as central to all the sights as can be found in New Orleans.