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    Astor Row is the name given to 28 row houses on the south side of West 130th Street, between Fifth and Lenox Avenues in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan...
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  • famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, an Astor Row, Astor Court, Astor Place, and Astor Avenue in the Bronx, where the Astors stabled horses. The neighborhood...
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    John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor...
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    40°43′47″N 73°59′29″W / 40.729861°N 73.991434°W / 40.729861; -73.991434 Astor Place is a one-block street in NoHo/East Village, in the lower part of the...
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  • Look up astor or Astor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Astor or ASTOR may refer to: Astor Pictures, a New York-based motion picture releasing company...
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  • section of Harlem, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Astor Row Strivers' Row Le Petit Senegal Spanish Harlem Hamilton Heights Manhattanville...
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    Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, DL (19 May 1879 – 30 September 1952) was an American-born English politician and newspaper proprietor. He was a member...
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    Nicholas Historic District, aka Strivers' Row (Central Harlem) 137th to 138th Streets; 7th to 8th Avenues Astor Row (Central Harlem) Centered at West 130th...
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    Bowery (category Skid rows)
    Red Bull Tavern, which had been purchased by Andrew Morris and John Jacob Astor; it opened in 1826 and was the largest auditorium in North America at the...
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    of nine row houses, of which four remain, owe their existence to John Jacob Astor, who bought the property and whose grandson John Jacob Astor III later...
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    disturbance to loot the Bowery area. It was the largest disturbance since the Astor Place Riot in 1849. Order was restored by the New York State Militia (under...
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    botanical garden near the current intersection of Lafayette Street and Astor Place. At the time, it was located about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the developed...
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    Park N) 116th 125th (Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd) 130th (Astor Row) 132nd 133rd 139th (Strivers' Row) 145th 155th Bogardus Pl Dyckman Plaza Lafayette...
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  • Brandon Astor Jones (February 13, 1943 – February 3, 2016) was an American murderer who was executed by lethal injection by the state of Georgia on February...
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    Park N) 116th 125th (Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd) 130th (Astor Row) 132nd 133rd 139th (Strivers' Row) 145th 155th Bogardus Pl Dyckman Plaza Lafayette...
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    Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (Spanish: [pjaˈsola], Italian: [pjatˈtsɔlla]; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player...
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    from Broadway to the river, had been purchased before 1807 by John Jacob Astor and William Cutting, who held it before dividing it into building lots as...
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    Waterside Plaza Yorkville Upper Manhattan above 110th St (CB 9, 10, 11, 12) Astor Row East Harlem Fort George Hamilton Heights Harlem Hudson Heights Inwood...
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    Row, Philadelphia and Los Angeles's Jewelry District, and it is the second oldest surviving jewelry district in the United States after Jewelers' Row...
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    Waterside Plaza Yorkville Upper Manhattan above 110th St (CB 9, 10, 11, 12) Astor Row East Harlem Fort George Hamilton Heights Harlem Hudson Heights Inwood...
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  • "THE SCREEN; 'Kings Row,' With Ann Sheridan and Claude Rains, a Heavy, Rambling Film, Has Its First Showing Here at the Astor". The New York Times....
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    landmark Apollo Theater, a New York City landmark and NRHP-listed site Astor Row, a set of New York City landmark houses: 207  Blockhouse No. 1, Fort Clinton...
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    on Ellis Island were stabilized. Astor Row – Harlem – In the early 1880s, William Astor built 28, semi-attached row houses on 130th Street between Fifth...
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  • religious leader, lived in several locations in Harlem, including on Astor Row, and maintained offices at 20 West 115th Street Rudolph Fisher – writer...
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  • tumor, having spent more time on death row than any American. Brandon Astor Jones spent 36 years on death row (with a brief period in the general prison...
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    Patricia. 1965. Spanish Harlem: An Anatomy of Poverty. New York: Harper and Row. Davila, Arlene. Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos and the Neoliberal...
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    Mary Benedict "Minnie" Cushing Astor Fosburgh (January 27, 1906 – November 4, 1978) was an American socialite, philanthropist and art collector. Mary...
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    Astor Place 339 Lafayette Street 640 Broadway 770 Broadway Astor Place Tower Bayard–Condict Building Bracetti Plaza Christodora House Colonnade Row Firehouse...
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    Park N) 116th 125th (Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd) 130th (Astor Row) 132nd 133rd 139th (Strivers' Row) 145th 155th Bogardus Pl Dyckman Plaza Lafayette...
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    Template:Attached KML/Park Row (Manhattan) KML is from Wikidata Park Row is a street located in the Financial District, Civic Center, and Chinatown neighborhoods...
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