"Astor: The Rise and Fall ... with a chapter on a riot that happened at the Astor Opera House and another on a second person named John Jacob Astor who may or may not have been related to the family.

On this day, May 10, in 1849, a riot broke out at the Astor Opera House in New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William C. Macready, killing at least 22. Forrest, the best ...

On this day, May 10, in 1849, a riot broke out at the Astor Opera House in New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William C. Macready, killing at least 22.

It's hard to escape the name Astor when you are in New York: From Astor Place downtown to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and even the neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, the family's ...

[[File:Mercantile Library at Astor Opera House crop.jpg|thumb|right|325px|The Mercantile Library in the Astor Opera House building, 1886]] Wikipedia* On the C-SPAN Networks: The Center for Fiction ...

It’s hard to escape the name Astor when you are in New York: from Astor Place downtown to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and even the neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, the family’s legacy is everywhere.

In their new book “Astor,” CNN Journalist Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe trace the storied Astor family's legacy from its inception, when John Jacob Astor emigrated from Germany and ...