Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Astor, history, hotel, Peacock Alley, podcast, rich people, The Bowery Boys, Waldorf-Astoria on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
4th Ave. N.Y.C. looking north (LOC), Originally uploaded by The Library of Congress
Recommendation via K.A.L. that I can endorse: The Bowery Boys. It’s a podcast all about NY history: people, places, events, et cetera. I’ve just been listening to the story of the Astors and the family feud that helped construct the original Waldorf-Astoria hotel(s), & am downloading Dorothy Parker-related ghost stories, Stonewall & The Plaza, for starters.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Astor, biography, books, Darlinghurst on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
is the sub-title of Frances Kiernan’s “The last Mrs Astor” … I bought this while in Australia over Christmas. Bought where? The most fantasticist bookshop in Oxford Street, Sydney – Darlinghurst. The Brooke Astor story; anyone read it?
