Lawyers for Ricardo Salinas Pliego unveiled new details Friday of the loan agreement they allege was part of a scam to con ...

One of the most notable names is the Astor family, a constant source of contention for the ambitious Bertha Russell. In ...

Today, the amount is $21 billion. But it was John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the renowned Astor family, who was best known. There are 87 million dollars in his net worth. In our day, Astor's fortune ...

Go inside The Astor and The Chatsworth, two architecturally stunning and historic luxury apartment buildings on NYC's Upper West Side! Nicknamed the millionaires ship, Titanic was crossing the ...

Ahead of the St. Regis New York’s 120th anniversary, the hotel undertook the first major renovation of its public spaces in ...

Insights Some of the wealthiest families in American history have lost their fortunes.  Families like Kennedy, Du Pont, and ...

Ellison owns multiple properties in this seaside enclave, including a $10.5 million 19th-century mansion once—and, perhaps, still—occupied by the Astor family. Rumored to be haunted ...

Astor Place. The Waldorf-Astoria. Even if you're not a New Yorker, you've heard of these iconic places. You also probably know they're named for one very powerful family: the Astors. To this day ...

The family feud over the care of New York philanthropist Brooke Astor apparently took some of the cheer out of her 105th birthday party. Lawyers involved in the family feud over New York socialite ...

Spend an afternoon in Astor Place and you might just be lucky enough to become a contestant on the hottest internet game show, Track Star.