New York. City of dreams, where fates turn in a flash, for better… or worse. You’re Thomas Clark, a famed detective known for solving art crimes. You’ve traveled the world finding long-lost masterpieces. No false modesty here – YOU ARE THE BEST. You’ve been hired to solve a case connected to Central Park. You are ready……
Tag: Gilded Age Mansions
The Waldorf-Astoria: hyphenated hotel and a family scandal
Most family scandals don’t result in hotel construction. However, the famed Waldorf-Astoria owes its existence to the Astor family quarrel. The Astor fortune was divided between two branches of the Astor family headed by the two grandsons of the dynasty founder – John Jacob Astor III and William Backhouse Astor, Jr. Each of them had…
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