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    The Astor Opera House, also known as the Astor Place Opera House and later the Astor Place Theatre, was an opera house in Lower Manhattan, New York City...
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    The Astor Place Riot occurred on May 10, 1849, at the now-demolished Astor Opera House in Manhattan and left between 22 and 31 rioters dead, and more than...
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    the Broadway and Bowery districts. Astor Place was the site of the Astor Opera House, at the intersection of Astor Place, East 8th Street, and Lafayette...
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    at Astor Place "Clinton Hall", at Astor Place, was the home of the New York Mercantile Library, and the site of the Astor Opera House where the Astor Place...
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    The Astor Place station, also called Astor Place–Cooper Union on signs, is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway...
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    Academy of Music (New York City) (category Opera houses in New York City)
    Association. It was the demise of the Astor Opera House that spurred New York's elite to build a new opera house in what was then the more genteel neighborhood...
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    such houses remained in 2014. Meanwhile, Eighth Street became home to a literary scene. At Astor Place and Eighth Street, the Astor Opera House was built...
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    73°59′23″W / 40.72871°N 73.98974°W / 40.72871; -73.98974 McSorley's Old Ale House, generally known as McSorley's, is the oldest Irish saloon in New York City...
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    The Astor House was a luxury hotel in New York City. Located on the corner of Broadway and Vesey Street in what is now the Civic Center and Tribeca neighborhoods...
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    as well as in the center portion of the Bronx. Its southern end is at Astor Place and St. Mark's Place. It transitions into Cooper Square, and further...
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    rebuilt the house with modified plans. Richard Morris Hunt renovated the estate in 1881 after it was bought the year before by William Backhouse Astor, Jr. Beechwood...
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    rebranding as a venue for plays under the name Burton's Theatre. The Astor Opera House opened in 1847. A riot broke out in 1849 when the lower-class patrons...
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    As of December 2012, houses the headquarters of The Village Voice and of digital firms including curbed.com and 9Threads. Astor Place Cooper Square Committee...
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    Metropolitan Opera House, "alternating as hostess on opening night." After her mother's fallout with Carrie's cousin William Waldorf Astor over the use...
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    Matthew Astor Wilks (March 3, 1844 – July 9, 1926) was an American clubman who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age. Wilks was born...
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    of nearby Broadway and the Bowery.: 138  The houses once contained such notable residents as the Astor family and the Vanderbilt family, in addition...
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    The Astor House Hotel, known as the Pujiang Hotel (浦江饭店) in Chinese from 1959–2018, was described as once "one of the famous hotels of the world". Established...
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    located at 125 East 11th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, near Astor Place, in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. It is one of New...
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    worker before he came across the used-book district on Fourth Avenue between Astor Place and Union Square. His first bookstore was the Pelican Book Shop on...
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    Turkish Baths The Standard, East Village Former 8BC A7 Angel's Share Astor Opera House Cagen Charas/El Bohio Club 57 Dos Blockos Fez Five Spot Café Gem Spa...
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    Astor Opera House building on Lafayette Street between Astor Place and East 8th Street. The opera house had closed its doors as a result of the Astor...
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    Bowery (section Amato Opera)
    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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    Chaney in the title role of the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a...
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    Edition; Third Printing, ISBN 9780517167038 Kathrens, Michael C. (2005). Great Houses of New York, 1880-1930. New York: Acanthus Press. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-926494-34-3...
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    East Side.: 14–15  Clusters of these buildings were constructed by the Astor family and Stephen Whitney. The developers rarely involved themselves with...
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    Turkish Baths The Standard, East Village Former 8BC A7 Angel's Share Astor Opera House Cagen Charas/El Bohio Club 57 Dos Blockos Fez Five Spot Café Gem Spa...
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  • Turkish Baths The Standard, East Village Former 8BC A7 Angel's Share Astor Opera House Cagen Charas/El Bohio Club 57 Dos Blockos Fez Five Spot Café Gem Spa...
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    Turkish Baths The Standard, East Village Former 8BC A7 Angel's Share Astor Opera House Cagen Charas/El Bohio Club 57 Dos Blockos Fez Five Spot Café Gem Spa...
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    Turkish Baths The Standard, East Village Former 8BC A7 Angel's Share Astor Opera House Cagen Charas/El Bohio Club 57 Dos Blockos Fez Five Spot Café Gem Spa...
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