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Astoria is a placename, ultimately named for businessman John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), in the 1840s the wealthiest person in the United States and, as a hotel name, his great-grandson William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919). The name was first used for Fort Astoria, built in 1811 at the mouth of the Columbia River (in what is now Oregon) for John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company. Places United States * Astoria, Illinois (1837) ** Astoria Township, Fulton County, Illinois * Astoria, Missouri (1844) * Astoria, Queens, neighborhood in New York City (1839) * Astoria, Oregon, named for Fort Astoria (1811) * Astoria, South Dakota (1900, named for Astoria, Oregon) Other places * Astoria, Budapest, a major junction in central Budapest, named after the Astoria Grand Hotel at its corner ** Astoria (Budapest Metro) * Astoria Boulevard, a boulevard in New York City ** Astoria Boulevard (BMT Astoria Line), a subway stop along the boulevard * Astoria Canyon, a submarine abyss near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor who made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by smuggling opium into China, and by investing in real estate in or around New York City. He was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United States. Born in Germany, Astor emigrated to England as a teenager and worked as a musical instrument manufacturer. He moved to the United States after the American Revolutionary War. Seeing the expansion of population to the west, he entered the fur trade and built a monopoly, managing a business empire that extended to the Great Lakes region and Canada, and later expanded into the American West and Pacific coast. Seeing a decline in demand due to changing European tastes, he got out of the fur trade in 1830, diversifying by investing in New York City real estate. Astor was highly wealt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statler And Waldorf
Statler and Waldorf are a pair of Muppet characters best known for their cantankerous opinions and shared penchant for heckling. The two elderly men first appeared in ''The Muppet Show'' in 1975, where they consistently jeered the entirety of the cast and their performances from their balcony seats. Created by Jim Henson, the characters have been performed by numerous puppeteers, including Henson, in a variety of films and television productions within the Muppet franchise. Statler and Waldorf are named after two landmark New York City hotels, the Statler Hilton and the Waldorf-Astoria. Characters The characters are known for their heckling. In ''The Muppet Show'', the two are always criticizing Fozzie Bear's humor, except for one occasion where Fozzie heckles them back. In contrast, they find ''themselves'' vastly entertaining and inevitably burst into mutual laughter at their own witticisms. It is later revealed in the ''A Muppet Family Christmas'' special that the two hec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Astoria (Copenhagen)
Hotel Astoria is a design hotel located next to the Central Station in Copenhagen, Denmark. The building is an early example of Functionalist architecture in Denmark. History The building was designed as a station hotel for the Danish State Railways by Ole Falkentorp, who had started his career in the State Railways' design office before forming his own practice. The hotel was built from 1934 to 1935 as the first luxury hotel in Copenhagen."Astoria" ''HotelBoard''. Retrieved 6 May 2011. In 2007, Hotel Astoria was taken over by . The new owner commissioned GUBI to redesign the interior whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaufman Astoria Studios
The Kaufman Astoria Studios is a film studio located in the Astoria section of the New York City borough of Queens. The studio was constructed for Famous Players-Lasky in 1920, since it was close to Manhattan's Broadway theater district. The property was taken over by real estate developer George S. Kaufman in 1982 and renamed Kaufman Astoria Studios. The studio is home to New York City's only backlot, which opened in December 2013. The property was designated a national historic district and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. History 20th century The studio was originally constructed for Famous Players-Lasky in 1920 to provide the company with a facility close to the Broadway theater district. Many features and short subjects were filmed there between 1920 and 1933. The first Sherlock Holmes sound film, ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes'' (also 1929), was made at the studio by the British producer Basil Dean. The first two films featuring the Marx Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Astoria
The London Astoria was a music venue at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England. Originally a warehouse during the 1920s, the building became a cinema and ballroom. It was converted for use as a theatre in the 1970s. After further development, the building re-opened in the mid-1980s, as a night club and live music venue for well-known musical acts. There are half a dozen clubs and smaller music venues in the adjacent buildings. In 2009 the venue closed, and was demolished as part of the development plans of the Crossrail project. The venue is still seen today as having been an iconic music establishment, as it helped to launch the careers of many British rock bands and also played a part in the UK success of many international acts. History The Astoria was built on the site of a former Crosse & Blackwell warehouse and opened in 1927 as a cinema. It was designed by Edward A. Stone, who also designed subsequent Astoria venues at Brixton (now the Brixton Academy), Old Kent Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coast Guard Air Station Astoria
Coast Guard Air Station Astoria was established August 14, 1964 at Astoria Regional Airport in Warrenton, Oregon, United States. The unit houses 67 active duty, 24 reserve duty and one civilian personnel. The unit operates three Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters. According to a 2003 press release the unit's annual budget is $1,107,051. The unit's functions include search and rescue, law enforcement, aids to navigation support, and environmental protection. Air Station Astoria served as one of the filming locations for the movie '' The Guardian'' (2006). On April 28, 2017, the Coast Guard announced it would base two Sentinel-class cutters in Astoria, in 2021. Aircraft historically operated by CGAS Astoria * Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard * Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican The Sikorsky S-61R is a twin-engine helicopter used in transport or search and rescue roles. A developed version of the S-61/SH-3 Sea King, the S-61R was also built under license by Agusta as the AS-61R. The S-6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astoria Theatre, Brighton
The Astoria Theatre was a former cinema in Brighton, part of the English coastal city of Brighton and Hove. Built in 1933 in the Art Deco style for a local entertainment magnate who opened one of Brighton's first cinemas many years earlier, it was the first and most important expansion of the Astoria brand outside London. It initially struggled against the town's other "super-cinemas", but enjoyed a period of success in the 1950s and 1960s before rapid decline set in, culminating in its closure in 1977. About 20 years of use as a bingo hall followed, but the building—whose clean lines gave "a sense of spacious grandeur" in a prominent city-centre site—stood empty from the late 20th century and passed through several owners. Permission was granted in 2012 for its demolition and replacement with an energy-efficient business centre designed by Conran and Partners, but several alternative plans were submitted subsequently and the building still stood until April 2018, when demol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astoria, Stockholm
Astoria was a cinema in Stockholm, located on Nybrogatan, a street in the Östermalm district. When it closed, it was one of the last single screen cinemas in Stockholm. It was the flagship of the Astoria Cinemas chain which declared bankruptcy in 2007. History Astoria was established in 1928 in an existing property at Nybrogatan 15 by . The assignment was from Adling's childhood friend, film director . Astoria was his first "big cinema". Astoria was used extensively for film premieres, not only for Sandrew's own productions but also from Europafilm which did not have a large cinema of its own. When Astoria opened on 8 September 1928, it had 820 seats of which 119 were on the stands and the balconies. Behind the screen, there was a stage to be used for vaudeville and live theatre, as well as space for a 12-man orchestra to accompany silent films. The premises were lavishly decorated with marble floors in the foyer and a curtain designed by the artist . Minor changes to the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astoria, Amsterdam
Astoria is a Jugendstil office building at Keizersgracht 174-176 in Amsterdam, built in 1904-1905 as the headquarters of the Eerste Hollandsche Levensverzekerings Bank insurance company. The building, at the intersection of the Keizersgracht and Leliegracht canals, served as the international headquarters of Greenpeace for 15 years. In 2001, it gained ''rijksmonument'' (national monument) status. Description With six floors and a maximum height of 37 metres, the Astoria building was one of the first office towers in the Netherlands. The building was a design by H.H. Baanders and Gerrit van Arkel, two architects who designed many buildings in Amsterdam in a sobre version of Jugendstil which later came to be known as ''Nieuwe Kunst'' ("New Art"). The Astoria building has a copper-plated roof with a small tower and decorative cast-iron fencing with EHLB (for Eerste Hollandsche Levensverzekerings Bank) in gold lettering. The mosaic on the Keizersgracht facade shows a guardian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astoria (Marianas Trench Album)
''Astoria'' is the fourth studio album recorded by Canadian rock band Marianas Trench. It was released on October 23, 2015, through 604 Records (in Canada) and Cherrytree Records and Interscope Records (internationally). The album represents the band's official return to the music scene after promotion of their previous album, ''Ever After'' (2011), ended in 2013, and was preceded by the retrospective EP, ''Something Old / Something New'' earlier in 2015. Background In 2011, Marianas Trench released their third studio album, ''Ever After'', which produced five top-50 singles, including lead single "Haven't Had Enough", which became the group's highest charting single to date (since the creation of the ''Billboard'' Canadian Hot 100 in 2007) at number 9. After releasing the last single from that era, "By Now", in 2013, the group returned to the studio to record their next album. During the promotion for ''Ever After'', lead singer and songwriter, Josh Ramsay, also achieved mainstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shys
The Shys were a five piece indie rock band from Southern California, Their line-up consisted of Kyle Krone, Chris Wulff, Riley Stephenson, and Ryan Hansen. Their debut CD, titled ''Astoria'', was released on Sire Records on July 11, 2006. Recordings The Shys' album ''You'll Never Understand This Band The Way That I Do'' was released on July 22, 2008, on local Echo Park Indie label Aeronaut Records. The band announced that it recorded for two days in familiar territory in Los Angeles at Station House Recording Studio (Hollywood Sound Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (other) * Hollywood, ...) where the band made its past three albums. To finish the record, the band retreated to Palm Desert, California, and used a mobile recording studio borrowed from friends Delta Spirit. Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astoria (Tony Bennett Album)
''Astoria: Portrait of the Artist'' is a 1990 studio album by Tony Bennett.Wigwag - Page 85 1989 Astoria, then, is a serious piece of work from one of the very few musicians left of the breed who traveled the land over the second half of the twentieth century. With the skill and wisdom gained from a conscientious study of the art of intimate ... The title refers to Bennett's birthplace, Astoria, Queens. Track listing #"When Do the Bells Ring for Me?" ( Charles DeForest) – 2:58 #"I Was Lost, I Was Drifting" (Kim Gannon, Bronisław Kaper) – 3:54 #"A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet" ( Gus Kahn, Harry M. Woods) – 3:17 #"The Girl I Love" (" The Man I Love") ( George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:17 #"It's Like Reaching for the Moon" (Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Gerald Marqusee) – 2:28 #" Speak Low" ( Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 3:43 #" The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:58 #"Antonia" (Jack Segal, Robert Wells) – 3:05 #"A Weaver o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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