Commissioned in 1893 by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II, The Breakers is a Renaissance-style "summer cottage" inspired by the palaces in northern Italy. Its opulence knows no bounds ...

Anderson Cooper is one of the most famous faces in the world of journalism — and he has managed to create quite a name for himself. While he was born as a member of the influential Vanderbilt ...

Buell Hall is the only reminder of the lost Bloomingdale Asylum and the battle between real estate and mental health in ...

His great-great-great grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt, built his fortune primarily ... Armand Hammer, Armie Hammer's grandfather, was an oil tycoon who managed Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

PENDING: Access the advance paper when available. Speaker: Joni Hersch (Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Economics) Abstract: There is substantial evidence of discriminatory treatment of ...

When men review the career of a promiment citizen like CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, their most natural inclination is to look therein for some special lesson. VANDERBILT'S life was one of material success.

It was built in 1908-1909 by Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt in honor of his father Cornelius Vanderbilt II. He donated the building to the city to be used as a YMCA which it was for decades. Alfred ...