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LISTEN: John Jacob Astor, the Most Hated Man in America, Never Set Foot in Astoria
Detail from a portrait circa 1840 of John Jacob Astor, by an unknown artist.
New-York Historical Society, Gift of Mrs. George K. Livermore
Rebecca Bratspies discusses her book, “Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues, and Heroes Behind New York’s Place Names,” and dig into what our street names say about who gets to write the city’s history.
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