Yale students almost always access New York City via the Metro-North New Haven Line, a direct connection between the academic and urban campuses. But beyond […] ...

Cornelius’ inheritance from his ... took some of the luster off Grace Vanderbilt’s crown. High taxes and World War II dealt her even harder blows. The famed Vanderbilt hospitality was offered ...

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 ...

His grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, succeeded him as the president and chairman of the New York Central Railroad in 1885. As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot ...

Alfred Vanderbilt had inherited the largest share of his father's estate. He was a prominent businessman until on May 7, 1915 ...

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 ...

His great-great-great grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt, built his fortune primarily ... the sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the great-great-granddaughter of Léopold Louis ...