Johnj Astor News Today

This is the final column of a three-part series on early libraries in the United States.

KEOKUK – On April 15, 1912, a British passenger liner, the RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,500 people.

The Titanic went down on April 14, 1212. The story of the luxury liner's demise is well known. The Song of the Day, "The Titanic," by blues singer Lead Belly and the story behind it isn’t.

DailyMail.com takes a look back in history at Manhattans most glamorous Gilded Age mansions - owned by the likes of the Astors and the Vanderbilts - and reveals what stands there today.

Failures in Mexico's economic model have pushed millions ofunemployed workers toward the U.S., creating a crisis on both sidesof the border. President Felipe Calderón must reformMexico's economy to create new private-sector jobs, and PresidentBush and Congress should support Mexican efforts to help solve theimmigration crisis, open Mexico to more U.S. exports andinvestment, and secure our border.

Built in the Gilded Age in 1899, 1009 Fifth Avenue was built as a spec house by property brothers William and Thomas Hall, who built four mansions. Benjamin N. Duke bought it after it was completed.