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Sep 18 2008

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Alabama and New York maps
<em>Chattanooga Times</em>, Harbert Logo
Manhattan skyscraper, Birmingham skyscraper
Barnard College, Auburn University
Iphigene Sulzberger, Marguerite Harbert
Newspaper clipping
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Seat of Power
New York City and Birmingham, Alabama.
Humble Origins
Adolph Ochs bought the Chattanooga Times with a borrowed $250 down payment in 1878. John Harbert III launched Harbert Construction partly with gambling winnings in 1947.
Namesake Building
A chic 52-story Renzo Piano skyscraper in midtown Manhattan, left, is home to the Sulzberger empire. A gold granite 32-story office tower in downtown Birmingham is the home turf of Harbert fortune.
Pet Philanthropic Project
Courtesy of Barnard College; Alamy
Student housing at Barnard College, left, and the engineering department at Auburn University.
Matriarch
Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger, 1892-1990, left, and Marguerite "Wita" Jones Harbert, 85.
Family Scandal
The Harberts were involved in a scathing sibling lawsuit. For the Sulzbergers, no scandal has made the papers. Yet.

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