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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement No. 333-50095 of Vornado Realty Trust on Form S-3 and Registration
Statement Nos. 333-52573, 333-29011 and 333-09159 on Form S-8 of Vornado Realty
Trust and Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement No. 333-40787 and Amendment
No. 4 to Registration Statement No. 333-29013 of Vornado Realty Trust and
Vornado Realty L.P. both on Form S-3, of our report dated March 20, 1998 on the
statement of revenues and certain expenses of 888 7th Avenue for the year ended
December 31, 1997, which report appears in the Form 8-K/A of Vornado Realty
Trust and Vornado Realty L.P. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on or about July 14, 1998.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New York, New York
July 10, 1998


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