House of outrageous fortune
Subtitle: Fifteen Central Park West, the world's most powerful address
By: Michael Gross
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9781451666199; 9781451666212
Subjects: Real estate development; Apartment houses; Real estate developers
Description: "Gross turns his gimlet eye on the new-money wonderland that's sprung up on the southwest rim of Central Park. Mixing an absorbing business epic with ... social comedy, Gross creates a dishy exposé of today's wealthiest and most famous. This colorful story recounts the record-setting building's inspired genesis, costly construction, and the flashy international lifestyle it has brought to a once benighted and socially déclassé Manhattan neighborhood"--Dust jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-375) and index.
Table of contents: title: Clash of the titans; title: Up on the roof; title: The other Gold Coast; title: Out of Arizona; title: Condomania; title: Circle game; title: Inheritance; title: Groundbreaking; title: Ground-raising; title: Seeking Alpha; title: Top of the world; title: A place of one's own.