Chernitsyn, Sergey, 340
Childs, David, 124, 128, 130
Chirlin, Herbert, 166
Chrysler Building, 8, 56, 64
Chrysler family, 56
Chu, David, 263
Chu, Gina Lin, 263
Citicorp, 227, 246, 344
Citigroup, xvii, 3, 4, 245, 245n, 247–48, 254, 334, 345
CitySpire, 93, 94–96, 109, 342
Claar, Gary, 240
Claman, Peter, 93, 153–54, 170
Clark, Edward, 21–22, 23, 27, 44, 45
Clifton, Eli, 236
Clinton, Bill, 219, 249, 311
Cock, Abigail Somerindyck Thorn, 17
Cock, William, 17
Cohan, William D., 249, 255, 312, 313
Cohen, Arthur, 72
Cohen, Benjamin, 318
Cohen, Michael, 318
Cohen, Robert Stephan, 263, 323
Cohen, Steven A., 237, 345
Cohen, Todd, 264
Cole, Evan, 276–77
Colin, Justin, 69–70, 71
Coliseum, Columbus Circle
bidding for site of, 117–18, 124–25, 127–29, 151, 159
demolition of, 130–31
Moses’s development of, 112–14, 115, 116, 136
Columbia condominium tower, 70, 71, 74
Columbus Centre project, 119–21
Columbus Circle
automobile showrooms near, 31, 36–37, 111, 115, 138
Avlon’s interest in possibilities of, 134, 136–37
Bill Zeckendorf Jr.’s projects for, 73, 77, 79
Coliseum project developed on, 112–14
Coliseum sale to Zuckerman and, 117
Columbus statue in, 29–30, 114, 115
early buildings on, 30, 34–35, 45
as an entertainment zone, 31–34, 49
Hearst’s plans for, 32, 34, 112
Jazz at Lincoln Center on, 129, 130
Maine Monument on, 34, 114, 120
Moses’s scheme for, 60–61, 112–13
MTA’s solicitation of proposals for 127–29
Related’s proposal for, 129–30
renovations and redesigns of, 111–12, 133, 193
Stern’s design’s association with, 174–75
Columbus Circle (cont.)
Trump International renovation on, 121–24, 125–27, 128, 131, 174
Zuckerman’s and Boston Properties’ proposals for, 117–21, 124–25
See also Mayflower Hotel (Mayflower block); Time Warner Center
Conrad, Heinrich, 33
Coopchik, Scott, 122
Cooper, B. J., 341
Copley condominium, 74
Corcoran Group, 134, 143n, 206, 207, 209
Cornejo, Pasco, 334
Costa, Emil, 258
Costas, Bob, 5, 265–66, 273, 308–09, 318
Cribbs, Derek, 345
Cross, Eliot, 50
Cross, John, 50
Cutler, Joanna, 263–64, 285
D
Daily News, 124, 225, 328
Dakota apartment house, 10, 22–23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 39, 40, 44, 45, 171, 179
Davidson, Jim, 153, 170
Davis, J. Morton “Morty,” 286, 287, 288, 289
Davis, Rivki, 286, 288, 289, 290
DeFranca, Susan, 131, 132
Delacorte, George, 115
de Lancey family, 16
Delmonico Plaza, 71, 72
de Milly, Michele, 205
Deutsch, Ken, 329
Diamond, Jennifer, 301
Diamond, Robert Edward III “Bob,” 242, 301, 310, 323, 343
Diaz, Cameron, 333
Diaz-Azcuy, Orlando, 241
Dinkins, David, 111, 124
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, 128, 159, 320
Dorchester Towers, 98–99
Dorilton apartment house, 26, 48, 54
Drexel Burnham Lambert, 213, 227, 264, 330
Dubrovsky, Luiza, 298
Duncan, Karen, 198, 206
Dunlap, David W., 77, 78, 110–11, 192–93, 198, 225
Durland’s Riding Academy, 32, 34, 54
Durst, Joseph, 43n
Durst family, 47
E
Eastdil Secured, 127
Edelman, Asher, 240
Ehrlich, Judith Ramsey, 247
Eichner, Bruce, 93, 94–95
Einhorn, David, 256
Elad Holdings, 159, 160
el-Debs, Sobhi and Wafaa, 318–19, 349
El Dorado apartment house, 26–27, 40, 41
Ellis, Perry, 7, 266–67, 268
Ellis, Tyler Alexandra Gallagher, 7, 266–69, 323, 324
Eno, Amos, 30
Equitable Life Assurance Society, 67, 84, 89
Ertegun, Mica, 315
Essex House, 39, 168, 169, 170
Estey, Arthur Shepherd and Evelyne, 248
Estis, Warren, 328
F
Fairleigh Dickinson University, 115, 116
Falcone, Arthur and Edward, 274, 329, 329n
Fields, Richard, 285
Fifth Avenue Hotel, 30
Fisher, Avery, 98
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 8, 33
Flatiron Building, 30
Fifteen Central Park West (15CPW)
alterations and renovations at, 306–09, 315, 329–30
apartments per floor and, 187–88, 189–90
basement health club in, 186–87
Central Park views from, 153–54, 170, 187, 191, 202, 205, 220
Central Park West address chosen for, xiv, 173, 186
classic New York apartment houses as inspiration for, 28, 172, 174, 179–80
construction office for, 194–95
courtyards in, 186
daily rhythm of life at, 323–24
design of top of, 184
duplexes for families at, 188
entrances and street-level appearance of, 184–86
flipping at, 258, 273–74, 276, 284, 285, 289, 295, 301, 320, 329, 364
floor plans in, xv, 171, 179–80, 181, 187–91, 245, 315, 348, 361
garage design at, 192–93
Goldman Sachs’ backing of, zvii, 14, 175–79, 183–84, 187
Goldman Sachs executives at, 14, 199, 200, 202, 205, 209–13, 258, 301, 312, 317–18, 320, 345–46
Goldman Sachs–related buyers at, 206, 209, 213–15, 217, 218–19, 243, 259, 277, 301, 316, 320, 326, 358, 361–63
input from brokers and focus groups about design of, 181–83
insider sales at, 199–203
Israeli residents of, xiv, 3, 6, 147–49, 208-09, 242, 269, 282, 285, 289–91, 299, 324–25, 349–50, 352
Jewish residents of, 220, 231, 234–35, 245, 246, 247, 262, 289, 349, 350, 352, 354
kitchens and bathrooms in, 191
larger apartments included in, 183–84
limestone exterior chosen for, 174–75, 177–78, 194, 261
lobby design of, 173–74, 185
marketing campaign and sales at, xiv, xvi, xv–xvi, xvii, 177, 188, 191, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 205–06, 208, 216–17, 218, 226, 248, 262, 266, 272, 273, 296, 305, 348
offering plan and amendments for, 195, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 273
paparazzi and photographers at, 311–12
penthouses of, xiii, xiv, xv, xvii, xviii, 2, 5, 96, 183, 184, 188–89, 190–91, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 204, 218, 220, 233, 245, 248, 264, 265, 271, 272, 276, 285, 288, 289, 290, 292, 295–96, 299, 300, 301, 304, 306, 316, 335, 336, 340, 341, 358, 363, 364
pricing decisions at, xiv, xv, 183–84, 187, 195, 197, 257, 272
rentals at, 208–09, 214, 231, 263, 264, 273–74, 275, 290, 298, 300, 301, 311, 316, 317, 323, 325, 326, 328–29, 330, 331, 332, 342n, 343, 346, 347–48, 350, 353
restaurant in, 185, 186, 268–69, 322, 323
retail component of, 177, 185–86
Fifteen Central Park West (cont.)
Russian residents of, 3, 7, 209, 264, 292, 295–96, 297–98, 299–300, 335–36, 341, 352
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br /> security at, 310–11, 314, 315, 343
selection of Stern as architect for, 171–73
sense of community in, 317–18, 322–23
staff of, 309–11, 315–17, 333–34
terraces in, xv, xvi, 184, 188, 189, 190–91, 198, 207, 218, 220, 241, 307, 315, 321–22, 358, 364
Time Warner Center and, 172, 174, 181, 199, 252, 266, 270, 285, 316, 321, 322, 324
tower of, 189–91
Wall Street buyers in, 209–14, 217–18
wide social range of residents in, 173–74, 349, 359
Zeckendorf brothers’ ambition to build the best quality at, 175, 177–78
Zeckendorf brothers’ apartments at, 199–200, 363–65
Forbes, 13, 215, 219, 242, 272, 281–82, 287, 294, 298, 325, 335
Fordham University, 97, 98, 298
Fortress Investment Group, 177
Foster, Norman, 361
Four Seasons Hotel, 80
Fowler, John, 274–75, 329
Foy, Thelma Chrysler, 56–57, 57n, 364
France, Brian, 6, 284
Frank, Joel, 220
Freedomland project, Bronx, 64, 65
French, Fred F., 51n
Frey, Dale, 122
Friedman, Joshua S., 213
Friedman, Janna, 355–57, 358–59
Friedman, Semyon, 354–57, 358, 359
Fuld, Richard, 225, 249, 255
G
Galbreath Company, 122, 124, 125
Gallagher, Barbara, 267–68
Galleria condominium, 87, 90, 91, 232
Gallery of Modern Art, 114–15, 116–17, 193
Garza, Patricia, 407
Gates, Bill, 312, 335
General Atlantic Realty, 100–101
General Electric (G.E.), 121, 122, 123
General Property Corporation (General Properties), 66, 67–68, 69
Genesco, 84
Gilchrist, Susan, 298
Gimbels redevelopment project, 78, 79, 105
Giuliani, Rudolph, 107, 124, 125, 128, 129
Goelet family, 43n
Goeschel, Nancy, 44
Goldberger, Paul, 89, 92, 120, 139, 170
Goldman, Allen, 160
Goldman, Jay Glenn, 345–46
Goldman Sachs, 248, 344
Arthur and Will Zeckendorf’s early projects with, 102, 103, 104–05
Bill Jr. Zeckendorf’s plans and, 100
Blankfein’s career at, 312–14, 358, 361
Coliseum site bidding by, 128
compensation at, 223, 313
East Sixtieth Street project with, 147, 149, 361
15CPW’s development and, xvii, 14, 175, 177–79, 183–84, 187
15CPW’s pricing and, 195, 196, 197
15CPW’s sales to executives of, 14, 199, 200, 202, 205, 209–13, 258, 301, 312, 317–18, 320, 345–46
15CPW’s sales to buyers connected to, 206, 209, 213–15, 217, 218–19, 243, 259, 277, 301, 316, 320, 326, 358, 361–63
515 Park Avenue project with, 106–08, 142, 144–45, 146, 149
financial deregulation and, 4
Mayflower block acquisition and, 154–59, 160–61, 176–77
Millennium Partners and, 101, 102, 103
Occupy Wall Street protests against, 244
Ofer family and, 148, 149
subprime mortgages from, 235, 253, 259
Whitehall fund from, 104–05, 106, 107, 147, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 179, 188, 218, 249, 258, 361
Gordon, Jeff, 2, 5, 204, 225, 262, 273, 276, 284
Gotham condominium, 80, 105
Gottlieb, Alexandra Lumiere, 207, 208
Gottlieb, Jacob, 207, 208
Goulandris, Basil, 150
Goulandris, John P., 135, 150
Goulandris, Peter, 135, 155
Goulandris family, 134, 135–36, 155, 157, 162
Grabow, Michael, 164, 165, 165n, 167–70
Graham Court Apartments, 28
Grammer, Camille, 327–28
Grammer, Kelsey, 5, 312, 328
Grand Army Plaza, 13, 119
Grand Circle, 20, 29–30, 32
Grand Hyatt Hotel, 88
Grand Millennium condominium, 103
Granger, Haidee, 217
Gratz, Roberta, 59, 99, 309, 310
Gray, Christopher, 44
Gray, Kevin, 200
Green, Hetty, 57
Greenspan, Alan, 246
Greenwich, Connecticut, 247, 299, 350
Big Bill Zeckendorf’s estate at, 46, 57, 67
Greenwich Village, 174, 212, 227, 346
Griffin, Ken, 231–32, 285
Grigoriadis, Vanessa, 229
Grolier Club, 149n
Gulf & Western, 74, 115, 116–17, 121
Gulf & Western Building, 115, 116, 117, 121–24
Gupta, Rajat, 344–45
H
Hader, Karen, 330, 331, 332
Halstead Property, 143n, 156, 183
Hanover Bank, 58
Harde, Herbert Spencer, 28–29
Hardenbergh, Henry, 22, 39
Hardy, Hugh, 171
Harperley Hall, 35–36, 333
Harrell, Cindy, 271
Harrison, Wallace K., 53, 98
Hartford, George Huntington, 114–15, 116, 193
Hearst, William Randolph, 32, 34, 49, 55, 55n, 73, 110, 112, 114, 364
Heller, Joseph, 226
Helliker, Adam, 275
Helmsley, Harry, 103
Helmsley, Leona, 103–04
Hilton, Conrad, 61
Himmel, Leslie Wohlman, 210
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 67
Holtz, Michael, 276, 277–78, 281
Hoover, Herbert, 43, 236
Hoover, Margaret, 236, 236n
Hooverville, 43
Horn, Alan, 6, 271
Hotel Alden, 38
Hotel Delmonico, 69, 72, 81
Hotel des Artistes, 28, 29, 187
Hotel Majestic, 25, 29
Hotel Navarro, 69
Hotel San Remo, 25
Hotel Zeckendorf project, 63, 64, 72
Howard, Alan, 226, 242–43
Howard, Sabine, 242
Hudson Towers, 74
Hunt, Richard Morris, 9–10, 37
Huxtable, Ada Louise, 115
I
Icahn, Carl, xiii–xiv, xv–xvi, xvii–xviii, 201, 204, 224, 225, 238, 238n, 241
Icahn, Gail, xv
Idov, Michael, 300
Ingrao, Anthony, 220
Ireland, Gregg, 237, 334
Itzler, Jesse, 6, 278, 280–82, 283–84, 316, 328, 333
Ives, Brewster, 90
J
J. P. Morgan & Co., 43n, 101, 246, 260
Jacobs, Alexander, 281
Jahn, Helmut, 93, 94, 128
JANA Partners, 5n, 205, 240–42
Jazz at Lincoln Center, 129, 130, 132, 270
Jeffries, Christopher, 100–101, 128
Jews
exclusion from “good buildings” of, xvi, 262
15CPW residents and, 220, 231, 234–35, 245, 246, 247, 262, 289, 349, 350, 352, 354
immigration to the West Side by, 20, 44, 47, 115, 135, 296
Obama’s support from, 236
as real estate developers, 43n, 44, 47
West Side apartment houses and, 23, 25, 43, 44, 45, 48
Johnson, Jed, 187
Johnson, Philip, 55, 122–23, 125
Jones, Alfred Winslow, 221–22
JPMorgan Chase, 4, 58, 254, 259, 260, 261
Julis, Mitchell R., 213
Juilliard School, 98
K
Kahn, E. J. Jr., 53
Kahn, Eugene, 6
Kahn, Otto, 33, 49
Kalomirakis, Theo, 189
Kalsi, Sonny, 203, 258
Kao, Min, 5, 364
Kapur, Ajay, 3, 4, 5, 7, 14, 371
Karr, Jerry, 102, 157, 175, 178, 179, 197
Karr, Robert and Suzanne, 211
Kava, Alan, 179, 209
&n
bsp; Kaye, Lewis B., 90
Kaye, Marilyn, 90–91, 96–97
Keil, Braden, 133, 224, 225, 270–71, 328
Keil, Jennifer Gould, 328, 329
Kellner, Samuel, 157, 158, 161, 196, 296–97
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 11, 13, 119, 179
Kerzner, Andrea, 7, 333
Kessler, Judy, 154, 196, 196n, 200
Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, 128
Khashoggi, Adnan, 86–87, 88
Khloponin, Aleksandr, 300
Khloponina, Luvov, 300
Kips Bay Plaza, 8, 60, 67
Kirsh, Nathan, 302
Klein, Adam, 317
Koch, Ed, 117–18, 120
Kogan, Alex, 300
Kogan, Valery Mikhailovich, 298–300, 352, 359
Kohlberg, James, 7, 216
Kohlberg, Jerome, 216
Kohn Pederson Fox, 128
Kondylis, Constantine “Costas” Andrew, 91–92, 96, 122–23, 160
Konopka, Bob, 150, 151, 369
Kordestani, Omid, 5
Krutoy, Igor, 341
L
Lamberg, Carol, 156n
Lambert, Ben, 127, 128, 129
Landau, Sarah Bradford, 23
Landmarks Preservation Commission, 44, 139, 140
Langham apartment house, 27
Laskaridis, Anathasios, 216
Lazard Frères, 61
Lear, Lyn, 271–72, 325
Lear, Norman, 6, 119, 267, 271–72, 325
Lee, James T., 11, 56, 192
LeFrak, Richard, 159
LeFrak family, 47
Lehman Brothers, 4, 219, 225, 248, 249, 251, 252–57, 259, 343
Lenz, Dolly, 289, 290
Leong, Rosita and Ricardo, 298
Levin, Carl, 314
Lewkowitz, Caroline, 324
Libeskind, Daniel¸ 171
Library and Museum of the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, 98
Lidle, Cory, 265
Lie, Guri, 53, 62, 99n, 205, 348
Lie, Trygve, 53
Lieberman, Caroline, 7, 324
Liebeskind, Arie, 282–83, 284, 344
Liebeskind, Doreen, 282–83, 344
Liebeskind, Marc, 283, 284
Liebman, Pamela, 134, 206
Life magazine, 52, 64, 65, 165, 350
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
construction of, 98
culture hub of, 9, 98
15CPW’s proximity to, xiv, 283, 348
jazz performing space and, 129, 130, 270
West Side growth and, 9, 32, 97, 98–99, 115, 116, 136
Lincoln Plaza condominium, 99
Lincoln Square, 60, 68, 97–98, 103
Lincoln Square district, 99
Lincoln Square Zoning District, 103, 140–41
Lincoln Towers, 8, 60–61, 67, 98
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