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Linde, Edward H., 117, 118, 119, 124, 125
Lipton, Philip, 115–16, 138
Loeb, Daniel, xiv, xvi, xvii–xviii, 2, 4, 190, 204, 225, 226–39, 242, 243, 248, 276, 359
Loeb, Margaret, 230–31, 234, 237, 239, 272
Logothetis, George, 216
Lumiere, Alexandra, 207, 208
Lurie, Ranan, 349–51
Lurie, Tamar, 350, 351
Lutyens, Edward, 186
M
MacArthur, Arthur IV, 164–65
MacArthur, Douglas, 117, 164
MacArthur, John D., 117
Maccioni, Sirio, 68n, 125
MacDonald, Robert, 267
MacFarlane, Victor, 176, 177, 200
Mack, Bill, 113, 129–30
Mack, Hyman Burt, 113, 130
Macklowe, Harry, 82, 92, 93–94
Madison Capital, 176–77, 277
Madison Square, 30, 32, 92
Madison Square Garden, 74, 112
Maine Monument, 34, 114, 120
Majestic apartment house, 10, 25, 32, 41, 42, 130, 363
Makker, Gotham and Vicky, 285
Mallaby, Sebastian, 221, 222
Manchester, William, 165
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, 129, 131, 319
Manhattan Marketing, 72
Manhattan Place condominium, 92
Manhattan Square, 24–25
Manship, Paul, 114
Marathon Asset Management, 5n, 319, 321
Marcus, Marlene, 199
Martin, Rodney O. “Rod,” 259, 272
Martinez, David, 133
Martyslane, Marina, 298
Mason, Christopher, 126
Mayer, Marissa, 238
Mayfair House, 68, 68n, 69, 78, 125, 267, 268
Mayflower Hotel (Mayflower block), 277
auction of, 149, 151, 156–61, 156n, 176
Avlon’s acquisition of, 134, 136, 137, 138, 141
building and opening of, 37, 38
Columbus Circle decline and, 43, 110, 111
demolition of, 169
relocating tenants from, 163–70
terra-cotta ornamentation removed from, 138–39
Zeckendorf brothers’ winning bid for, 150, 151, 156–62, 163, 348
McAdams, Margaret, 305–06
McAlpin Hotel, 69
McCrary, Tex, 58n
McKim, Mead & White, 10, 39
McLoughlin, Ruth, 216, 328, 347
Marine Midland Trust, 65–66
Mechanic, Jonathan, 363
Mecik, Z. Richard, 298
Meier, Richard, 176, 276
Mermelstein, Edward, 297, 352
Metcalfe, Guy, 258
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 42, 67
Metropolitan Opera, 41, 49, 52, 98, 128–29
Metropolitan Tower, 92–94, 109
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), 117, 118, 119, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129
Metz, Justin, 157, 161, 176–77, 197, 199, 202–03, 209, 258
Mikhailov, Alex, 352
Mikulich, Raymond C. “Ray,” 249
Millennium Partners, 101–02, 103, 127, 128, 129, 139–40, 143, 151
Millennium Tower, 102–03, 109, 143, 174, 196n
Milken, Michael, 330
Milstein, Paul, 98–99
Milstein, Seymour, 98–99
Milstein family, 47, 99n
Min Sun, 216
Minskoff, Edward J., 159, 172
Mirels, Hilton, 302
Mirels, Linda, 302
Mitchell, William J., 127
Mitsubishi, 105–06
Mittal, Saurabh K., 330
Moon, Keith, 69
Morgan, J. Pierpont, 33
Morgan, Marie Louise, 35, 36–37
Morgan, Matthew, 35
Morgan, William R., 35
Morgan & Sons, 35
Morgan family, 221
Morgan Stanley, 4, 127–128, 214, 217, 248, 258, 264, 314, 333
Morris, Lloyd, 10, 39
Moses, Robert, 60, 97, 112–14, 117
Mott, Stewart, 87
Municipal Art Society, 119
Muschamp, Herbert, 123
Municipal Art Society, 119
Museum of Arts and Design, 193
Museum of Modern Art, 55, 90
Museum Tower, 90, 109
Myers, John, 122
N
Naftali, Miki, 159
NBC, 5, 34, 54, 113, 265, 266
Neidich, Dan, 102, 104, 106, 108, 187, 210
New Amsterdam, 17
New Central Park Garden, 31–32
Newman, David, 339–40
Newman, Frank, 214
New Silk Route Partners, 344–45
Newsweek, 238, 372
New York Central Railroad, 50, 52
New York City Ballet, 98
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, 117
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, 44, 139, 140
New York City Planning Commission, 140
New Yorker, 53, 170, 281
New-York Historical Society, 26
New York magazine, 66, 119, 126, 223, 229, 300
New York Philharmonic Symphony, 98
New York Police Department (NYPD), 310, 311
New York Post, xviii, 75, 133, 146, 224, 270, 285, 328, 334, 371
New York State Theater, 98
New York Times, 25, 27, 72, 73, 76, 77, 89, 92, 99, 110, 115, 120, 123, 126, 133, 143, 144, 145, 149, 162, 193, 206, 213, 223, 224–25, 237, 257, 260, 283, 285, 289, 302, 324, 340, 341, 368
Nouvel, Jean, 335–36
O
Obama, Barack, 234, 235, 236, 237
Occupy Wall Street, 244
Och, Daniel Saul, 218–21, 226, 242, 243, 276, 359
Och, Jane, 220
Och-Ziff Capital Management, 43n, 218, 219–20, 226
Ofer, Idan, 3, 199, 202, 291, 301, 325
Ofer, Eyal, xiv, xv–xvi, 3, 147–49, 155–56, 157, 158–59, 161, 176, 177, 194, 195, 196, 199, 200, 201, 202, 205, 208, 216, 217, 218, 290, 291, 296, 325, 361, 368
Ofer, Marilyn, 205
Ofer, Sammy, 147–48
Ofer family, 148–49
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 20, 29
Olympic Tower, 13, 72, 85–88, 89, 90, 93, 109, 127
Omedes, Elizabeth, 207–08
Onassis, Aristotle, 12–13, 72, 85, 86, 87
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 11, 13, 119, 179
One Lincoln Square condominium, 103
Opatrny, Donald C. Jr., 210
Osborne co-operative, 93
P
Pan Shiyi, 214, 215
Parc Vendome apartment house, 49
Park Belvedere, 74, 76, 363
Park Imperial condominium, 130, 276
Park Millennium condominium, 102, 276
Park West Village, 8, 60
Parley, Michael, 150–51, 153, 154
Parsons, Richard, 129
Paulson, Henry “Hank,” 199, 200, 313
Pei, I. M., 55, 60–61, 62, 64, 66, 80, 119, 171, 172, 187
Pell, Lewis, 290, 291
Pelli, César, 90, 128, 140, 171–72
Pelli, Rafael, 140, 153, 171–72
Pentagram, 185
Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, 98
Phipps, Henry, 11
Pirogova, Natalia, 297–98
Plaza Hotel, 22, 39, 292, 329, 341
Poillon, George, 35
Poillon, Winfield, 35
Poillon, Winifred, 35, 37
Polshek, James, 171
PolyGram, 75, 76, 227
Prasada apartment house, 27
Prokhorov, Mikhail, 300, 340
R
Rabey, Alexander, 352
Rajaratnam, Raj, 344, 345
Raynes, Martin J., 100, 102
Rehfeld, Barry, 247
Reich, Cary¸ 49, 58n
Related Companies, 127, 129–31, 132–33, 152, 159, 160–61, 172, 176, 209
Residences at Mandarin Oriental
, 131
Richards, Avis, 319–23, 324
Richards, Bruce, 206, 319–23
Rieger, Richard O., 243
Ritz Tower, 39
River House, 179
Riverside Drive, 45, 60
Robert A. M. Stern Architects, 128. See also Stern, Robert A. M.
Roberts, Andrew, 298
Roberts, Brian, 6
Rockefeller, David, 58
Rockefeller, John D. Jr., 52–53, 56–57, 58, 98, 364
Rockefeller, John D. III, 98
Rockefeller, Nelson, 53, 54–55, 56, 58n
Rockefeller Center, 13, 53, 78, 189
Rockefeller family, 53, 54, 58, 58n, 78n, 133, 218, 221
Rodriguez, Alex “A-Rod,” 5, 311, 328–29, 331, 333, 333n, 346
Romney, Mitt, 237
Roosevelt Field shopping mall, 8, 58
Rose, Joseph B., 141
Rose family, 47
Rosenberg, Gary, 328
Rosenberg, Ralph, 106, 107, 108–09, 159, 188, 218
Rosenstein, Barry, 204–05, 225, 239–42, 276
Rosenwald, Lindsay, 285–90, 301, 324, 345
Rosenwald, Rivki Davis, 286, 288, 289, 290
Rosenzweig, Roy, 19
Ross, Gerald, 300
Ross, Stephen, 129, 159, 172, 176, 209
Ross, Wilbur, 22
Roth, Emery, 37–38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 110
Rothenberg, Stuart, 155, 156–57, 176, 183–84, 202, 217–18
Rothschild, Jacob, 25
Roubini, Nouriel, 253
Rozenholc, David, 168, 169, 170
Rubenstein, Howard, 205
Rubenstein, Richard, 205, 262
Rubenstein Public Relations, 133, 205
Rudin family, 47
Ruskin, Larry, 285, 305
Russell, Douglas, 283, 284
Russians and Russian immigrants
condominium ownership by, 12, 13, 43n, 297, 340, 352
as 15CPW residents, 3, 7, 209, 264, 292, 295–96, 297–98, 299–300, 335–36, 341, 352
Russo, Gaetano, 30
Ruttenbaum, Steven, 39, 43–44
Ryan, Penny, 309
Rybolovlev, Dmitry, 7, 292–96, 298, 301, 335–41, 342, 352, 359
Rybolovleva, Anna, 295, 336, 337, 338
Rybolovleva, Ekaterina, 7, 292, 335–36, 339, 340, 341
Rybolovleva, Elena, 296, 336–41
S
Safdie, Moshe, 118, 120, 128
St. Tropez condominium, 12
St. Urban apartment house, 27
Salomon Brothers, 117, 118, 119, 120, 124, 246
Salwen, Peter, 18
Salzberg, Barry and Evelyn, 282
San Remo apartment house, 10, 25, 40, 42–43, 44, 144, 171, 180
Saxena, Parag, 284, 344–45
Schecter, Leroy, 329–30, 329n, 331, 341–42, 342n
Schiller, Robert, 251
Schirmer, Gustav, 22, 44
Schuyler, Montgomery, 27
Schwartz, Robert, 226–27
Schwarzman, Stephen, 133, 221, 237, 330
Scutt, Der, 88
Seagram Building, 96, 122
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 65, 229, 235, 238, 247, 254, 287, 313, 314, 330, 344
Segan, Alan, 133
Seinuk, Ysrael, 122
Sellers, Patricia, 252
Selznick, David O., 31
Selznick, Louis, 31
Selznick, Myron, 31
Seneca Village, 18
September 11, 2001, terrorist attack, 58, 131, 132, 212, 297
Sethi, Raj, 211, 213, 345
Shachtman, Tom, 43n, 78, 96
Shanken, Hazel, 264, 265
Shanken, Marvin, 6, 264–65, 266
Shapiro, Irwin, 166
Shashkin, Nikita, 300
Shaw, Bernard, 132
Shearn, Clarence, 55–57, 57n, 364, 55n
Shearn, Dorothea, 55–57
Sheftell, Jason, 328
Sherman-Taylor Corp., 137
Short, R. Thomas, 28–29
Shubert, Lee, 42
Shubert family, 31, 33, 41, 137
Shuch, Alan, 210
Silverman, Henry, 329, 330–32
Silverman, Nancy, 330, 331, 332
Silverstein, Larry, 79
Simon, Deborah, 7, 216
Simon, Peter, 274–75, 329
Singh, Ravi M., 211, 301
SJP Properties, 160
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 124
SLCE, 153, 154, 170, 171, 173, 181
Sloane, Kathy, 190
Smidt, Eric, 6
Snider, Edward, 6, 271
Snider, Arnold and Katherine, 243
Soane, Sir John, 185
Somekh, Dorothy, 208, 282
Somerindyck, James, 17
Somerindyck, John, 16–17
Sorensen, Gillian, 348–49
Sorensen, Theodore, 348–49
South Ferry Plaza, 75
Special Lincoln Square Zoning District, 103, 140–41
Speyer, Jerry, 151
Spielberg, Steven, 88, 126
Springsteen, Bruce, 69, 311
Statler Hilton, 69
Steckmest, Elisabeth June, 216
Stein, Linda, 126
Steinberg, Saul, 221, 330
Steinway, Theodore, 22, 44
Stern, Robert A. M.
apartment floor plans by, xv, 171, 179–80, 181, 187–91, 245, 315, 348, 361
apartments per floor and, 187–88, 189–90
basement health club design and, 186–87
classic New York apartment houses as inspiration for, 28, 172, 174, 179–80
Coliseum project proposal from, 128
design of 15CPW’s top and, 184
entrances and street-level appearance and, 184–86
garage design and, 192–93
hidden structural components and, 192
interior finishes designed by, 191, 241, 272, 315
kitchens and bathrooms designed by, 191
limestone exterior chosen by, 174–75, 177–78, 194, 261
lobby design by, 173–74, 185
Rose’s Sixty-Fifth Street project with, 172
on Roth’s buildings, 38, 40
sales campaign featuring, xv, 205–06, 283, 348
sales office designed by, 204
selection of, for 15CPW project, 171–73
on the demand for large apartments, 107
weekly design meetings with, 175
Stiefel, Stephanie, 263
Sting, 2, 5, 126, 270–71, 273, 311, 312, 317, 323, 359
Stone, Edward Durell, 114, 115
Stribling, Elizabeth, 13, 86
Sukenik, Herbert J., 165–70, 193
Sunshine, Louise, 84–85, 122, 125, 126–27, 131, 198, 199
Sutton, Jill, 266
T
Tahari, Elie, 316, 326, 327
Taibbi, Matt, 313
Taylor, John, 119–20
Television City project, 54, 96
terrorist attack (September 11, 2001), 58, 131, 132, 212, 297
Third Point LLC, 4, 226, 227–28, 229, 230, 232, 233, 238, 238n
Thompson, Scott, 238
Thorn, Abigail Somerindyck, 17
Thors, Thor, 305
Tiffany & Co., 84, 85
Tihany, Adam, 85
Times Square, 10, 31, 41, 72, 78–79, 171, 180
Time Warner Center
apartments in, 133–34, 199, 252, 263, 274
building of, 129–33, 144, 153, 176, 192
15CPW and, 172, 174, 181, 199, 252, 266, 270, 285, 316, 321, 322, 324
Jazz at Lincoln Center in, 129, 130
offices in, 129, 176, 181, 351
sales at, 130–31, 132, 151, 198, 205, 270, 297
Time Warner Inc, xiv, 129
Tisch, Merryl, 302
Tishman, Alan, 65
Tishman, David, 43n
Tishman family, 47, 151
Tolchin, Gary and Tamar, 215–16
Tobishi
ma, 78, 105–06
Trager, James, 60
Trebuhs Realty, 31
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, 114, 117
Trump, Fred, 83, 129
Trump, Donald, 295, 329
background of, 83–84
on “Big Bill” Zeckendorf, 96
Coliseum site redevelopment and, 127, 128
financial conditions and, 79, 96–97
Florida real estate of, 295, 329
515 Park Avenue and, 107, 146
Kondylis’s work with, 92, 96
Mayflower block bidding and, 152, 155–56, 162
Time Warner Center and, 130, 131
Trump International Hotel and, 121–24, 125–27, 128, 174
Trump Tower and, 84–86, 88–89, 91, 96–97, 90, 109, 122, 250
Trump, Ivana, 89
Trump City project, 96
Trump International Hotel and Tower, Columbus Circle, 121–24, 125–27, 131, 134, 134, 144, 146, 174, 199, 205, 244, 268, 283, 302, 309
Trump Plaza, 91, 92
Trump Tower, Fifth Avenue, 84–86, 88–89, 91, 96–97, 90, 109, 122, 250
Trump World Tower, 96
Tshuva, Isaac, 159
Tsinberg, Mike and Faina, 353–54, 356, 357–58, 359
Tudor City, 51n
Twentieth Century-Fox, 61
U
Ullman, Barbara Marcin, 301, 302, 303, 304
Ullman, Kenneth, 303–04
Ullman, Richard, 301–04
Union Square, 32, 70, 72, 73
United Nations (UN), 52–53, 54, 96, 361
United Nations Foundation, 348
Upper East Side, 9, 78, 105, 180
V
Vagelos, Roy, 325
Van Cortlandt family, 16
Vandebosch, Ingrid, 204
van Starrenburg, Daniel and Annica Cooper, 249
Varadhan, Ashok, 211–12, 320
Varadhan, Gopal, 212
Varadhan, Srinivasa, 211–12
Vargas, Victor, 210
Vaux, Calvert, 20
Volcker, Paul, 251
Vongerichten, Jean-Georges, 125–26, 130
W
Wagner Thomas, 212–13
Wahlberg, Mark, 5, 312, 328
Waldron, John E., 310
Walker, Jeffrey C., 259–61
Wallgren, Richard, 198, 200
Wall Street Journal, 32, 63, 78–79, 81–82, 96, 119, 120, 235, 236, 238, 239, 245, 255, 269, 270, 286, 287, 320, 327, 335, 342
Walsh, Kayte, 328
Wanzenberg, Alan, 187
Ward, Vicky, 252
Washington, Denzel, 2, 5, 269–70, 311, 312, 359
Washington, Pauletta, 269
Washington Post, 79, 344
Wasserstein, Bruce, 364
Webb & Knapp, 49–51, 53, 54, 55–56, 58, 60, 61–68, 70, 98, 171
Weill, Joan, 248, 307, 315, 334–35, 358