740 Park : The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building (Paperback)

from Whiskey3pa

Good reading in the vein of "The Big Spenders", by Lucius Beebe. Not weighty, but interesting look into NY living of a type most people do not experience.

from michelesw

740 Park was designed by Rosario Candela, already renowned in NYC for his luxury high rise apartment buildings, which were rapidly replacing the private homes that once lined Park and Fifth Avenues. The builder James Thomas Aloysius Lee, an adventurous property developer, conceived of 740 Park as...

from TheBentley

I almost never fail to finish a book, but I read half of this one and just gave up hope. I was hopelessly bored. If you're extremely interested in the intricacies of the high-dollar real estate game, it may be worth it. It wasn't for me.

from BookConcierge

Well, after about 50 pages I started skimming. I managed to get through Chapter 16 (page 216), but then I just gave up. It was too boring.

from thebookbabe

Took me about 5 weeks to read this book - not that it wasn't interesting, but it weighs a ton! Too heavy to cart to & from work so I only read it at night before going to sleep. This was a fascinating look at where the rich live, how they live, and how different they are from folks like me. I'd b...