“A history of the American aristocracy.” — New York Post
The New York Post interviews 740 Park author Michael Gross on “NYC’s toniest digs.” Click here to read it.
“Shocking and sometimes tragic,” says Star
“740 Park is the home of some of the world’s wealthiest people. Gross takes readers inside its doorman-protected walls, exposing the shocking and sometimes tragic secrets the building has been guarding for nearly a century.” — Star, October 31, 2005
Galleycat regrets
The folks at mediabistro’s galleycat couldn’t make it to Lotus, but they had their say anyway.
Lotus rocks for 740 Park
Christine Mortimer Biddle, Quintessentially’s Ben Elliot, Radar editor Maer Roshan, Tiffany Dubin, Bergdorf Goodman’s Robert Burke and Peter Gethers of Random House hosted a wild night at Lotus celebrating the publication of 740 Park. See photos of the revelers — including Justin Theroux, Nicole Miller, Denise Hale, Sue Newhouse, Mario Buatta, Douglas Cramer, Janis Savitt, […]
Books that take no prisoners
The Week invites 740 Park author Michael Gross to name his six favorite books.
An “erudite work… about the American Dream.” — The Jewish Week
“At once a soap opera and work of scholarship… it is both a narrowly focused history of a single apartment building and a case study in how wealth, power and perceived social standing changes hands over time. The book probes – and prods and skewers, enticing readers with details of marriages, divorces, wealth squandering, alleged […]
“Incredible wealth: the view from up there.”
Marketplace on American Public Media radio looks up at 740 Park.
740 Park “scintillates.” — Variety
“Hiltons, schmiltons… Michael Gross scintillates readers with Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Chryslers, and Bouviers… A no-holds-barred view into the billionaire lifestyle.” — Variety StylePhile, October 25, 2005
An “embarrassment of riches,” says the New York Times
“One building as [a] microcosm of life on a silver platter… The voyeurism is so giddy that ‘740 Park’ sometimes feels like an extended feat of free-association. The description of an apartment can lead to the owner’s house in Newport – and off we go to European chateaus, Palm Beach, grouse hunting, the Princeton varsity […]
“Class, money and power,” says mediabistro
Blogger extraordinaire Elizabeth Spiers, writing on mediabistro.com, says “740 Park is an extensive biography of the life and history of the world’s richest apartment building. Gross’s impeccable research is beautifully synthesized into a comprehensive narrative about class, money and power. ”