Way to go, Extell
Around the corner from my apartment is One57, the new Billionaire’s Club, which is right now showing the world that all the money in the world can’t keep trouble from your doorstep. Developer Gary Barnett isn’t making any friends in my neighborhood right now. When I wrote this , I sure had no clue what […]
Watch Alex Gibney’s “Park Avenue” now on Hulu
Alex Gibney‘s Park Avenue documentary inspired by my book 740 Park is now streaming for free on Hulu. Please like its Facebook page, too.
Genuine Authentic: A Look Back at Ralph Lauren
Bloomberg Game Changers featured Ralph Lauren in a half hour documentary last night–and you can watch it below. Then, if you want the warts-and-all story behind the success story the show highlights, seek out a copy of Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren. You can buy a copy here.
Introducing ‘On the Flip Side’
Alexa Luxe Living, a new New York Post quarterly on luxury real estate, was introduced today. And with it, my new On the Flip Side column, a recurring profile on real estate obsessives. My first subject: Michael Hirtenstein, the man who made Extell’s Gary Barnett foam at the mouth. Click here and turn to page […]
In the matter of Greg Smith and Goldman Sachs
Speaking of Greg Smith and his $1,5000,000 soon-to-be-remaindered-in-place book on Goldman Sachs, I don’t like being an I told you so, but I told you so in The Times’ “Muppet” Show back in April. I’m glad to see that James B. Stewart agrees.
NY Post toasts Alex Gibney’s “Park Avenue” documentary
“Gross delights in telling inside stories about the gaudy world of master-of-the-universe apartments,” Max Gross (no relation) writes in an article in today’s New York Post on Alex Gibney’s “Park Avenue” documentary, based on 740 Park. The Post also sneaks the name of the worst tipper at 740 Park, which is revealed in Gibney’s film. […]
At the Acne
The 14th issue of Acne Paper, a lavish, oversized custom publication, is a tribute to New York City and features an interview with me by Freddie Campion about luxury real estate, focused on 740 Park and my upcoming book on Fifteen Central Park West. If you don’t mind loading a PDF file, you can find […]
(740) Park Avenue by Alex Gibney: The Trailer
Watch Is the American Dream Out of Reach? on PBS. See more from Independent Lens.
Through the looking glass
How do you make a documentary for a series called Why Poverty? based on a book about a plutocrat palace? That’s what Kim Velsey asks in this New York Observer post on the soon-to-be-released movie, Park Avenue. When the Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney called to see if he could buy the rights to 740 Park […]
Oscar Winner Alex Gibney Films 740 Park
The Hollywood Reporter just revealed a secret I’ve been keeping since last year. Alex Gibney, the acclaimed documentarian, has acquired and made a film version of 740 Park. It’s called Park Avenue: Money, Power and The American Dream and it will air on PBS on November 12th as part of the international Why Poverty? documentary […]