Village Under Siege Pt. 2
Finally caught up with my pal Jay McInerney’s obit for the Upper East Side and he got it half-right. But I think the real story’s not the death of the UES; it’s the plague of roaches newly nesting Downtown. Just before my wife and I sold our place off Washington Square and moved to a […]
Gold(berger) Standard
In the new issue of Bergdorf Goodman Magazine (out today), The New Yorker’s architecture critic, Paul Goldberger, lists his ten favorite new buildings in New York. No, your cheesy Chelsea condo tower isn’t among them.
Spy Masters Spreak Freely
Spy co-founders Graydon Carter and Kurt Andersen and their Boswell, George Kalogerakis, engage in a gloriously self-deprecating BG Conversation in the Holiday issue of Bergdorf Goodman Magazine (out later this week). You can read it here. Its even got the Page Six seal of approval.
Beautiful Fall, Great Book, Lousy Title
The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris is, hands down, the best book ever on contemporary fashion. Unlike the cheeky roman a clefs that have such currency, it’s non-fiction and courageous: none of the names have been changed (and what names!!!). Which, alas, is why it’s no surprise that it’s […]
Sock Puppetry Will Get You (Almost) Everywhere
What a way to start your day (and a brand-new blog)! I woke to the news from gawker.com that I’ve got quite a creative detractor [or two] at 740 Park. All I can say is, anonymous negative pejoratives are the highest form of flattery. Oh, and Janet Maslin’s Times review also said, “The curb appeal […]
Back to Press Again
On publication day of the trade paperback edition of 740 Park, Broadway Books announced the third printing of this new edition, making an even dozen trips to press so far.
Paperback Attack
Broadway Books will publish its paperback edition of 740 Park ($15.95) on October 10, 2006. On Sunday October 15 at 1 PM, author Michael Gross will speak at the New York Times Great Reads in the Park series, in a panel discussion on high-end Manhattan real estate, “The Lay of The Land,” along with Frank […]
“Enthralling,” says Maclean’s
740 Park serves up an “enthralling mix of social history, real estate porn and schadenfreude,” says Brian Bethune in “Darling I love you, but give me Park Avenue,” Maclean’s (January 9, 2006).
“As rich as his subjects,” says Forbes FYI
“Real-estate spectators, clear space on your night table: Journalist Michael Gross has opened a peephole to one of Manhattan’s most impenetrable prewar apartment buildings,” writes Taylor Antrim in Forbes FYI. “740 has sheltered dour Mayflower grandees and swashbuckling Wall Street arrivistes; Gross’s thick history gives accounts of them all, tracking along the way the shifting […]