Reminder: Gibney’s Park Avenue Airs Monday
Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream, Alex Gibney‘s documentary inspired by 740 Park: The Story of the World’s Richest Apartment Building, airs Monday night at 10 PM on PBS. Bloomberg BusinessWeek calls it “Trenchant, dishy,” and says it bristles with “savage indignation.” In the wake of this week’s election and the coming debate […]
Haute Fashion Houses
The former homes of both Halston and Richard Avedon are currently on the market and they’re the subject of my latest Unreal Estate column in the November issue of Avenue Magazine. That’s Paul Rudolph‘s floating staircase in the Halston house at right, lined with former owner Gunther Sachs‘ photo of Claudia Schiffer‘s luscious lips.
“Trenchant, dishy…savage indignation.” –BusinessWeek on Gibney’s Park Avenue
Bloomberg BusinessWeek reviews Alex Gibney’s documentary based on 740 Park: The Story of the World’s Richest Apartment Building, and critic Greg Evans gives it a rave and 3 1/2 stars. It airs on PBS November 12th at 10PM.
Boom of Doom: Updated
The Daily Beast asked me to write an essay on being evacuated from my home last Monday, a victim of luxury real estate as much as Hurricane Sandy. Hoist by my own petard, one might say. Donald Trump’s photo of Extell’s floppy crane–the cause of the evacuation–is above. UPDATE: Monday night at 8:30 PM, six […]
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. […]