New York’s Meanest?
The business pages at the New York Post think Ezra Merkin, a resident (above, right) of 740 Park, might be New York’s worst Blue Meanie. It seems he’s spent more fighting an arbitration award to a victim of the Bernie Madoff (above left) mess–he was one of Madoff’s big middlemen–than the size of the award […]
“A Namedropper’s Paradise,” says Library Journal. “A Cultural History of Wealth,” says Publishers Weekly.
The first notices for Unreal Estate are trickling in. “Having portrayed New York’s rich and famous in 740 Park and Rogues’ Gallery, which focused on shenanigans at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gross heads west to investigate the wealthy corners of Los Angeles and the rich who settled there throughout the 20th century,” says Library […]
“Sure to have tongues wagging!”
PureWow Los Angeles–a daily lifestyle tipsheet “for fabulous women of substance”–touts my upcoming pre-publication appearance for Unreal Estate at Las Ventanas in Cabo today. They say the book is “sure to have tongues wagging all over the West Side.” And in Baja, too!
Cash Still King at 740 Park (For Most)
Elise Knutsen of the New York Observer reports that the paper has received a letter from Brown Harris Stevens,the management company for 740 Park Avenue, firmly denying a source’s contention last week that it or the building’s board had any knowledge that one of BHS’s owners, Kent Swig, had borrowed against his 740 apartment (now […]
Model Scoop
Today’s WWD spotlights the re-release of Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women. “The book explores the lives of models and digs up dirt on the vast sums of money, sex, drugs, and back-stabbing that comes with the business,” says fashion’s leading trade newspaper.
Ah, the irony of it
Who’d have thought that the conquering hero who revived Ground Zero would turn out to be Si Newhouse? My latest column in Crain’s New York Business celebrates the mighty magazine mogul who represents just about everything Jihadists hate.
Exclusive Sneak Preview: Unreal Estate
I’m doing my first talk about Unreal Estate at a gourmet dinner in one of the favorite bolt-holes of Angelenos, Las Ventanas Al Paraiso in San Jose del Cabo on the Baja peninsula on October 22. As part of its Hot Type program, galleys–advance reading copies–are given to guests before the book’s release. You can […]
Who’s Afraid of Luxury Real Estate?
A few months back a genius told me she was convinced that luxury real estate had run its course as a subject of fascination. So how come even the Daily Mail in London thinks the spurious tale of the possible foreclosure of Kent and Elizabeth Swig‘s apartment at 740 Park is big news? This story […]
Guess Again at 740 Park
Yesterday, The New York Observer named several 740 Park households that were hit by the headwinds of economic distress in recent years. Today, there’s the first new listing in a long time at the storied tower, and none of the Observered names are involved. Computer gaming mogul Gregory Fischbach and wife Linda, a former fashion […]
The Never-Ending 740 Saga
In today’s New York Observer, Elise Knutsen looks at 740 Park and some of the families there who’ve felt the effects of the Great Recession.