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050 _aHD 268.N5
_b.G127 2005
100 _aGaines, Steven S.
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245 4 _aThe sky's the limit :
_bpassion and property in Manhattan /
_cSteven Gaines.
260 _aNew York :
_bLittle, Brown,
_c2005
300 _avii, 273 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill.
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-256) and index.
505 _aCarriage trade -- Private clubs -- Turned away -- Sutton Place -- Broker to the stars -- The concierge and the landlord -- The Ansonia Hotel -- Billion dollar broker -- Number 1.
520 _aSteven Gaines trains his sharp eye on rich people behaving badly. The arena is Manhattan luxury property and the outlandish displays of ego, outrageous behaviour, blood feuds, status hunger and conspicuous consumption that dominate that world. THE SKY'S THE LIMIT reveals the apartment-swapping adventures of many celebrities - from Jerry Seinfeld to Barbra Streisand, from Tommy Hilfiger to Gloria Vanderbilt - whose adventures in promiscuous apartment swapping and renovating are told with typical Gaines verve and style. And Gaines digs much deeper to tell us the fascinating story of how boxes stacked on boxes came to be seen as the ultimate in status for the rich. He explores the development of the cooperative apartment, originally conceived as a way to house the poor. He introduces us to a fascinating, diverse cast of carriage trade brokers, whose most important task is to get their anxious clients past the dreaded co-op board. And he gives us finely etched portraits of a few of the discreet, elderly society ladies who are the real arbiters of who gets into the so-called Good Buildings."www.shelfari.com"
650 _aApartment houses
_zNew York.
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650 _aApartments
_zNew York (State)
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650 _aResidential real estate
_zNew York (State)
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650 _zNew York (State)
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650 _zNew York.
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650 _zNew York.
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