{"product_id":"house-of-outrageous-fortune-fifteen-central-park-west-the-worlds-most-powerful-address-paperback","title":"House of Outrageous Fortune: Fifteen Central Park West, the World's Most Powerful Address - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Gross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Michael Gross's new book...packs [in] almost as many stories as there are apartments in the building. The Jackie Collins of real estate likes to map expressions of power, money and ego... Even more crammed with billionaires and their exploits than 740 Park\" (Penelope Green, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith two concierge-staffed lobbies, a walnut-lined library, a lavish screening room, a private sixty-seat restaurant offering residents room service, a health club complete with a seventy-foot swimming pool, penthouses that cost almost $100 million, and a tenant roster that's a roll call of business page heroes and villains, Fifteen Central Park West is the most outrageously successful, insanely expensive, titanically tycoon-stuffed real estate development of the twenty-first century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \"stunning\" (CNN) and \"deliciously detailed\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, journalist Michael Gross turns his gimlet eye on the new-money wonderland that's sprung up on the southwest rim of Central Park. Mixing an absorbing business epic with hilarious social comedy, Gross \"takes another gossip-laden bite out of the upper crust\" (Sam Roberts, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times)\u003c\/i\u003e, which\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eincludes Denzel Washington, Sting, Norman Lear, top executives, and Russian and Chinese oligarchs, to name a few. And he recounts the legendary building's inspired genesis, costly construction, and the flashy international lifestyle it has brought to a once benighted and socially déclassé Manhattan neighborhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than just an apartment building, 15CPW represents a massive paradigm shift in the lifestyle of New York's rich and famous--and is a bellwether of the city's changing social and financial landscape.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Gross is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eHouse of Outrageous Fortune, 740 Park\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eModel: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eRogues' Gallery\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Unreal Estate\u003c\/i\u003e. A contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eDepartures\u003c\/i\u003e, he created the blog Gripepad and has written for \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe New York Times, New York, Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, The Daily Beast\/Newsweek, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Official hashtag: #focusyourselfie\u003cbr\u003e Facebook: MichaelGrossAuthor\u003cbr\u003e Instagram: @FocusYourSelfie\u003cbr\u003e Twitter: MGrossGripepad\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47584108216573,"sku":"9781451666205","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/K1BKOStCVXVIdFRMK3UxYXVjKzY0QT09.webp?v=1779875610","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/house-of-outrageous-fortune-fifteen-central-park-west-the-worlds-most-powerful-address-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}