Great Fortune
By Daniel Okrent
By Daniel Okrent
By Daniel Okrent
By Daniel Okrent
Category: Arts & Entertainment | 20th Century U.S. History
Category: Arts & Entertainment | 20th Century U.S. History
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$24.00
Nov 30, 2004 | ISBN 9780142001776
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Nov 30, 2004 | ISBN 9781101666906
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Praise
A great book. Nuanced, clever and rollicking, itÆs nonfiction as a work of art. (The New York Observer)
Altogether stirring and vivid and enjoyable. (The New Yorker)
Puckish good humor and elegant prose. (The Wall Street Journal)
Delightful and exhaustive (but never exhausting)à the dazzling, complex story of how New YorkÆs acropolis came to be. (The Smithsonian)
Table Of Contents
A Note to the Reader
Prologue: May 21, 1928 and September 30, 1939
The Heart of This Great City
A Commonplace Person
These Properties Will Be Greatly Increased in Value
I Chose the Latter Course
Architecture Never Lies
Tears of Joy to a Small Business Man
I Like Having a Lot of People Against Me
A Genius
A Hundred Lawsuits
Let Owen Young Do It
Who Designed Rockefeller Center?
Wondering Where I’m Going to Get the Money
Our Architects Deserve to Remain in Chains
Desperate for Business
Give ‘Em Something Better
Ruthlessness Was Just Another Word for Good Business
All the Finns in Helsingfors
What Do You Paint, When You Paint on a Wall?
I Was Not Interested in Sitting and Listening
Visitors Give Him Dollars
The Snake Changing Its Skin
The Kingdom of the World
The Demand is Almost Unbelievable
Epilogue: 1948-2003
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Illustration Credits
Index
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