House of outrageous fortune : Fifteen Central Park West, the world's most powerful address / Michael Gross.

First Atria Books hardcover edition.

New York, NY : Atria Books, 2014.

xix, 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), plans ; 24 cm

"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 ... social comedy, Gross creates a dishy exposé of today's wealthiest and most famous. This colorful story recounts the record-setting building's inspired genesis, costly construction, and the flashy international lifestyle it has brought to a once benighted and socially déclassé Manhattan neighborhood"--Dust jacket flap.

English

April 07, 2014

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-375) and index.