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For seventy-five years, it's been Manhattan's richest apartment building, and one of the most lusted-after addresses in the world. One apartment had 37 rooms, 14 bathrooms, 43 closets, 11 working fireplaces, a private elevator, and his-and-hers saunas; another at one time had a live-in service staff of 16. To this day, it is steeped in the purest luxury, the kind most of us could only imagine, until now. The last great building to go up along New York's Gold Coast, construction on 740 Park finished in 1930. Since then, 740 has been home to an ever-evolving cadre of our wealthiest and most…

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3 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2007
    Broadway Books · 9780307418760
  • Paperback · English · 2006
    Broadway · 576 pages · 9780767917445
  • Other · English · 2005
    Broadway · 576 pages · 9780385512091
740 Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.)Apartment housesApartmentsBiographyBuildings, structuresEconomic conditionsHistoryRich people