ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW.(The Talk of the Town)(Central Park condominiums)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 24-NOV-03

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Let's say you're looking to drop fifteen or twenty million on a condo in the new, twin-towered Time Warner Center, on Columbus Circle. What might you be getting? Four or five thousand square feet, for a start. His and hers marble bathrooms. Ten-foot ceilings, nine-foot windows. A "world-class location." The "most commanding view of any residences overlooking Central Park." The list of perks and amenities goes on. But now, if your bedroom faces north (as most do), you'll get the added privilege of waking up each morning to a personal greeting from Donald Trump: "Your views aren't so great, are they? We have the real Central Park views and address! Best Wishes, 'The Donald.' "

By "we," the Donald means his Trump International Hotel and Tower,...

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