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Index
Praise for GREAT FORTUNE
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
A Note to the Reader
PROLOGUE: May 21, 1928, and September 30, 1939
ONE: The Heart of This Great City
TWO: A Commonplace Person
THREE: These Properties Will Be Greatly Increased in Value
FOUR: I Chose the Latter Course
FIVE: Architecture Never Lies
SIX: Tears of Joy to a Small Business Man
SEVEN: I Like Having a Lot of People Against Me
EIGHT: A Genius
NINE: A Hundred Lawsuits
TEN: Let Owen Young Do It
ELEVEN: Who Designed Rockefeller Center?
TWELVE: Wondering Where I’m Going to Get the Money
THIRTEEN: Our Architects Deserve to Remain in Chains
FOURTEEN: Desperate for Business
FIFTEEN: Give ’Em Something Better
SIXTEEN: Ruthlessness Was Just Another Word for Good Business
SEVENTEEN: All the Finns in Helsingfors
EIGHTEEN: What Do You Paint, When You Paint on a Wall?
NINETEEN: I Was Not Interested in Sitting and Listening
TWENTY: Visitors Give Him Dollars
TWENTY-ONE: The Snake Changing Its Skin
TWENTY-TWO: The Kingdom of the World
TWENTY-THREE: The Demand Is Almost Unbelievable
EPILOGUE: 1948–2003
Photographs
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
Index
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