The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 Stickers and family compounds to beach

and family compounds to beach houses

and their two moody teenage daughters

In the early 1800s the natural world was a safe and cozy place

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Chernow masterfully captures a man whose career reflected the country’s westward expansion

The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 Stickers and family compounds to beachA sweeping chronicle of four tumultuous years in 1980s New York that changed the city foreverand anticipated the forces that would soon divide the nation New York entered 1986 as a city reborn. Record profits on Wall Street sent waves of money splashing across Manhattan, bringing a battered city roaring back to life. But it also entered 1986 as a city whose foundation was beginning to crack. Thousands of New Yorkers were sleeping in the streets,