Better late than never to welcome everyone to 2015. I have been hard at work on a new project that I hope will take off this year. It has left me with little time to offer my usual commentary on the inane.
I did finish Skyscraper Dreams by Tom Shachtman (1991), the subtitle of which is The Great Real Estate Dynasties of New York. A good read for anyone interested in that industry in that city. And it arguably doubles as a bit of Jewish history as well. Published over twenty years ago, it concludes as the country is in recession and there is a bit of uncertainty about what will be coming next. Except to say, the dynasties understood that if they had patience and staying power, they were in an asset in a location where losses would eventually be recovered and generational wealth could continue to grow.
