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Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center

by Daniel Okrent

Rockefeller Center as a New York story

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Pulitzer Prize finalist

    The book is described as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

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Rockefeller Center as a New York story

Daniel Okrent uses the making of Rockefeller Center to connect architecture and urban development with the money, politics, business, art, and society shaping midtown Manhattan. The account brings together four figures with distinct roles in the project: John D. Rockefeller, his son Nelson, real estate developer John R. Todd, and architect Raymond Hood. At 560 pages, the book presents the complex as both a suite of buildings and a focal point for a broader history of New York and American ambition.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in the history of New York City and midtown Manhattan.
  • For readers curious about architecture, urban development, and landmark buildings.
  • For readers who enjoy histories connecting business, politics, art, and society.

Themes

Rockefeller Center and urban developmentNew York City historyArchitecture and designMoney, politics, and business

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Book overview

In this hugely appealing book, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, acclaimed author and journalist Daniel Okrent weaves together themes of money, politics, art, architecture, business, and society to tell the story of the majestic suite of buildings that came to dominate the heart of midtown Manhattan and with it, for a time, the heart of the world. At the center of Okrent's riveting story are four remarkable individuals: tycoon John D. Rockefeller, his ambitious son Nelson Rockefeller, real estate genius John R. Todd, and visionary skyscraper architect Raymond Hood. In the tradition of David McCullough's The Great Bridge, Ron Chernow's Titan, and Robert Caro's The Power Broker, Great Fortune is a stunning tribute to an American landmark that captures the heart and spirit of New York at its apotheosis.
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