{"product_id":"developing-my-life-9781954081338","title":"Developing: My Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William Jr. Zeckendorf | Joan Duncan Oliver\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oro Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oro Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Architects \u0026amp; Firms - Monographs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1986, the New York Times called William Zeckendorf Jr. \"Manhattan's most active real-estate developer,\" a judgment borne out by Zeckendorf's fascinating memoir. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The second generation of a legendary family of developers, \"Bill\" Zeckendorf was a developer with a social conscience, not only putting up buildings but opening neglected parts of the city and transforming whole communities. Among the projects Zeckendorf chronicles in detail--and with rich documentary illustrations--are the Columbia, which set off a building boom on the Upper West Side; the four-acre Worldwide Plaza, a landmark in West Midtown; Queens West, the first residential project on the waterfront in Queens; the enormous Ronald Reagan Office Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.; and numerous projects in Santa Fe, his beloved second home.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46319241101463,"sku":"9781954081338","price":2620.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781954081338.webp?v=1768683258","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/developing-my-life-9781954081338","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}