Annals Of Ridiculous Wealth: Meet The Tenants Of 15 Central Park West

Fortune:

It's the latest entry into the annals of ridiculous wealth, and some of Wall Street's biggest names are getting ready to move in: Brand-new 15 Central Park West has been causing a fuss ever since it sold out its $2 billion worth of real estate in less than two years. Hedge funder Daniel Loeb raised eyebrows when he paid $45 million, or $4,200 a square foot, for his pad on the "tower" side two years ago, but it turned out to be a value play: Sandy Weill paid $6,200 a square foot for his.

Sandy Weill "House" side penthouse,$42.4 million Weill's new spread has four bedrooms and a 1,979-foot wraparound terrace.

Daniel Loeb "Tower" side, $45 million The price reportedly paid by hedge fund manager Loeb set a record when he was one of the first buyers two years ago; now it's a bargain.

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Comments

[Kendo Nagasaki]

Lets face it, rich people get rich off the backs of poor people. It is a sad irony that in supposedly the richest country in the world there are citizens who cannot afford healthcare or housing. I know, the rich call them lazy bastards, but how about those homeless Veterans returning from Iraq ?

The other irony is that if people were paid decent wages they could perhaps more easily make their mortgage payments. Henry Ford had the view that his workers should earn enough to buy one of his cars. Now the philosophy is more like - suck up, kick down.

[geobushono]

I'm sure if they try, they can see people huddling over sewer grates.

[kdjoins]

Another ridiculous headline from HuffPo. People are free to spend their money the way the want to. HuffPo is going to hell fast.
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[JScott]

It's ok but you'd think that every unit would get a terrace not just some of em.

[ohiomark]

Look kiddies, another class envy story.

Wealthy this, ultra rich that, when do I get mine.......blah, blah, blah.

[robinhood1]

Does that mean that 740 park Avenue is now relegated to dowager status? Glass of water for Mr. Schwarzman and the missus.

[Weathermaker]

I really don't give a shit when rich people spend their money on stuff like this. I don't care if they leave everything to their pet. The problem is when they spend their money on media and politicians. In no other country does the poor class vote so stupidly against their own interests. How a person on minimum wage thinks universal healthcare is bad or less important than dudes kissing is beyond me.

[leftLibertarian]

I wish I had more money.

[WIpatriot]

Ooh-la-la, I am impressed. Not envious, just impressed.

[fact finder]

Answer me this if you have the guts.Why do you close comments on shooting story's when most post disagree with the Brady Philosophy. BTW How are Sarah and Jim doing.? Well I hope in spite of their misguided efforts.

[curiousasheck]

Thanks to a federal bureaucracy that could not even helicopter bottled water to desperate people trapped in plain sight on highway overpasses in New Orleans in 2005 these guys have it made.

[tililek]

And at the other end of the income and influence scale we have the government advocating a poll tax, just so some can flaunt their wealth and power. (And they pay the least amount of tax in relation to what they receive)

The world always reverts to power and wealth and the poor always pay for it.