The nearly 1,400-foot tower at 432 Park Avenue, briefly the tallest residential building in the world, was the pinnacle of New YorkвЂ™s luxury condo boom half a decade ago, fueled largely by foreign buyers seeking discretion and big returns. We have a reference to the obscenely tall buildings in midtown that look like shit and nobody likes. We've got the implication that rich people are having a tough time. Here is the headline: The Down Side to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks.

Which leads us to today, and this monumental feat of journalism from NYT real estate reporter Stefanos Chen. For the New York Times, these stories often deal with real estate, or occasionally appear in the lesser-known 'Vows' wedding section. Each publication has its own brand of these: New York magazine publishes a lengthy, completely unbelievable 'roommate from hell' feature at least once every couple of years, GQ or one of the glossy mags will sneak in a truly deranged celebrity profile, et cetera. ( Photo: Flickr/ Doc Searles )Д®very once in a while one of the major outlets publishes a story that fuels you for a whole day, or even several days. 432 Park, the tower in question, is the stupid-looking Tetris block poking up on the right-hand side. New York's skyline looking north from One World Trade.

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