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(#6) A Lot Of Criminals Live In Trump Tower
Most of Trump Tower's tenants are wealthy people you've never heard of, and a select few have been involved in all manner of illegal activities.
There's Hillel Nahmad, an art collector, who's been in the building since 1999. In 2014 he went to prison for running a gambling ring. One of his neighbors, Ernie Garcia, plead guilty to bank fraud in 1990; another tenant, Jose Maria Marin, is serving a prison sentence after trying to bribe members of the FIFA board.
Steven Hoffenberg, who served 18 years in prison for running fraudulent businesses, believes, "Mr. Trump is very objective. Renting space has nothing to do with color or race or indictment. It has to do with if you can pay the rent."
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(#7) The Building Isn't As Tall As Trump Says It Is
Trump has a proven record of misconstruing facts. While many of his incorrect assertions involve global politics or national law, it turns out his knowledge of Trump Tower is also somewhat foggy.
Officially, all of Trump Tower's marketing claims the building is 68 stories tall, but that's only true if you buy into some tricky math. When constructing the building, workers skipped over floors 6-13, as well as 27-29. Even though the top of the building is technically floor 68, there are not 67 stories below it.
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(#13) You're Not Going To Bump Into The President
Even though he owns a third of the building, residents aren't likely to run into the president any time soon.
It might seem like Trump would spend all his free in the tower, especially after the Pentagon signed an 18-month, $2.5 million deal to install a command post next to his penthouse. However, the president is actually most commonly found at the White House or in Florida at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
While a Trump sighting is unlikely, tourists could totally run into Paul Manafort – the president's former campaign manager who's facing heat from the Mueller investigation –as he owns a penthouse just a few floors below Trump.
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(#2) It's Aesthetically Gorgeous, But The Walls Are Thin
The tower may be beautiful, but it wasn't built using sound-proof materials. An anonymous tenant told NY Mag "the construction is shoddy," leading to condos with "thin walls." This tenant assumes:
Everything was done to cut corners but to make it look really beautiful. I mean, the apartments are gorgeous. But that doesn’t mean that you’d look underneath... I said to a friend that if you sneeze in Apartment 4A, they say 'God bless you' in 37C.
The tenant went on to blame the poor construction for the rule against making too much noise after 4pm.
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(#12) Realtors Are Trying To Capitalize On The Hubub
Even though many are turned off by Trump Tower's affiliation with the President of the United States, realtors are trying to make the best of the situation.
Realtor Julius A. Liu of NY NY Condo Inc. has attempted to turn around many of the negatives associated with the tower. He says the biggest selling point of Trump Tower is the added security—even if some residents aren't crazy about it. According to Liu, "It's an inconvenience to some, but there are people who say, 'You know what? This is the safest building in the city now.'"
The real estate company Douglas Elliman has begun to tout one of their properties in the building as "the best value in the most secure building in Manhattan." They even refer to the Secret Service as "The New Aminity [sic]."
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(#11) The Building Lacks Many Fire Safety Precautions
In early 2018 Trump Tower caught fire and the ensuing blaze killed Todd Brassner, a 67-year-old an art collector. According to many of Brassner's friends, the collector hated living in the building, likening it to an "armed camp" after Trump was elected president.
Allegedly, Brassner tried to get rid of his apartment multiple times "before and after the election" but found "he couldn't give it away" once people heard Trump owned the building.
According to the BBC, the building doesn't have a sprinkler system in place because it was constructed in 1983, before New York City required skyscrapers to include fire safety precautions. Since owners are not required to install sprinklers until they start work on a major renovation, the building is still sprinkler-free as of 2018.
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Trump Tower is a skyscraper located in the central area of New York. This building was originally called the Manhattan Bank Building. Donald Trump bought the building in 1995 and changed its name. This building has a total of 70 floors and was completed in 1930. It was the tallest building in the world at that time. Trump Tower was designed by H. Craig Severance together with many well-known architects.
In 1998, Trump Tower was officially recognized as one of the landmarks of New York. More people are interested in its luxurious and splendid interior designs. Here the random tool will show 15 details about its inside.
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