“I said, 'I will build you this incredible, gorgeous, gleaming hotel. I will put people to work in the construction trades and save hotel jobs and the Grand Central area will come around.”

— Donald J. Trump

So the city made the deal.
The Empire and Ego of Donald Trump
New York Times
1983-08-07
Marilyn
Bender
http://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/07/business/the-empire-and-ego-of-donald-trump.html
1980s

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