A Beautiful Mind ......

[Insidious Von]

At that time the Duponts and Rockefeller were probably the wealthiest families. Joe Kennedy made a ton of money buying land in mid-town Manhattan in 1942 when it appeared that the U.S. would lose the war. Jean Paul Getty probably the wealthiest individual.

Fred Trump made a ton of money buying land in Queens in the 1950's. He took advantage of a power vacuum in NYC when John D Rockefeller II health started to fail. The elder Trump was a cold. hard man who didn't mind stepping on toes to get what he wanted. He played the Julius Caesar card well splitting the Italians into opposite camps. NY Mayor Vincent Impellitteri was his ally while he froze out Andrea Cuomo.

John D Rockefeller II, missed out on the WiFi party. The bio says that the studio Lamar and Anthiel worked in belonged to JFK but I suspect Joseph Kennedy actually owned it.

 

[Darts]

The elder Trump was a cold. hard man who didn't mind stepping on toes to get what he wanted. He played the Julius Caesar card well splitting the Italians into opposite camps. NY Mayor Vincent Impellitteri was his ally while he froze out Andrea Cuomo.

There was a 10 year period when work took me to NYC 4-8 times a year. There's a tall green building in Long Island City Queens and I have been there for a few meeting and at least one course. Yes, lot of Italians in Queens and surrounding ares. Bensonhurst is or was a famous Italian enclave in Brooklyn (not Queens).

"In the early 20th century, many Italians and Jewish migrants moved into the neighborhood, and prior to World War II, the neighborhood was about equally Jewish and Italian.[17] In the 1940s, under pressure of an influx of immigrants from southern Italy moving in, leaving the area predominantly Italian. Traditionally, most of the Italians in the area lived in the small apartment buildings centered around the Bay Parkway corridor, with the Jews mostly in the private homes."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bensonhurst,_Brooklyn

Italians in New York City - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Anbarandy]

For anyone interested, there is a documentary about Hedy Lamarr on tonight at 9pm on TVO channel 2.

 

[y2kmark]

When Mel Brooks made Blazing Saddles, Harvey Korman though it would make a great running gag to use her name. He asked permission, co-writer Richard Pryor didn't know who she was.

There were a few times where Richard Pryor didn't know who HE was...

 

[y2kmark]

Fred Trump made a ton of money buying land in Queens in the 1950's. He took advantage of a power vacuum in NYC when John D Rockefeller II health started to fail.

Didn't Robert Moses also take some advantage of that same power vacuum? Did he and Fred know each other?