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Sol Goldman, a Brooklyn grocer’s son who built one of New York City’s great fortunes buying and selling real estate for more than half a century. In 1976, Mr. Goldman remained the city’s largest private landlord - and at the time among the most unpopular in the city - in command of more than 400 buildings assessed at $450 million. He made his comeback, and in the boom of the mid-1980’s was reported to control close to 600 properties.
William Zeckendorf Jr. then described Mr. Goldman as the ”ultimate real-estate investor.”
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/19/obituaries/sol-goldman-major-real-estate-investor-dies.html
Another quote:
Mrs. Goldman conceded that she had visited a psychiatrist. Anyone would, she said, under the circumstances.
”I had to learn how to live with that strange family.”
