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For the next project, the representative Trump Tower, Trump bought an old
department store on Fifth Avenue to use the property. By having the sculptures on
the Art Deco facade destroyed, even though he had promised the Metropolitan
Museum to provide him with the sculptures in return for a tax-deductible donation
receipt, he again drew criticism in the press. For the demolition of the building, which
was very costly due to the construction situation, he deployed numerous illegal
Polish immigrants who had to work under very poor conditions and for low wages. In
order to speed up the construction of the new building, Trump - like many of his
competitors at the time - got involved in companies and unions controlled by the
mafia and with which his lawyer Cohn had good relations. Work on Trump Tower
remained unaffected by a wave of strikes in 1982 . When the building was ready for
occupancy in 1983 , the costs of selling the 266 apartments had already been paid.
Buyers included celebrities such as Steven Spielberg and Michael Jackson. The
shops in the five-story atrium were rented for up to $ 1 million a year. In the 26 .
Trump set up his office on the first floor, and the top three floors were converted into
an extremely luxurious penthouse with 53 rooms for the now five-member family.
It was through this building that bears his name that Trump became famous beyond
the borders of New York. This also increased his creditworthiness, and in 1985 he
was able to buy the Mar-a-Lago property in Florida as another residence. He
appeared on the front cover of the men's magazine GQ, and its owner Si Newhouse
suggested that he publish a book with Trump as the alleged author at his publisher
Random House. Ghostwritten The Art of the Deal became a bestseller in 1987 .
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