How to Pick a Winner

摘要

When you have been in an industry for four decades, your business is your life. This is certainly true for my brother and me. In fact, our interest in real estate and the urban environment arose long before our professional careers began. Our lives have been interwoven with the development of New York City since we were children. We immigrated to the United States as young children, grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, and were quintessential city kids, riding the subways and exploring the neighborhoods across the city. We were always curious about how neighborhoods came into being. Our lifelong personal history in the city is the key to our understanding of how neighborhoods emerge and grow.