Some old Observer writing on Wall Street and New York real estate:

Goldman’s Rococo PR Prince, Van Praag, Slays Febrile Chimera (2010)
Mr. Bubble’s Back: Greg Lippmann Leaves a Glorious Bust Behind (2010)
Portrait of the Banker as a 29-Year-Old (2010)
Penny Stock Pataki (2010)
Waah Street: Executives, Emotion, and Outbursts of Obama Rage (2010)
Circus Fabulous! Lloyd Blankfein & Co. vs. the U.S. Senate (2010)
The Princess and the Pincuses (2009)
Dolly Lenz, One of Real Estate’s Greatest Killers, Falls to Earth (2009)
The Apthorp as Waterloo, featuring Rabbis, Ants, Guns (2009)
Mrs. Astor’s Prodigal Son Comes Home To Sell It (2008)
Manifest Destiny in the Outer Boroughs: the Brokers are Coming (2007)
A $62 Million House Makes Mad Manhattan Meaningless (2007)