High-profile residents include billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder of the Blackstone Group, who bought the apartment once occupied by John D. Rockefeller Jr.; designer Vera Wang, and John Thain, the last chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch.

Celebrities like Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor and Barbara Walters have reportedly been rejected by the building. Real estate insiders say residents of the building are so rich that their staff eats takeout from Le Cirque and Daniel.