This is my favorite Trump story. The TLDR is that when he put up his Tower he had a chance to get in good with the Manhattan elites. Through his own greed and stupidity he blew his big chance and ended up hated by the people he was desperate to impress.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellisicky/2020/10/03/how-donald-trump-took-down-bonwit-teller-a-fifth-avenue-landmark/