Donald J. Trump at his father’s side, 1973 standing atop Trump Village, Fred Trump’s last major Brooklyn project. At the time, Donald was an apprentice, learning the real estate trade directly from Fred, who built thousands of middle-income apartments across New York.
Here, Donald absorbed the fundamentals: how to secure financing, negotiate with contractors, and manage large-scale developments. Fred’s focus was always the outer boroughs practical housing built with government support. But for Donald, this period was the turning point.
By the mid-1970s, he would rename the family company The Trump Organization, expand into Manhattan, and begin pursuing the kind of bold, high-profile projects that would define his career.
📸 Barton Silverman, The New York Times/Redux
Sources: Time Magazine, Smithsonian, Washington Post, New York Times, Cornell University
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