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 As of 2012 , Manhattan 's real estate market for luxury housing was among the most expensive in the world . 

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 Her influence extends outside fashion . She persuaded Donald Trump to let Marc Jacobs use a ballroom at the Plaza Hotel for a show when Jacobs and his partner were short of cash . More recently , she persuaded Brooks Brothers to hire the relatively unknown Thom Browne . A protégée at Vogue , Plum Sykes , became a successful novelist , drawing her settings from New York 's fashionable élite . 

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 Arts and literary publications include the Columbia Review , the nation 's oldest college literary magazine ; Columbia , a nationally regarded literary journal ; the Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism ; and The Mobius Strip , an online arts and literary magazine . Inside New York is an annual guidebook to New York City , written , edited , and published by Columbia undergraduates . Through a distribution agreement with Columbia University Press , the book is sold at major retailers and independent bookstores . 

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 Manhattan 's most important economic sector lies in its role as the headquarters for the U.S. financial industry , metonymously known as Wall Street . The borough 's securities industry , enumerating 163 @,@ 400 jobs in August 2013 , continues to form the largest segment of the city 's financial sector and an important economic engine for Manhattan , accounting in 2012 for 5 percent of private sector jobs in New York City , 8 @.@ 5 percent ( US $ 3 @.@ 8 billion ) of the city 's tax revenue , and 22 percent of the city 's total wages , including an average salary of US $ 360 @,@ 700 . Wall Street investment banking fees in 2012 totaled approximately US $ 40 billion , while in 2013 , senior New York City bank officers who manage risk and compliance functions earned as much as US $ 324 @,@ 000 annually . 

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 Some New York skyscrapers complemented traditional , cubicle offices linked by corridors , with larger , more open @-@ plan spaces called " general offices " . These maximised the number of workers that could fitted into a given space , and provided for greater flexibility . Expensive corporate suites were also created during the 1930s , especially on Wall Street , typically on the highest levels of the buildings . These were used by the corporate executives and were usually lavishly outfitted in a range of traditional and exotic styles . The lobbies of these skyscrapers remained grand affairs , although some banks now eschewed renting out space to shops and restaurants in favour of a more exclusive atmosphere . The largest skyscrapers held up to 16 @,@ 000 workers , although between 5 @,@ 000 and 10 @,@ 000 was more common , and the buildings held a wide range of services to support them , including beauty salons , private luncheon clubs , chiropodists and gymnasiums . A skyscraper such as the Cities Service Building directly employed over 200 staff to manage and protect the property . The technology within the offices also grew still more sophisticated , with dictating , automatic typing and tabulating machines being used by teams of ever more specialised office workers . 
