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Zeckendorf Empire Falls as Webb & Knapp Fades
Big Bill Zeckendorf once built a real estate empire with assets in Los Angeles Denver Philadelphia St Louis and Chicago and the Webb & Knapp vehicle. The group is in bankruptcy with trustee Mortimer Caplin reporting dim prospects for continuation and Zeckendorf facing mismanagement suits. He publicly professed faith while auctioning parcels to raise cash and spoke of a Denver honor as creditors press for recovery.
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New York
Big Bill Zecendorf
John Cunniff
Zeckendorf
United Nations
Los Angeles
Denver
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Chicago
Webb & Knapp Inc
Webb & Knapp
Mortimer M. Caplin
Internal Revenue
Caplin