By all accounts, Eliot Spitzer never imagined that Spitzer Enterprises would be his life's work. His father Bernie's real estate empire, the one he built from scratch, would finance Eliot's ambitions. Not circumscribe them.
But that was then. This is now. And apparently, the deposed governor is adjusting.
Mr. Spitzer, who just a few months ago was said to contemplate White House ambitions, now ascends every weekday to the top of the Crown Building, according to sources familiar with the Spitzers. More precisely, the ex-governor reports to the 22nd floor of 730 Fifth Avenue, the French Renaissance-style masterpiece his father co-owns with the Winter Organization.