His was not one apartment house but eight in a mammoth complex facing Central Park.
Any attempt to resurrect the mammoth faces an elephantine gauntlet of challenges, including the DNA-shattering effects of frost and time, and the rather unhelpful reproductive tract of the eventual surrogate parent the elephant.
Most of Microsoft, and most of its promising bits, would be independent of Windows.Microsoft's handling of the antitrust case against it is strikingly different from the behaviour of IBM, which also faced a mammoth government antitrust case from 1969 to 1982, when it dominated the world's computer industry.
In the past five years he has photographed in 40 Chinese cities and recently completed a mammoth project, "The New Face of the Cities of China".
The first-innings centurion Shaun Marsh and captain Michael Clarke helped Australia to 288 for three at stumps and South Africa seem likely to face a mammoth target.
In the meantime, the authorities face a mammoth task in trying to shut down illegal waste exports, including e-waste which is sent to the developing world where components are melted down in often primitive conditions.
A private-equity buyer would face a mammoth task streamlining Jaguar and returning it to profit.Worse still, smaller car companies could suffer from proposed European environmental legislation that might limit average carbon-dioxide output from vehicles across a manufacturer's range.
"We either act now or millions will pay the price," said Mark Goldring, chief executive of Oxfam GB. "We face a mammoth task of getting massive levels of aid to people at the worst time of the year when rains make many areas hard to reach and turn roads into rivers of mud".
Cariocas and their political leaders face a mammoth task, one that might be prone to corruption and inefficiency.
BBC London 94.9's Kevin Hand: "Middlesex face a mammoth task, on a turning pitch, to save the game on the final day.
