
Plot
A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures. Made at a time when the city was experiencing unprecedented real estate development on the one hand and unforeseen displacement of population and deterioration on the other. Empire City is the story of two New Yorks. The film explores the precarious coexistence of the service-based midtown Manhattan corporate headquarters with the peripheral New York of undereducated minorities living in increasing alienation.
Trailer
Cast

Donald Trump
Self

Ed Koch
Self

Jane Jacobs
Self

Elia Kazan
Self

Norman Mailer
Self

Arthur Miller
Self

Jason Robards
Self - Narrator (voice)