Eric on The Road

Journeys into the offbeat, off the beaten path, overlooked and forgotten - by Eric Model

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Passing: Empire State Building Pioneer (NPR)

From NPR News:

Weekend Edition Saturday
January 19, 2008

Jack Broad, the last "original" tenant of the Empire State Building who still worked there, died this month at age 98. He started a business in the New York landmark soon after the building opened in 1931. He loved the building, which he called a "cathedral of commerce."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18255129

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