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<p>[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 71983, member: 201"]It turns out my mother's building has a name, the "World's Tower Building," and an interesting story. This NY Times article tells the story and has a closeup shot of the creatures adorning the building...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/realestate/04scape.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/realestate/04scape.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/realestate/04scape.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>More factoids... Ralph Ginzburg, publisher of "Eros," "Avant Garde" and "Fact" magazines, had offices in the building, probably after his conviction and time in jail for mailing obscene material.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is getting more and more interesting. According to an article I found in Google Books, the building was home to several movie production and/or distribution companies in the 1910s, including this one...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18661[/ATTACH] </p><p> [ATTACH=full]18662[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It's amazing all the interesting things connected in some way with one's life that you'd never have a clue about if it weren't for the wonderful world of web searches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 71983, member: 201"]It turns out my mother's building has a name, the "World's Tower Building," and an interesting story. This NY Times article tells the story and has a closeup shot of the creatures adorning the building... [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/realestate/04scape.html[/URL] More factoids... Ralph Ginzburg, publisher of "Eros," "Avant Garde" and "Fact" magazines, had offices in the building, probably after his conviction and time in jail for mailing obscene material. This is getting more and more interesting. According to an article I found in Google Books, the building was home to several movie production and/or distribution companies in the 1910s, including this one... [ATTACH=full]18661[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]18662[/ATTACH] It's amazing all the interesting things connected in some way with one's life that you'd never have a clue about if it weren't for the wonderful world of web searches.[/QUOTE]
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