Is this character (see below) hailing a cab or shouting her new elevator speech at every passerby? It's actually me waving good-bye to my cabby in NYC. This illustration, by Agnes Lee, accompanies my tiny New York Times story that appeared Sunday in "Metropolitan Diary." Read it here. Scroll to "Pan Am Building."
On a trip to Manhattan last year, I remembered how my Dad and I used to ask cabbies to drive through the Pan Am Building, when I was a kid. Yes! It was a building you could drive through.
My tiny story about it appeared in this past Sunday's issue of The New York Times "Metropolitan Diary." If you missed it, here's the link. Scroll to "Pan Am Building."
Any New Yorkers or former New Yorkers remember that building? If so, I’d love to hear from you!