Elvis is in the House

Did I mention that my apartment building superintendent’s name is Elvis? Maybe it figures.

Back in 2000, I went on a Municipal Art Society bus tour of the Brooklyn waterfront. It was simply fabulous. I’ll never forget it. We drove through the Bush Terminal area and went inside the Brooklyn Army Terminal building. Cass Gilbert, a skyscraper pioneer who also designed The Woolworth Building, designed it.

We drove by the building in the van ride down 2nd Avenue (becomes Ridge Boulevard in Bay Ridge) on the way home from Costco the other day. Check the satellite view to see the building. It’s enourmous. Zoom in and you can see the inner atrium where the train came into the building.

Probably few remember that Elvis was in the BAT house also. It was one of the few times he rode on a train. BTW, Bush Terminal is on the waterfront in Sunset Park, down the hill from where I was born on 43rd Street (close to the entrance to Sunset Park and the pool).

I have photos of Nana’s brownstone on my Dell (in U-Haul storage). Now that would have been a great inheritance if it were still in the family. My mom and sister Signe sold it long ago before the Brooklyn renaissance for about $6,000. What’s it worth now? Don’t ask.