Gothamist: Doorman Robs Sutton Place Apartment Building

Diction Fairy

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 10:50:08 -0500

Persons are robbed. Premises are burgled. Or burglarized, if you prefer. But not robbed. DF

the crossfader

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 10:45:13 -0500

and the culprit is . . . "Old Man Smithers!" "And would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for that pesky video camera"

ziegfeld

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:20:11 -0500

This reminds of a safety seminar I attended at the Cornell Club several years ago. Conducted by the first woman detective in the NYPD, it made the point that many doormen are retirees, earning a modest wage, who observe tenants' comings and goings every day. She asserted that most apartment thefts are "inside jobs" and that upper floor apartments are most at risk. She urged tenants to not leave copies of keys with the building or allow routine access.

az

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:09:05 -0500

I live on E47th and 2nd and I know all about the areas identity crisis. I usually tell people I live in East midtown, but I have also heard people refer to it as turtle bay. UES doesn't start until at least 60.

Frankenstein

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:58:00 -0500

Seems to me that you have to at least get into the 60s before you can start saying "Upper East Side" (or "Upper West Side", for that matter). Note that _West Side Story_, which is set in the mid-sixties, is not called _Upper West Side Story_.