[PRCo] McGraw-Hill

[Bob Rathke]

I visited McGraw-Hill magazine editors in the green building when I worked
in Manhattan in 1968.  By 1989,  the last time I had a research project
there, McGraw-Hill offices were in Rockefeller Center.

Bob 3/2/04

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Geissenheimer" <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 1:21 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1936___Flood -Verona


> Fred and all
> I was 15 years old in 1943 when I found an Electric Ry Journal copy
> in a used magazine store in NY.  The McGraw Hill Bldg was on 42d
> street so I went over there after school to buy a copy.  The guard in
> the lobby referred me to their library up stairs.  I learned that they
> had the entire set still on file.  I went up...found the librarin very
> suspicous of me.  Convinced he that really was interested.
>
> She found me a bound copy of the previous year and she hovered
> over me while read parts of it.  Each time I came back, she was less
> guarded.  Eventually she even told me about their magazine Bus
> Transportation.
>
> I was in.
>
> For the next 5 or 6 years, I would stop by and  glance at another year
> or so.
> A wonderfull experience...going back to horse car days and finally the
> Tranasit
> Journal.  A real benefit of my growing up on Manhattan Island.
>
> The green McGraw Hill bldg is still there on 42d Street near the bus
> terminal.  MH moved elsewhere.  A bit of history, the Hill Bldg (Before
> merger) is still there at 36th Street and 10th Ave)
>
> I really appreciated the interest of these librarians.
>
> Harold Geissenheimer
RR