Michael, 5th Av and 69th St




Michael has been working for 2 years in the building. Before that he worked as an elevator operator, not far away. He was born in Brooklyn but his Puerto Rican family moved a lot around New York.

He is proud of being a New Yorker because of how colourful and different people are in this city. As a doorman, he enjoys seeing the city as it is moving and living. However, the traffic can make it difficult to order a taxi for a resident.

Right now, he is putting a CD together. If he was to move from New York, he would live in North Carolina, where he did his US Army training a few years ago. He met country type people and liked it a lot.

His strongest memory as a doorman, by far, was the day when a couple got robbed naked in Central Park and found refuge in his lobby. He called the Police and gave them something to cover themselves. They were shocked, but grateful.
Michael says that these sorts of situations often happen to doormen.

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