Former Editor, New York Construction News

"As only the third editor of New York Construction News, my tenure began on April 20, 1959. Our singular office in the Grand Central office building was so narrow I could touch two walls by extending both arms! Three desks sat one behind the other in what really should have been an elongated broom closet. My then incessant pipe soming would fil the 'coporate suite' with white, billowy clouds that would disapper only when the postman or a visitor opened the door, creating a draft in the one-windo0w office… and Marion and Graham Ford would breathe a sigh of relief.

In December of 1959, we showed 43 new skyscrapers planned or undre construction in New York City, the largest one being the 50-story Grand Central Terminal Office Building that would become known as the Pan Am building. Ironically, the New York Construction News would be displaced by construction . . . and wold move to 342 Madison Avenue and an even smaller 'broom closet' office. An otherwise caring and father-like boss, Graham Ford hated to pay New York City rents.

John R. Kubasek
Former Editor, New York Construction News
and
President
John R. Kubasek & Associates Inc.
Staten Island, N.Y.

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