I have a vague memory of taking an elevator in which a man sat on a stool and pushed the buttons for my mother and me. I think it was when I got my first pair of glasses. I also think it was in this building. That is the only time I was ever in the Elgin Tower Building as far as I recall.

Here it is in its glory. It went downhill after that, but instead of demolishing it, the property is now condominiums.

And it is still the city’s tallest structure.