"Avery got him one of them good jobs. He working at one of them skyscrapers
downtown."--Doaker
"I'm working down there at the Gulf Building running an elevator. Got a pension
and everything. They even give you a turkey on Thanksgiving."--Avery
downtown."--Doaker
"I'm working down there at the Gulf Building running an elevator. Got a pension
and everything. They even give you a turkey on Thanksgiving."--Avery
Avery in The Piano Lesson works at the Gulf Tower in downtown Pittsburgh running the elevators. The Gulf Tower is an iconic Art Deco skyscraper built in 1932. This was the tallest building in Pittsburgh until the 1970s when the U.S. Steel building was completed. This building still stands at 707 Grant Street. |