PhotographsbyKyleDorosz
CESARFABIANI
730 ParkAve.,
threeyearsworkingas
a doorman
What’s anaverageday
like?A lotofgettingcabs.
Wehaveelevatormen,so
theygiveusa heads-up
thata shareholderis
comingdownandthen
I bolttothedoorto
get thema car. My dad
works across the street as
a doorman at 740 Park,
which people call the
Tower of Power; we trade
tricks on how to get cabs
faster. I recently bought
this $500 floodlight—it’s
literally meant for search
and rescue—so if a
shareholder is coming
down at night, I’ll flash it
into the sky. That gets
cabs quicker than sticking
your hand in the air.
Have you ever had
someone try to
get into the building?
Yes, once. This guy comes
in looking for “Miranda.”
But we don’t have anyone
in the building named
Miranda. Suddenly, he
grabs one of my elevator
men. That’s when I
grabbed him. Brought him
down to the ground and
told him to take it easy.
We called the cops,
and let me tell you, the
cops come very fast in this
neighborhood. I live in
Queens, and well—let’s just
say they don’t come quite
as fast there. And with
an amb re
Depart le
thing, too. So yeah, after
that, the only Miranda
he got in touch with
was his Miranda rights.
the look book goes toA DoormanUnionMeetingMembers of SEIU 32BJ, who
work in buildings from Park
Avenue to Washington Square.
interviews by
katy schneider and
jane drinkarddecember 9–22, 2019 | new york 83