{"id":1273,"date":"2008-01-04T08:20:11","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T12:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2008\/01\/04\/someones-to-watch-over-me\/"},"modified":"2008-01-04T08:33:02","modified_gmt":"2008-01-04T12:33:02","slug":"someones-to-watch-over-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2008\/01\/someones-to-watch-over-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone(s) to Watch Over Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u00a0If you\u2019ve driven by the Eckhardt Building at 950 Broadway lately, you may have noticed the plywood sheath that is covering two broken windows on the corner of the building (not shown in this photo). At first glance, you\u2019d assume that this isn\u2019t going\u00a0to be a \u201cgood news\u201d type of story, but let me tell you why it is exactly that.<\/p>\n

In the mid afternoon on Christmas Eve, I received a voicemail from Chris Byrd, notifying me of the broken windows (as an aside, Chris knows that long time Central Terminal volunteer, Ben, was recommended by me to the owners of the building a few months ago to act as the chief maintenance man there). Apparently, Marty Biniasz had driven by earlier, saw the broken windows, and called Chris.<\/p>\n

So, upon hearing Chris\u2019 message, I immediately left Ben a voicemail about the problem. I explained that I wasn\u2019t expecting him to drive from Tonawanda to the east side on Christmas Eve, but that I thought that he might contact the owners to have someone do an emergency enclosure. But afterward, I found out that he decided to drive down there as soon as he heard my message anyway.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure how much time elapsed since Marty called Chris and Ben arrived on the scene, but it was probably only a matter of a couple hours. To Ben\u2019s surprise, the two broken windows had already been boarded up! So, Ben went inside to investigate the interior damage. Other than the broken glass, there was none! Judging by the distance the broken glass had traveled inside, it appeared as if the windows had simply just blown in on that windy, snowy day.<\/p>\n

But, the story doesn\u2019t end there. Soon after Ben arrived, one of the owners showed up. Apparently, he had already been notified by Dave Franczyk! And to everyone\u2019s surprise, no one knows just who<\/em> boarded up the windows!<\/p>\n

So, here are the \u201cnice to know\u201d factors of this story:<\/p>\n