How significant a figure was Abe Pollin at the time?
He was young. We represented not only Abe but his father Morris who was a major plumbing contractor. Morris with assistance from Abe had just built the Rittenhouse apartments there at 16th and Rittenhouse. A big project. So I would say at that point in the late ’50s Abe was a real player. I saw in some profile that Abe Pollin says you’re his right hand and left hand. I don’t know about that. But he’s a wonderful human being. A great deal of fun to work with and for. And I’ll say this for Abe. There have always been interesting projects whether, as in the late ’50s, it was among the first limited partnership syndications on any major scale in Washington; or in 1963, when he bought a one-third interest in the then Chicago Zephyrs NBA team along with his partners, and moved them to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Bullets; or in 1972 to ’73 when he acquired the Capitals nHL expansion franchise and built the Capital Centre. So with Abe it’s always been a treat. Are you still his general c
