Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Escalators, not over the hill

“The first thing they’d say was, ‘Please tell me you’re keeping the wooden escalators’”: “Macy’s Historic Wooden Escalators Survive Renovation” (The New York Times ).

[Bonus points if you recognize the source of the post title.]

comments: 4

Fresca said...

So... what is the source of the title?

Michael Leddy said...

A recording by Carla Bley and Paul Haines and others, Escalator over the Hill .

Michael Leddy said...

P. S.: I altered the title of the preceding post to add a Nancy Sinatra overtone. :)

Michael Leddy said...

Oops — it wasn’t preceding. (Tired!)