“Looking Up”

After the Customs Service vacated the building in 1983, it served several other federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It’s now an apartment building. But on closer inspection, particularly eyeing the formidable black eagle above the entrance, one can imagine certain cinematic uses, such as a filming backdrop for “The Man in the High Castle” and other dystopian tales. Add a few banners, a few Brownshirts, a bad haircut or two and suddenly it’s Nuremberg 1934….

“Collect call from Leni Riefenstahl. Will you accept the charges?….”