Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Irvin Feld


IrvinFeld, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Buckles,

I'm pretty sure Bob Swaney trumps me with the awesome Tim Holst card - but I'll show my cards and let the bloggers call the hand...

Mark Riddell

Posted by Buckles at 2/03/2010 10:14:00 AM

13 comments:

Buckles said...

THE BIG "I".


Chic, don't say a word!

03 February, 2010 10:16
Chic Silber said...

I stands mute

03 February, 2010 10:30
Chic Silber said...

So I lied

This is the address of the 2nd

DC office which just happened to

be a couple of blocks from where

the Feld's (Irvin & Shirley) lived

and in a complex with Irvin's

favorite specialty food market

& high line deli (Sutton Place)

The original DC office on 18th St

downtown was my favorite

Not sure when they moved out to

McLean & Vienna Virginia

03 February, 2010 10:58
jerry digney said...

my office was at the original location, 18th & K, 75-79; i lived adjacent to Georgetown and walked to work--it was terrific. the offices were brightly circus themed and the lobby on the 8th floor was very festive.

03 February, 2010 13:09
Chic Silber said...

Yes Jerry it was very festive

wih Gargantua greeting you

as you go off the elevator

1015 was mid block between K & L

03 February, 2010 17:09
José Thomas said...

Chic:

Actually that was Gargantua II but who's counting?

03 February, 2010 19:10
FRANK CURRY said...

To Chic and Jerry,
When Irv hired me, in October 1967,
our office was at 1250 Connecticut Avenue, across the street from the Mayflower Hotel. Which, by the way,
gave me a "killer" rate.
Our office was the Super Shows/RBBB Office.

03 February, 2010 20:09
Chic Silber said...

I stand corrected Frank as I never

saw that office as it was before

my time on the show staff

Although the Mayflower may have

discount room rates the service

girls come pretty steep

And José sorry about confusing

the generation of that stuffed

gorilla but they all look pretty

much alike to me

It was however top shelf plush

Talk about flashing a joint

03 February, 2010 23:26
FRANK CURRY said...

Chic, I agree with you re the "Mayflower service".
However, I find, in the long run, that is the least expensive way to travel.

04 February, 2010 19:44
Chic Silber said...

Yup Frank we've learned (and

sometimes the hard way) that

there's "no free lunch"

You get to pay 1 way or another

(or both)

04 February, 2010 22:45
Henry Schroer said...

When we played DC we where always invited to a party at Irvins penthouse. He loved to play poker and we where expected to bring money and play at the big poker table he had in the middle of the room. One year young Pio Nock lost quite a bit and Irvin was winning but then it changed around and Pio started to win, he won at least a couple of thousand dollar. I remember Irvin not looking to happy that evening. Gunther had to play as well and always quit after he lost 100 dollar or so, not knowing how to play to start with. He just didn't wanted to say no when Irvin ask him to sit down and play. I always lost, never took one dollar home.

05 February, 2010 05:27
johnny herriott said...

Henry; I remember it well. I never gambled and to loose a hundred would have been devastating in those days. I recall Charly Barnum getting in the game and also Swhartzie and Morgan. For the readers it was always a combined Sundat night affair when either the Blue or Red would bein Wash. and Balt. at the same time. Invites were like a Whos Who with the Co. I recall getting souzed at the little bar with Earl Duryea. He booked the buildings. Quite an affair.

05 February, 2010 08:08
Buckles said...

While browsing around I came across a framed letter on the wall from P.T. Barnum to the New York Sun.
Mr. Barnum's hand writing was almost illegible and while I was trying to make sense out of it Kenneth came up and I said, "Quite a document".
He explained that he had bought it from a circus fan for his father's birthday.
I inquired, "Might I ask what you paid for it?" and he answered, "More than I wanted to but a lot less then he was asking!"

05 February, 2010 09:30

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