I used to work a block away, too! (42nd between 3rd and Lex)

MANY years ago there was a big fire in the subway entrance to the #7 train in the Mobil Bldg (150 East 42nd St). The Fire Dept had cleared the street and pushed the public back behind barricades. I had my camera with me and was just walking around snapping pictures and apparently the cops thought I was in the Press... I was talking to tv news reporters Melba Tolliver and James Johnson ("Eyewitness News") and was having a ball... until one of the cops realized I wasn't wearing a Press badge and VERY loudly chased me down the block.