One-Time Chicago Paper Boy Still Riding High Above Wilshire Blvd.
In the spring of 2006, Liz Arnold penned a fun piece for LA Weekly about Ruben Pardo, the unassuming elevator operator at a mid-Wilshire Art Deco office building. This weekend, 69-year-old Pardo is once again in the media spotlight thanks to a much longer LA Times “Page One” profile.
While the names and businesses of the tenants he caters to have tilted in favor of online media, the rest of the details remain virtually unchanged. Pardo is still humble; he stands-sits as one the city’s last manual elevator operators; and he shows no signs of wanting to retire.
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