Peter J. Levy:  

I am still living in Brooklyn; Boerum Hill (7 blocks from the Brooklyn Bridge). My wife, Sandy, and I bought and renovated a loft in the downtown section of Brooklyn 26 years ago. We did most of the design and construction ourselves. We were pioneers in the area. Now the Boerum Hill area is gentrified and filled with up and coming young people. After Lincoln High, I worked at various jobs while attending classes at night. I joined the NY Army National Guard to fullfill my military obligation, but since my Basic Training was delayed for two years, I couldn't get a decent job (an employer would have to hold my job while I was away for six months). I met Sandy, while attending Brooklyn College. We married right after she graduated in 1967. By then I was working in the automotive industry, and I was a part-time student, so I didn't receive my B.A. in Economics until 1971. When the company I worked for was bought out in 1972, we took my severance pay and no-longer "company" car and spent the summer camping across the U.S. When we returned, I began the two year Masters intern program in the TV Center at B.C. I received my M.S. in 1974. My friend and I started a video production company, which I continued after he went on to another career on Wall Street. Soon I found my self directing a...Expand for more