Highrise #41

**Harrisburger Hotel** **Art by:** Chris Hytha **Story by:** Mark Houser The rooftop sign advertising the main tenant of this highrise has been a city landmark for more than 40 years, or about as long as the original electric “Harrisburger Hotel” sign lit up the night skies over Pennsylvania’s capital. Politicians and lobbyists once flocked to its Caucus Room lounge to wheel and deal late into the evening. Commissioned by an investment group headed by building contractor Ray Shoemaker, this handsome brick tower features stone false balconies and Art Deco trim. But by 1969, it had declined to the point of hosting a national hobo jamboree. A real estate businessman named Charles Adler and ...View all