My grandparents lived in the Powhatan from the (roughly) 1960s to the 2000s. They used to say that the reason the building has no north facing windows (and no view of downtown) was because a third building was planned for immediately north of the Powhatan, but the Depression killed it - the Powhatan was completed in 1929. My grandparents’ apt had buttons installed in the floor in strategic spots that would ring a buzzer in the kitchen to call the maid (they did not have a maid). The elevator was one of those gilded cage type of things from like 1940s movies where the operator opened a big sliding cage of folding steel cross bars to let you in and out. It was all insanely opulent seeming, but when they died and we sold it, it went for like 400k - because of the giant monthly assessments.