SID. YOU SEE CITY HALL ON THE NEWS NEARLY EVERY DAY, BUT THAT’S JUST THE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL. IT’S ONCE YOU GO INSIDE THAT YOU MEET THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY THE HEART OF THE BUILDING. HEY, LAURA. HOW ARE YOU? PEOPLE LIKE SID GROSSMAN. HE’S LIKELY ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE YOU’LL SEE AT CITY HALL. IT KEEPS ME ALIVE. I LOVE PEOPLE. THAT MUCH IS CLEAR. AT 91.5 YEARS OLD. SID HAS WORKED THE INFORMATION DESK AT CITY HALL FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. IT’S HIS THIRD JOB SINCE HIS RETIREMENT AT CITY HALL. SID, MAY I HELP YOU? AS A BALTIMORE CITY SCHOOL, PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN 1987, WE BOTH WERE HIRED HERE BY O’MALLEY. MAYOR O’MALLEY AND WE WERE HIRED BECAUSE HE WANTED PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRAINING IN COMMUNICATION AND HUMAN INTERACTION TO TO GREET PEOPLE HERE. SIGNED THE BLUE BOOK. ATOP THE STAIRS. YOU’RE GOING RIGHT WHERE THE YELLOW DOORS ARE. WITH A PHD IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS, SID WAS AND IS A PERFECT FIT. HE SERVED UNDER NUMEROUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MADE AN IMPRESSION ON A YOUNG MAN NAMED BRANDON SCOTT. WHEN HE CAME IN TO APPLY FOR HIS FIRST JOB IN CITY HALL, AND HE JUST HAD THIS LONG CONVERSATION WITH ME ABOUT HOW GOOD IT WAS THAT I, AS A YOUNG MAN WHO LIVED IN THE CITY, WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT, AND THAT I SHOULD, LIKE, KEEP GOING. ONE DAY TO SEE IT. AND MR. MICHAEL SAID, YOU’RE GOING TO BE THE MAYOR ONE DAY. AND I SAID, THAT’S THE GOAL. SID SAYS HE LOVES HIS JOB, EVEN THOUGH HE ADMITS SOME DAYS ARE CHALLENGING. BUT HE LOVES THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE EVEN MORE. NOW THAT MY WIFE IS NOT HERE ANYMORE. IT BECAME A GREAT FAMILY BEING HERE. IT WAS GREAT SUPPORT. THESE PEOPLE ARE A FAMILY. THEY REALLY ARE IN THIS BUILDING. SUSIE. SUSIE, YOU’RE ALL RIGHT. I THE FEELING IS MUTUAL. SID HAS GIVEN HIS ALL FIVE DAYS A WEEK FOR 21 YEARS. AND HE DOESN’T PLAN TO SLOW DOWN ANYTIME SOON. I THINK ABOUT IT, BUT THEN I SAY, NOW I’M HAVING A GOOD TIME. SID’S FAMILY WANTS HIM TO RETIRE IN A YEAR, BUT SID’S NOT SO SURE HE’LL BE READY. SO UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, HE’LL BE GREETING FOLKS AT CITY HALL