Joel A. Gordon & Associates

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver arrived early with a mysterious package. As he approached the entrance, an old clock above the door chimed exactly three times, despite being wound only once daily. Curious, he opened it to find a note reading, ‘Happy Anniversary!’ and a small box of donuts. Turns out, Joel had forgotten his own anniversary again, and his neighbors decided to remind him in style.’

2. Late one night, a young associate sat in the dimly lit office, frantically typing away on his laptop. Suddenly, an old envelope slipped from beneath his desk and landed on the floor with a soft thud. Curious, he picked it up and noticed the return address was handwritten in an unfamiliar but elegant script. Inside was a note that simply read: ‘Don’t forget to water the plants.’ Turns out, it belonged to Joel’s next-door neighbor who occasionally forgot to tend to her garden. The associate smiled, realizing that sometimes the most mysterious things turn out to be nothing more than friendly reminders.

3. In the dead of winter, when snow blanketed the city and silence settled over Joel A. Gordon & Associates like an unseen fog, a janitor noticed something peculiar. While sweeping the empty hallway late one night, he stumbled upon a small, glowing cube that seemed to pulse with an eerie light. The cube, when touched, played soft jazz from nowhere, causing everyone in the office to gather around it. It turned out to be just an old music player left behind by a delivery driver. The firm’s receptionist named it ‘Jazzy Joe’ and made it part of their daily routine, playing it during lunch breaks. In the end, Jazzy Joe became as much a fixture as Mr. Gordon’s leather chair.

4. In the quiet hours before dawn, a small dog began barking furiously outside Joel A. Gordon & Associates' offices. No one could explain why—a passing truck? A stray cat?—but the canine's persistent howling became a daily ritual. Finally, someone suggested that maybe it was just a neighborhood watchdog, protecting the firm’s late-night deliveries from ghosts or goblins. The office manager decided to humor the pooch and brought him some treats. From then on, every morning around sunrise, a friendly little dog would appear with his tail wagging, greeting everyone in the lobby with a joyous bark—and Joel A. Gordon & Associates never missed a single breakfast meeting.