It’s also the former home of Swingline Staples, founded by Jack Linsky in 1925 as the Parrot Speed Fastener Company, changing the name to Speed Products in 1939 and then Swingline in 1956. The company ...

The sign in front of the faded red brick factory at Skillman Ave. and 33rd St. still reads “Swingline Staples. But the huge rooftop neon sign that bore a picture of a stapler and the company’s ...