Yiddishe Cup’s bandleader, Bert Stratton, is Klezmer Guy.

He knows about the band biz and – check this out – the real estate biz, too.

You may not care about the real estate biz. Hey, you may not care about the band biz. (See you.)

This is a blog with a gamy twist. It features tenants with snakes and skunks, and musicians with smoked fish in their pockets.

Stratton has written op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post.

SYN ARCHITECT

by Bert Stratton

I’m an architect who does mostly McDonald’s, TGIFridays and synagogues. I was the first with the “fast-casual shul.” You can get a nosh at my shuls. If the worship service is too long, go to the rear of the sanctuary, to my built-in Frank Lloyd Wright snack bar.

My professional credo:

1. Put the bima (altar) on ground level, among the people. Power to the people.

2. Never use stained glass. That spells “rich guy” to the little guy.

4. Keep kosher on some level. (I dine frequently at kosher-style delis.)

5. Leave a stamp — a signature. I always embed a tiny cross in the coatroom ceiling for the custodial staff.

I also do retrofits. I put in a nosh bar at Park Synagogue, Cleveland Heights. It caught fire, not literally, but you wouldn’t believe the crowds.. They hired an Israeli chef and a dump truck to maneuver the mounds of ersatz chopped liver.

I’m working on a mosque/falafel stand in Dearborn, Michigan. Saalam alaykum, bros. The old Semitic cousin routine. Whatever.

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