The Hundred Year Association of New York

Old time Auto Row in NYC.

June, 1905.

"Automobile Row" with Packard Motors (1904-07) at 1540 Broadway on the right and Studebaker Building (1902-2004) at 1600 Broadway up ahead, which had elevators for cars.

On the left is 130-room Hotel Churchill (1547 Broadway) owned by a former police sergeant with 30 in-house multi-ethnic s*x trade workers, catering to automobile execs.

Hotel Churchill was razed for Gaiety Theatre (1909) renamed Victoria (1943) and Embassy 5 (1978-82). The construction lot before it was for Astor Theatre (1906).

Early Times Square (1904) had 136 brothels with weekend line ups. In 1896, a new Blue law was passed to forbid Sunday alcohol sales outside of hotels with 10+ beds. So NYC saloons added 10,000 beds, growing the local s*x trade.

Times Square renamed Longacre Square (1872-1904), orignally named for London's Carriage District.

Longacre Square was also a dimly lit Red Light District, also known as Thieves Lair, rife with crooks and pickpockets.

Until Oscar Hammerstein's Olympia (1895-1935) created current Theatre District, no theatre operator dared to build north of 42nd St into smelly poorly-lit Carriage District, rife with crime.

Hammerstein saw 42nd St street cars from Cornelius Vanderbilt's Grand Central Depot (1871) arriving at his Metropole Hotel (1876-1910) at Broadway/7th Ave, first city hotel with running water in every room.

Hammerstein envisioned 42nd St becoming a mass transit hub, before the 1904 subway and Port Authority Bus Terminal (1950) delivered millions of passengers here.

42nd Street was once City limits, why locomotives were banned south of 42nd St in 1854. That's why Grand Central Terminal (1913) is on the north side of 42nd St.

It was still pretty rural here in the 1853-54 World's Fair at current Bryant Park. Cows still roamed by Grand Central Depot (1871). Much of Times Square was Astor family farm land.

Photo: George L. Balgue.

Association member makes the best cookies in NYC.

Cookies anyone? Try our rainbow cookies and tell us what you think. Some people are calling them the best in the nation.

Van Cortlandt House Museum | New York Landmarks Conservancy The Van Cortlandt House Museum is located inside Van Cortlandt Park at Broadway and West 246th Street in the Bronx. Watch our video to learn more about this historic building and then plan a visit.

Candlemass, 2 February 1653.

Nieuw Amsterdam chartered as a city.

The first municipal government of what would become New York City.

A Charter for New Amsterdam: February 2, 1653 — NYC Department of Records & Information Services This week, For the Record recognizes a little-known, but significant anniversary in the history of the City of New York: February 2, 1653. In 1977, City Council President Paul O’Dwyer successfully campaigned to have the date on the flag of New York City changed from 1664 (the year of the English

2023 Gold Medal Award Dinner Guest Speakers
Friday, January 19, 2024
New York City
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Sultan Meghji most recently served as the inaugural Chief Innovation Officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of the United States Government. A noted expert in AI, Cybersecurity, Quantum Computing & Web3, he currently is a senior advisor to Reciprocal Ventures as well as America’s Frontier Fund, and also serves as a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a fellow at the George Mason National Security Institute and is a distinguished member of the Bretton Woods Committee. Mr. Meghji is also a professor in the graduate programs at Duke University’s Pratt Engineering School with a focus on AI, Cybersecurity and Crypto. Mr. Meghji has a 30 year career in technology, including launching, scaling and selling a number of startups in frontier technologies, biotech and fintech.

Mike Wilkes is a Chief Information Security Officer that has built, transformed and protected companies such as SecurityScorecard, ASCAP, Marvel, AQR Capital, ING Bank, Rabobank, CME Group, Sony, Macy's as well as European banks and airlines. Nominated in 2020 to the World Economic Forum as a technology pioneer, he provides thought leadership on cyber resilience in the oil and gas industry as well as quantum security working groups. A graduate of Stanford University and author of a book for Cisco Press in 2002, he is a featured speaker at technology conferences for Black Hat, Gartner, GovWare, and SANS and is a professor at NYU teaching cybersecurity courses. An avid jazz fan and musician, he is also on the board of trustees for the National Jazz Museum in Harlem and advisor to several startups.

May peace and joy come to this world.

Association member sharing their art with the Community...Flushing Bank (1929) Hope they join our Association soon!

Association member E-J Electric Installation Co.(1899) installed lights in the New Penn Station 33rd Street Concourse.

The 2023 Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, December 12th starting at 1:00 PM reception to follow. At Carnegie Hall - Weill Music Room New York City.

The Hundred Year Association of New York Presented annually since 1958, The Hundred Year Association recognizes outstanding public service by New York City leaders and the outstanding achievements of New York City career municipal employees with The Isaac Liberman Public Service Awards, named after the Association’s founder.

Association member National Association of Women Artist announces their newest show online...

NAWA Summer Small Works Show-Online
Now through July 31, 2023
Congratulations to Award Winners Felicia Mee Feldman, Paige Bradley, Mary Ann Trzyna, & Valerie DeBiase

NAWA is pleased to announce that the Online Summer Small Works Exhibition is now live on https://theNAWA.org. The show features 46 small scale works all measuring at or less than 15” x 15” for 2-D artwork and 15” x 15” x 12” for 3-D artwork. A panel of three member judges scored the entries that were submitted by artists working in a variety of mediums throughout the United States.

Grand Central, New York City ca.1903

1st National Auto Show, Madison Sq. Garden, New York City 1900

Association member from the past.

Celebrate 507 years of beer purity laws...

Congratulations to Avery Eli Okin for being honored by the Brooklyn Bar Association at their 150th Anniversary dinner and his long time service as Executive Director.
Avery was the Association's longest serving Chairman of the Association's Awards Program, The Isaac Liberman Public Service Awards and E. Virgil Conway College Scholars. His leadership had a positive impact on hundreds of deserving NYC municipal workers and children of NYC municipal employees for their outstanding scholarship.
This year will mark 64 for Public Service Awards and 51 years of college scholars program.
https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2022/04/18/honoring-avery-eli-okin-during-our-150th-anniversary-celebration/

Honoring Avery Eli Okin during our 150th anniversary celebration The Brooklyn Bar Association will celebrate its 150th Anniversary with a dinner at El Caribe on Thursday, June 2. To make the night even more special — the BBA is honoring the most important person to the association in at least 50 years — Executive Director Avery Eli Okin. Okin graduated from B...

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City 1898

These progressive high school girls learn the finer points of auto mechanics in 1927.

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A lovely shot of our Egyptian Revival necklace photographed by Andrew Werner] at The Winter Show] 📷 Among a selection of jewels chosen by to feature on Marion Fasel] 💎 Thank you for your visit!
The show is only open for a few more days - stop by our booth on the 5th floor for more jewels to swoon over ✨ Open 12-8 Friday, 12-7 Saturday, 12-6 Sunday.


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Our friend swung by The Winter Show] and picked out some swoon worthy jewels for our favorite lensman Andrew Werner] to photograph. Read all about the pieces and see the beautiful imagery at the link in bio.

📸 Egyptian Revival necklace made around 1870 spotted

According to the experts at the esteemed establishment the design takes inspiration from “Egyptian ‘wesekh’ style necklaces, a term meaning ‘broad one.’” The silhouette of the jewel is the same as ancient floral collars. Interestingly, the piece was retailed by A La Vieille Russie around 1950, proving yet again that the jewelry world pioneered the idea of a circular economy.

Vanderbilt House, Plaza Hotel, and entrance to Central Park, New York City ca.1910

Subway Car to Yankee Stadium on Opening Day
Hop on a piece of transit history on your way to the game.
By Chris Mench
Published on 4/6/2022 at 2:56 PM
Photo by Marc A. Hermann, courtesy of the MTA

Baseball is back in the Bronx, and you can arrive in style this year with the return of the Metropolitan Transit Authority's vintage subway cars.

On Wednesday, the MTA announced that it would be bringing its century-old IRT "Lo-V" cars back into service to ferry passengers to Yankee Stadium for the baseball team's home opener. The game was initially scheduled for Thursday but was postponed to Friday due to inclement weather.

The Lo-V cars, which Trains Magazine notes first came into service in 1917 and are now used only for special occasions, haven't been run since the 2019 New York Yankees home opener due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They include old-school features like rattan seating and ceiling fans.

To catch the special vintage car, you can board at 11 am on the uptown 4 train platform at the Grand Central-42nd Street station. The train will run directly to the 161st Street-Yankee Stadium station with no intermediate stops, getting spectators there in about 25 minutes.

The MTA will also bring back its special "Yankee Clipper" Metro-North service on game days to make it easier to attend by mass transit.

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