NoMad History Fun: NoMad or Bust! First Cross-Country Automobile Trip
On July 16, 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson pulled up in front of the Holland House on the southwest corner of 30th and Fifth Avenue
On July 16, 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson pulled up in front of the Holland House on the southwest corner of 30th and Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Carrie Nation, famous for breaking up liquor bottles and bar tops with her hatchet, was a PR pioneer who certainly knew how to build interest in her upcoming lectures.
On July 31, 1922, ambulances raced from Bellevue, New York and other hospitals across the city to aid “between fifty and sixty victims of blackberry and huckleberry pie who were writhing in agony.”
As NYC celebrates the Grand Central Centennial, we can note that the journey that lead to the Grand Central Terminal began in NoMad NY.
The Nomad District has seen many groundbreaking moments in New York history. The FIRST published rules of baseball were written in 1845
This is the third installation of a three-part article Satan’s Circus: Broads, Booze and Bets.
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