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WISCONSIN 1200 THE FIFTH AVENUE ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) 358 FIFTH AVENUE, New York CITY AT 34TH STREET Page #2. BULLETIN NO. 14 LEGISLATION. Our Association has voiced its vigorous protest against a bill introduced in the State Legislature that would amend the Tenement House Law so as to permit the erection of buildings opposite parks, playgrounds, public places, etc., to a height one and one half times the width of the abutting street, plus the total width of the park, etc. The viciousness of such a proposal can be best visualized from the fact that, theoretically, a building could be erected in the Park Section of Fifth Avenue to a height of 4,200 feet. Every piece of legislation introduced in the State Legislature has been carefully studied by our Laws and Legislation Committee and by the executive offices, with the result that we have approved many bills in the interest of the section and disapproved many others that would be very harmful. We are glad to have received so many requests from members in connection with legislative matters and we hope our members will continue to call upon us for this information, as we are prepared to furnish it, not alone as to State, but also as to City affairs. STREET WIDENINGS AND REPAVINGS. We wish to report, at this time, that the following streets in the Fifth Avenue Section will be repaved during the coming season: Madison Avenue - 24th to 33rd Street Madison Avenue - 69th to 72nd Street Madison Avenue - 96th to 116th Street Fifth Avenue - 23rd to 25th Street Fifth Avenue - 60th to 79th Street 35th Street - Third to Madison Avenue 42nd Street - Fifth Avenue to Broadway 72nd Street - Madison to Fifth Avenue 84th Street - Third to Fifth Avenue 88th Street - Park to Fifth Avenue 104th Street - Park to Fifth Avenue 107th Street - Madison to Fifth Avenue This is a preliminary list, furnished for the advance information of our members. Some of the above streets will be widened and, when the complete list of widenings and repavings is available, we will supply the additional information. POLICING. The Association has taken the lead in again urging upon the Police Commissioner the necessity for additional police. We have placed in the hands of the Commissioner a very lengthy brief on the subject and an appointment has been made for a committee of the various jewelry organizations and our Association to confer with him regarding the same. We are sure that our members appreciate that the need grows greater and greater for our Police Department to be properly manned, and already the Police Commissioner has expressed himself in favor of a substantial increase in the size of the uniformed force. TRANSIT. On Monday, March 22nd, the Fifth Avenue Station of the new Queensboro Subway extension was opened with appropriate ceremonies, participated in by a large delegation of prominent members of our Association and other organizations, as well as officials of the City and State. We feel that the completion of this extension, even to Fifth Avenue, will greatly relieve the congestion which exists at the Grand Central Station, and is another important link in the development of adequate transit facilities in the Fifth Avenue Section. "KEEP THE FIFTH AVENUE SECTION FIRST IN THE WORLD" Wm. J. Pedrick Vice-President and General Manager M. Friedsam President
