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Telephone Fitzroy {5600 5601 5602 5603 5604}
"To conserve the highest and best interests of the Fifth Avenue section"
THE FIFTH AVENUE ASSOCIATION
(INCORPORATED)
358 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY
AT 34th STREET
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OFFICERS
JOHN H. TOWNE, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 
MICHAEL FRIEDSAM, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT  
DOUGLAS L. ELLIMAN, THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT 
WILLIAM J. PEDRICK, GENERAL MANAGER
ROBERT GRIER COOKE, PRESIDENT
ANCELL H. BALL, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT  
HARRIS A. DUNN, TREASURER  
THOMAS W. HUGHES, SECRETARY

June 12, 1924

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FIFTH AVENUE ASSOCIATION, INC., AND ALL GROUND FLOOR TENANTS.

You are, no doubt, acquainted with the fact that certain new traffic regulations have been put into effect by the Police Department in the hope of improving traffic conditions and accelerating business.

For your information we quote herewith the main points of the new regulations as they apply to the Fifth Avenue Section:

PARKING: No motor or horse drawn vehicle shall be parked along either curb on Fifth Avenue from Waverly Place on the south to 65th Street on the north; nor on Park Avenue from 33rd Street on the south to 65th Street on the north, except while actually engaged in the receiving or discharging of passengers or merchandises. These regulations apply between the hours of eight A.M. and twelve o'clock midnight.

TAXICABS: No unemployed hack either motor or horse drawn vehicle shall be operated while "cruising," plying for hire or soliciting fares on Fifth Avenue between Waverly Place and 65th Street, nor on Park Avenue between 33rd Street and 65th Street between the hours of eight in the morning and eight o'clock in the evening.  

Definite arrangements have been made by the writer, with Deputy Chief Inspector Dominick Henry and Deputy Inspector Michael T. Ahearn, these parking regulations are to be interpreted very liberally. Vehicles attended by a chauffeur or driver may remain in front of any building for a reasonable length of time in order to permit the transaction of legitimate business. This "reasonable period" shall in no case be interpreted as being less than twenty minutes. Unattended vehicles will, of course, not be permitted to stand at the curb on either of the restricted avenues.

If you find that these regulations are not being reasonably interpreted in accordance with our agreement with the Police Department, we ask that you immediately call the matter to our attention.

Very truly yours,
Wm. J. Pedrick
Wm. J. Pedrick
General Manager