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JANUARY 17, 1994 FCBID opens its offices at 249 West 39th Street and the work begins!
FEBRUARY 23, 1994 Uniformed sanitation workers begin keeping the district clean 5 days a week.
FEBRUARY 28, 1994 Uniformed public safety officers begin safeguarding district streets 5 days a week . |
MARCH 24, 1994 A crowd of 2000 attends the FCBID launch event on the plaza of 1411 Broadway, including then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a host of other elected of€ cials and prominent individuals from the fashion and real estate communities.
Sanitation team begins a district maintenance program, painting 116 light poles, 87 fire hydrants, 92 storage boxes, 19 mail boxes, 74 traffic signals, 19 traffic boxes, 10 fire boxes, 15 newsstands and 200 litter baskets - PLUS graffiti is removed from over 100 building facades. AUGUST 1994 FCBID launches a Travel Services Program to assist buyers by arranging discounted amenities. FCBID publishes first issues of the Fashion Center Newsletter and the Fashion District MAP.
OCTOBER 1994 FCBID launches its Street Banner Program, installing 50 colorful banners on light poles throughout the district.
OCTOBER 1994 Apparel News publishes the first of three special inserts about the FCBID and the Fashion District.
NY Times runs the MAP on the front page of its Sunday Real Estate Section and the FCBID is inundated with calls from those interested in the district. |
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