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JANUARY 1999 Designer Todd Oldham is announced as honorary Chair of BID for KIDS program as it expands to include more, than 300 children in 12 schools. Students work with staff from NYC’s top design houses.
SPRING 1999 FCBID publishes a Buyer's Guide to the New York apparel market.
JUNE 1999 " Fashion in Bloom: Then and Now," the FCBID's second outdoor fashion exhibition, goes on display in the Summer Garden.
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JULY 1999 Seven specially designed Gateway Information Pylons are installed on Avenues, displaying banners, graphics and pedestrian information.
NOVEMBER 1999 The NY Times carries a Thanksgiving Day story of a homeless man who was reunited with family, thanks to the intervention of the FCBID’s homeless outreach worker and a good Samaritan in the district. NOVEMBER 1999 Village Voice Best of NYC issue declares the Information Kiosk to be New York's Best Outdoor Pop Sculpture.
FCBID celebrates the Millennium by projecting a tenant fashion video montage for the Times Square crowd to view. |
| Crime has been cut in half since the FCBID was formed. | Sanitation's record to date: 2,279 tons of litter collected. | Economic Profile notes an increase in non-fashion tenants, including technology firms, artists and architects. | Information Kiosk has served more than 35,000 people to date. |