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T.G.I. Fridays
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Allan Stillman, the founder of "T.G.I. Fridays" unknowingly created what would become one of the most beloved and hated eating establishments of its era. Stillman, a perfume salesman, put down $5,000 (plus an additional $5,000 he borrowed from his mom) to turn a divey boy's bar into a hoppin' singles hangout, velvet ropes and all. Read on to learn the history of T.G.I. Fridays.
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Men at Work
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Climbing great heights to construct the newest buildings or digging deep underground to maintain the tunnels that carry our subway, water, and drainage systems, the city's workers make sure that New York runs like a well-oiled machine.

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777 Seventh Avenue

Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 50th Street Seventh Avenue, east side, between West 50th and 51st Street's, showing details of the New York Railway's carbarn. This has been replaced by the present Hotel Taft. October 31, 1915 Borough President of Manhattan No. 912
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777 Seventh Avenue

Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 50th Street Seventh Avenue, at the N.E. corner of West 50th Street, showing details of the New York Railway's carbarn. This has been replaced by the present Hotel Taft.. The Avenue is to the left and the view is northward. October 31, 1915 Borough President of Manhattan No. 910
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777 Seventh Avenue

Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 50th Street
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777 Seventh Avenue

Group portrait of workers at streetcar barn, W. 50th Street and Seventh Avenue (l-r): Dowling, Lande, Lee, Gabriel, Friedman, Querno, and DeCote. Hannah and Scanlon, seated.
777 Seventh Avenue image

777 Seventh Avenue

Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 51st Street Seventh Avenue, at the S.E. corner of West 5lst Street, showing details of the New York Railway's carbarn. This has been replaced by the present Hotel Taft. October 31, 1915 Borough Presideint of Manhattan No. 914
777 Seventh Avenue image

777 Seventh Avenue

Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 50th Street Seventh Avenue, at the N.E. corner of West 50th Street, showing details of the New York Railway's carbarn. This has been replaced by the present Hotel Taft. At the right is an eastward view on West 50th Street. Note the 50th Street station of the Sixth Avenue "E1". This was demolished in 1939. October 31, 1915 Borough President of Manhattan No. 911
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777 Seventh Avenue

Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 50th Street North on Seventh Avenue from S. W. corner of 50th Street. June 28, 1931. P.l. Sperr,Photographer.
777 Seventh Avenue image

777 Seventh Avenue

Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 51st Street Seventh Avenue, at the S.E. corner of West 5lst Street, showing details of the New York Rallway's carbarn. This has been replaced by the present Hotel Taft. February 26, 1916 Borough President of Manhattan No. 1066
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777 Seventh Avenue

Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West) Sixth Avenue, from W. 50th to 5lst Streets. View No. 1 is south from 5lst Street and shows the old carbarn on the west side of this frontage. This was demolished. The site provides a vantage polnt for the additional views. There the view point is respectively southeast and north east; the station being at 50th St. Beyond same is the future Rockefeller Center site. Under construction is the Grand Central Building. October 22, 1927 Views 1,2,3 P. L. Sperr
777 Seventh Avenue image

777 Seventh Avenue

Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 50th Street Seventh Avenue, at the N.E. corner of West 59th Street, showing details of the New York Railway's carbarn. This has been replaced by the present Hotel Taft. To the right appears a glimpse of the buildings on the south side of West 50th Street, to the east of the Avenue. February 26, 1916. Borough President of Manhattan.
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777 Seventh Avenue

Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 51st Street Seventh Avenue, north from W. 51st Street, showing sidewalk conditions pursuant to the construction of the BMT subway. In the background appears the Sixth Avenue "L' running at this point,on W. 53rd Street. June 15, 1915 Borough President of Manhattan No. 687
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777 Seventh Avenue

Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 50th Street 7812779 Seventh Ave., east side, north from West 50th to and including Weat 5lst Streets, showing the Hotel Nanger. At was later renamed the Hotel Taft. This site was formerly occupied by car barns and repair shops of the New York Railways Company. About 1930.
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