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Thank you for joining this month's Reader's Den. I hope everyone enjoyed The Gathering, or at least got something out of the discussion. Please stay tuned for next month's book, The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga.
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Bloomingdale Library Event, Local History Lecture

150 W 100th St
New York, NY 10025
(212) 222-8030

Thursday, October 8, 2009 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Robert Holzmaier
Chief, Eleventh Battalion
Covering Manhattan's Upper West Side
36 Years in the Fire Department

Topics of lecture include:
Fire Extinguishing from 1609; First Controversial Fire Tax; Hooks & Ladders; Horses and Dogs; Connection to the Water Supply; Great Conflagrations; Attempts to Burn Down the City; Company Feuds; Uses of Volunteers; 130 Years in this Neighborhood.

Learn more here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/history/fire_service.shtml

Park West Neighborhood History Group
Columbus-Amsterdam Business Improvement District
For further information: 212-666-9774

Come swap books, and cookie recipes, listen to music, enter raffles, and chat at the Bloomingdale Library. Kids come in costume for stories and crafts! For all ages.

Tue, Oct 27 @ 6:30 PM

150 W 100th St
New York, NY 10025
(212) 222-8030