April 7, 1900

The Music Trade Review publishes the article about the unique social problem of the 14th Street / Union Square Park area of Manhattan: infestation by “cheap actors”. The article quotes Steinway & Sons’ president Charles H. Steinway, who mentions a formal letter of complaint he has sent to the local police precinct, resulting in the absurd order, issued by the Chief of Police, to arrest any man “standing in one place for more than a minute or two”.