have died in the storm's path. Washington Bridge built. Katz's Delicatessen in business. 1889 American Fine Arts Society incorporated. Childs Restaurant opens its first location at 41 Cortlandt St., in the old Merchants Hotel. 1890s 1890 Publication of Riis' How the Other Half Lives. Population: 1,710,715. 1891 Carnegie Hall opens. Gristedes grocery and Batten Company (advertising agency) in business. 1892 Washington Square Arch and Decker Building constructed. Spence School, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, and New York School of Applied Design for Women founded. U.S. Immigrant Inspection Station begins operating on Ellis Island. Vogue fashion magazine begins publication. 1893 August 24:1893 Hurricane wipes out Hog Island, causes a 30-foot storm surge, and kills at least 34. December 16: Premiere of Dvořák's New World Symphony. Municipal Art Society founded. 1894 September 23: Veniero’s Pasticceria in East Village opens 1895 New York Public Library established. Sea Lion Park opens 1896 August 5–13: 1896 Eastern North America heat wave prostrates the city, with temperatures exceeding 90 °F for nine days both day and night, with stagnant air and oppressive humidity. In all, 420 people die, mostly in crowded tenements in areas such as the Lower East Side. December 10: New York Aquarium opens in Castle Garden in Battery Park, the oldest continuously operated aquarium in the United States. Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration, and City History Club established. 1897 February 10: Bradley-Martin Ball held. April: Grant's Tomb completed. September 21: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus newspaper editorial published. Unknown: Steeplechase Park opens. Bohemian National Hall built. 1898 January 1: City of Greater New York created, consolidating the existing City of New York with the eastern Bronx, Brooklyn, most of Queens County, and Staten Island. January 1: Robert A. Van Wyck becomes mayor. National Arts Club founded. 1899 September 13: Henry H. Bliss becomes the first person killed in an automobile accident in the United States when he steps off a streetcar at West 74th Street and Central Park West and is struck by a taxicab. November 8: The Bronx Zoo opens. 1900s 1900s–1940s 1900s 1900 International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union founded. Spuyten Duyvil Bridge rebuilt. Population: 3,437,202. 1901 Bergdorf Goodman (shop) in business. Rockefeller Institute and Chapin School established. National Negro Business League headquartered in city. 1902 January 8: A train collision in the original Park Avenue tunnel kills 17 and injures 38. Macy's Herald Square and Algonquin Hotel in