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Original New Orleans Bicycle Club building up for demolition

The owner of the original HQ of the NOBC, built in 1891, has applied to demolish the building.



From the July 21, 1891 issue of the Times-Picayune:
The New Orleans Bicycle Club long ago wheeled into line as one of the crack clubs of gallant young men who will do all they can to encourage a manly sport and keep at it in a manly way. There are some old fat-heads who pretend to think it silly work riding a wheel because they do not ride themselves, and so they prate about bow legs and crook-spines with assinine ignorance of the wholesomeness and healthfulness, as well as pleasure, that a vigorous young fellow gets out of his wheel as he spins through the dew and delicious atmosphere of 5 o’clock of a June morning.
They don't write 'em like that anymore.
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