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- 1 2 "Hotel Strangely Robbed", The New York Times , November 28, 1908, pg. 1.
- ↑ Skyscraper page, accessed December 2, 2009.
- ↑ "In The Real Estate Field", The New York Times, May 4, 1910, pg. 16.
- ↑ "H.A. Ahern Dead", The New York Times, April 9, 1933, pg. 31.
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