was a bargain. The price of a cup of coffee stayed at a nickel from 1912 (when it was worth about $1.10 in today's money) until 1950 (a mere 45 cents today), before it inevitably rose to two nickels.

The company branched out to New York's Times Square in 1912 and

The trip (then) was approxiametly 45 minutes and we had just enough money for the fare and 1 Times Square pretzel....

Another Chapter from our book March 14th, 2008 For “Joe”. 16 - In the Middle of Times Square In the most bitter moments of loneliness, I couldn’t bear to be around people. Being around others made the loneliness worse than solitude, the disconnection from all of those others within view