Scott Kidder

The mayor spent more time at the Casino than at City Hall, and when his chauffeur-driven Duesenberg approached the Casino’s long canvas awning, the doorman notified the orchestra leader, who broke into “Will You Love Me in December?” as Walker swaggered in with his admiring entourage. Parties lasted well past midnight, and when the main restaurant closed at 3 a.m., chorus girls from the Ziegfeld Follies arrived with a police motorcycle escort to entertain select clients in private rooms upstairs, as dazzling light spilled from the windows and blazed upon the luxuriant exteriors of Fifth Avenue.

CORRECTION: The article about Yahoo and Flickr was written by Gizmodo’s Mat Honan. An earlier version of this article incorrectly said Honan was with Engadget and misspelled the author’s first name as Matt and last name as Honen. Also, an earlier version of this correction incorrectly spelled the author’s last name and didn’t specify both names were misspelled in the article.