Blair left Crow with his former boss, Richard Michaux, to start AvalonBay in 1993.

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On view is the world's first motorcycle, the skeletal 1868 Michaux-Perreaux steam velocipede.

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He took over as chief executive when Michaux retired in 2002.

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The 1998 traveling exhibit, "Art of the Motorcycle, " offered up a century of biking history, from a 1868 Michaux-Perreaux steam-powered machine to a Massimo Tamburini MV Agusta F4 racer.

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The talent includes Ryan Murphy, Estha Weiner, Matvei Yankelvich, Indigo Moor, Tan Lin, Rachel Levitsky, Star Black, Cyrus Cassells, Douglas Crase, Mina Pam Dick, Patricia Spears Jones, Timothy Liu, and Dante Michaux.

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Another older Shinjuku gem is Jazz Pub Michaux, a bar whose white-bearded, kimono-and-Mongolian-cap-wearing 76-year-old owner has 4, 500 records of hard-bop and soul-jazz, including a large collection of rare vinyl by artists like Baby Face Willette and Groove Holmes.

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