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Upper West Sider Libia Moliner Turns 104 Years Old With A Party
Woodrow Wilson was president and World War I came to an end the year Libia Moliner was born. She celebrated 104 years in style on Monday.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Libia Moliner turned 104 years old on the Upper West Side on Monday.
To put that in perspective, she was born in 1918, the same year that World War I ended and the year that the Spanish Flu killed tens of millions of people.
Babe Ruth had not been traded to the New York Yankees yet, women and people of color could not vote in the United States, and the invention of the world's first personal computer was still 55 years away.
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Moliner, who celebrated her birthday at The New Jewish Home on the Upper West Side at 120 W. 106th St., has lived through it all.
She moved to New York City from Cuba in 1950, and entered the workforce. Moliner has been a New Yorker for the more than 70 years since.
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"Through it all, Libia watched the city evolve and change while working for one of the most esteemed clothing designers at the time and Nancy Reagan’s personal dresser — Adolfo — specializing in design for high-end hats," reads a press release about Moliner's birthday.
Moliner is now the second oldest resident to ever live in The New Jewish Home's skilled nursing facilities, which have served the elderly community since 1848.
The nonprofit has locations in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester.
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