Christmas in NYC -- Macy's
"If you haven't seen Macy's, you haven't seen New York."
Macy's flagship store at Herald Square in NYC is a truly amazing place. It takes up a full city block, from Herald Square to 7th Avenue, between 34th Street and 35th Street and has 1.25 million square feet of retail space. At Christmas, much of the store's 8th floor is devoted to Santaland.
Macy's always does two sets of holiday windows.
The 34th Street windows are devoted to Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus. That's because Macy's sponsors that animated special. They used to do windows based on Miracle on 34th Street, which, as you may recall, was set in the Macy's flagship store. I'd rather see the older window treatment, but the current windows are nice, too.
The Herald Square windows change every year. This year the windows tell the story of a "Space Snowman" who has to rescue Santa and his sleigh.
You see the theme on the Herald Square marquee, then in the windows.
And for added entertainment, there was a Salvation Army bell ringer having an interesting evening:
Macy's flagship store at Herald Square in NYC is a truly amazing place. It takes up a full city block, from Herald Square to 7th Avenue, between 34th Street and 35th Street and has 1.25 million square feet of retail space. At Christmas, much of the store's 8th floor is devoted to Santaland.
Macy's always does two sets of holiday windows.
The 34th Street windows are devoted to Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus. That's because Macy's sponsors that animated special. They used to do windows based on Miracle on 34th Street, which, as you may recall, was set in the Macy's flagship store. I'd rather see the older window treatment, but the current windows are nice, too.
The Herald Square windows change every year. This year the windows tell the story of a "Space Snowman" who has to rescue Santa and his sleigh.
You see the theme on the Herald Square marquee, then in the windows.
And for added entertainment, there was a Salvation Army bell ringer having an interesting evening:
So, department store windows really are a thing? I hear about this in movies, but I didn't know that was real.
ReplyDeleteYes, they’re real. Some are great, some leave you wondering what the window designer was thinking
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen this type of display since around 1972-1973. And, in those days, it wasn't quite like this....Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
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