One of New York’s most dazzling traditions is its holiday window displays. Introduced by Macy’s department store in 1874, they were meant to attract excited Christmas shoppers to the store’s goods. It worked so well that soon other department stores followed suit. Alas, these days, most of them have stopped this holiday practice, making holiday…
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Bergdorf Goodman – the Wealthiest Janitors in History and 5th Ave Haute Couture
The year was 1928 and Edwin Goodman was about to move his widely successful women’s clothing store to 5th Ave and 58th Street – the spot previously occupied by Cornelious Vanderbilt’s mansion, the largest single-family residence in New York. As commerce relentlessly marched up 5th Avenue, the palace-like Vanderbilt mansion was demolished to be replaced…