Want to indulge in world class shopping and dining? New York City is definitely one of the best places in the world to shop. Rockefeller Center is surrounded by shops, with a J. Crew and Anthropologie right in the building. After hitting the stores, head to the basement, where you’ll find eateries from Godiva Chocolates and Ben & Jerry’s to Hale and Hearty Soup, which boasts the best soup, salads, and sandwiches for miles. While there, you’ll see Rockefeller Center’s businessmen and women milling about buying lunch. Tables sit all around the basement, with a select few of them positioned right in front of the windows. These tables boast a close-up view at the ice-skating rink, which draws million of people in the fall and winter and draws huge tourist crowds in every season.
In the spring and summer, the rink is turned into an outdoor eating area, with umbrella-covered tables and gorgeous displays of flowers.
In the spring and summer, the rink is turned into an outdoor eating area, with umbrella-covered tables and gorgeous displays of flowers. Next head to Lord & Taylor-- the first major store built on Fifth Avenue. Samuel Lord and George Washington Taylor founded the company in 1826, and the flagship store on Fifth Avenue between 38th and 39th streets opened its doors on February 24th, 1914. In December 2007, it was named a New York City landmark. If you visit the department store at Christmas time, be sure to take note of Lord & Taylor’s Christmas windows. The store was the first to present innovative Christmas windows filled with holiday displays rather than merchandise.
Macy's, however, is the most popular stop on every city shoppers' list. Macy's was founded by Rowland Hussey Macy in 1858. Macy moved to New York City and established a new store named R. H. Macy & Company on the corner of 14th Street and 6th Avenue; it later expanded to 18th Street and Broadway on the Ladies' Mile, the 19th century elite shopping district. It remained there for nearly 40 years. After Macy’s death in 1877, R.H. Macy & Co. was acquired by Isidor and Nathan Straus; and in 1902, the flagship store moved uptown to Herald Square at 34th Street and Broadway. The flagship store has been recognized as the world’s largest department store since 1924.
NYC is definitely America's fashion capital. I went abroad in the fall, and I remember being the only one not to buy anything, because NY has all the same stores.
ReplyDeleteI like how you mention food places, too. Restaurant-hunting is probably one of NY's most unique shopping experiences.