{"id":2281,"date":"2018-07-09T15:37:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T15:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/?p=2281"},"modified":"2018-07-09T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T15:37:34","slug":"a-walk-to-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaysnycways.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/09\/a-walk-to-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"A WALK TO REMEMBER"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Or…Fifth Avenue back in the day….<\/h6>\n

First time I visited the business library of the NYPL was last week. As I stood looking at the building, I remembered\u00a0 it was the former B. Altman & Co. department store.<\/p>\n

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And then it happened … a memory from years ago.\u00a0 A memory of the walks we (my family) took\u00a0 up Fifth Avenue starting with B. Altman back in the 50’s and 60’s.\u00a0 I think some of you, my peers to be exact, probably\u00a0 remember that stretch of Fifth Avenue from 34th to 59th filled with the most beautiful and iconic\u00a0 stores.\u00a0 Some still around and some gone forever.<\/p>\n

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We\u00a0 \u00a0would walk from Penn Station\u00a0\u00a0to Fifth\u00a0 along 34th Street. Sometimes we stopped at Macy’s on the way\u00a0 and sometimes on the way back.\u00a0 \u00a0 Our first stop was always officially B. Altman.<\/p>\n

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After Altman’s we went to Lord and Taylor, walked by the Lions\u00a0 guarding the New York Public Library,\u00a0 to Rockefeller Center, Saks,\u00a0 Tiffany\u2019s, Steuben Glass,\u00a0 St Patrick’s, Bonwit Tellers and FAO Schwarz.\u00a0 \u00a0Lastly we visited\u00a0Bergdorf Goodman.<\/p>\n

Of course,\u00a0 we got dressed up!\u00a0 \u00a0 We wore a suit or a dress, stockings, high heels and sometimes even a pillbox hat.\u00a0 (Yes,\u00a0 our feet hurt…we didn’t care)<\/p>\n

Plus, you know what?\u00a0 We never bought anything!\u00a0 \u00a0 The only thing we spent money on was food at\u00a0 the Automat, Schraffts and\u00a0 Top of the Sixes.<\/p>\n

The restaurant, Top of the Sixes, was a very special treat for us.\u00a0 \u00a0Reading about it now it was never known for its food, but for its glorious view and design. Truthfully, I\u00a0 can’t remember a thing we\u00a0 ate, I can\u00a0 only remember that spectacular\u00a0 view from\u00a0 some forty\u00a0 \u00a0floors above Fifth.<\/p>\n

Now it’s a Cigar Bar! Bonwit Tellers is now Trump Towers and\u00a0 Shraffts and the Automats are\u00a0 all gone.\u00a0 FAO Schwarz moved a few times and is now gone.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Good thing about Altman’s is that the building has Landmark status, so its beautiful architecture remains.<\/p>\n

After the window shopping and\u00a0 the walking thru stores and\u00a0 the admiring\u00a0 of the latest fashions,\u00a0 and the lunch, we walked back to Penn Station.\u00a0 As we sat on the LIRR with our shoes off (feet burning) we talked and laughed about our adventures.\u00a0 \u00a0We had some really good ones, but that’s for another post!<\/p>\n

LOVE THIS CITY…ALWAYS!<\/p>\n

KAY’S NOTES:<\/strong><\/p>\n

IMPORTANT TO KNOW<\/strong>:\u00a0 Some of the buildings have been protected by the Landmark Commission; however, some have been\u00a0 torn down by developers including Bonwit Tellers which is\u00a0 now Trump Towers.\u00a0 \u00a0FAO Schwarz on the corner of 59th and Fifth was moved to the GE building across the street and now out of business.\u00a0 \u00a0Horn and Hardart Automats exist\u00a0 only at a special exhibit at the Smithsonian in DC.<\/p>\n

GOOD TO KNOW<\/strong>:\u00a0 Lots of websites about historical New York and the ladies mile on Fifth.\u00a0 \u00a0Just google – they’ll all come up.<\/p>\n

Photographs courtesy of the Department Store Museum<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: I try for correct info\u00a0 on my posts, but no guarantees people.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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