NYC shopping: Herald Square
Shopping in Herald Square in New York has been in for at least a hundred years. Fashion victims from 102 years ago could enjoy stores looking like this:
Picture of Herald Square in 1907, posted by user kd
Where do New York shoppers go today? Have a look at this picture from http://newyorkpanorama.com:
Macy's in Herald Square in 2008
Looks like a completely different place, doesn’t it? Well, there is one thing that connects these two pictures, but it’s not too easy to spot.
Have you found it yet? If you look very closely at the building in the centre of the old picture, you’ll notice a sign at the top saying “Macy’s”. This particular Macy’s store has been there for long, and since 1924, after the 7th Avenue expansion, it has been famous as “The world’s largest store”·
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