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Window Displays

Going back in time from 4/27/2012

Caught My Eye
Caught My Eye – Above, in the window on 6th Ave. near 32nd St., ties for the itinerant preacher -- just add fervid faith and soup ...
More Mad Hatters
More Mad Hatters – Above and below left, ragtag irregulars of the Yurim Trading army. Above right, a solar system of space headgear at ...
Van Cleef & Arpels Windows
Van Cleef & Arpels Windows – Not a jewel in sight at the corner of 5th Ave. & 57th St., though I'd guess the huge, furry beast below left is well ...
Tifanny's 2011 Holiday Windows
Tifanny's 2011 Holiday Windows – At 5th Ave. & 57th St., bread and circuses...
Bergdorf 2011 Holiday Windows 2
Bergdorf 2011 Holiday Windows 2 – Above, a glitter grizzly wears a chef's hat, ready to eat everything else in the window. Below left, there's a leg in ...
Macy's 2011 Holiday Windows
Macy's 2011 Holiday Windows – I'd like to believe that Macy's Herald Square will remain its stately but homely, human self forever, or at least until...
Bergdorf 2011 Holiday Windows 1
Bergdorf 2011 Holiday Windows 1 – White haired women dominate these windows at Bergdorf Goodman's 5th Ave. store.  Above, I didn't even try to fit ...
6th Ave. Nipple Rings & Nuts
6th Ave. Nipple Rings & Nuts – The nipple rings in the model above left are nothing compared to the giant ones to its right in the Pink Stone window ...
King of Beauty
King of Beauty – In the window at Ray Beauty Supply on 8th Ave. near 45th St. He's supposed to be modeling Shatter nail polish, but I ...
Dust to Dust Window
Dust to Dust Window – In the (Hare Krishna) Matchless Gifts window on 2nd Ave. near 1st St., the infant's umbilical cord seems to come out of...
On Display
On Display – Above, a maiden in the window of the former Lerner's on 7th Ave. Above left, I wondered if Sarah Palin was in ...
I Know It's Wrong, But...
I Know It's Wrong, But... – ...I always look.  At Co Co General Mdse. on 6th Ave.  Amazing how they keep so fit, but then they don't have...
8th Ave. Lingeries Toys
8th Ave. Lingeries Toys – I recommend the Swiss Army Nurse outfit Sure there's plenty of cartoonish plastic & steel fronting the Times Square / ...
Women Still Wear Hats
Women Still Wear Hats – At least they do in the window at Yurim Trading Co., on 6th Ave. near 29th St.  The gravity-bound heads sport ...
Last Supper Floor Show
Last Supper Floor Show – In the window at 51st St. & 7th Ave.  Above, the enticing show, in front of a table full of men in the cheap seats...
7th Ave. Windows
7th Ave. Windows – At 566 7th Ave., above 40th St., in between the crowds of headless dress forms inside -- abandoned, or placed to make ...
Landmark Galleries
Landmark Galleries – Window displays were a disappointment this holiday season until I took a look at Landmark Galleries, on 57th St. west ...
Bergdorf Windows 2010
Bergdorf Windows 2010 – In the windows at Bergdorf Goodman, at 5th Ave. & 57th St. Above, of course she's happy, her Russian billionaire ...
Halloween Commerce
Halloween Commerce – Above and to the left, at Crossroads Liquors on 14th St. near 6th Ave., $99 see-through skulls full of booze that will ...
Bergdorf Abominable Snowman
Bergdorf Abominable Snowman – In the 5th Ave. windows at Bergdorf Goodman, it seems Chanel's fur trappers finally captured the Abominable Snowman...
ABC Homeless
ABC Homeless – Note white sprite spirit-bait dangling above flame A year late, I read that Live models spice up New York window display...
Fresh Pearl Window
Fresh Pearl Window – In the window at Lucoral & Lupearl at 246 W 38th St. They sell Masami "First Lady Pearls," as advertised on the ...
Wall Street Yankee Fans
Wall Street Yankee Fans – Some Yankee fans in the windows at Lord & Taylor on 5th Ave. a while ago.  Above: I've had that dream before... ...
New Bloomberg City
New Bloomberg City – Like wide screen TV, but $1000 a month to maintain I think it's time we quit fooling ourselves, and rename NYC New ...
Upstairs Window Displays
Upstairs Window Displays – Some upper floor displays.  I remember Lost City wasn't fond of newer stores uptown that lit up the floors of crap...
Plastic Spring in Williamsburg
Plastic Spring in Williamsburg – Even Worse Than Silent Spring As luxury condo development turns Williamsburg to Wall Street yuppie plastic, it figures ...
Duane Reade Walgreen
Duane Reade Walgreen – Yes I am upset that Duane Reade is being taken over by an even more massive drugstore empire.  Not only because ...
Warm Snowy NYC
Warm Snowy NYC – Above, sleepyheads in the window at Silver & Crystal Collection, on 5th Ave. near 29th. Below left, affordable housing...
Holiday Picture Roundup
Holiday Picture Roundup – Above, Santa prepares to beam up to the mothership on E 60th. Below left, a sign on Queens Blvd. just south of the ...
Bergdorf Goodman Windows 2009 4
Bergdorf Goodman Windows 2009 4 – The animals and mannequins get musical in the 57th St. windows.  A well dressed wolf tickles the keys for stark ...
ABC Home Windows 2009
ABC Home Windows 2009 – And this, Junior, is what they call a "mirror" The holiday windows at ABC Home, on Broadway above Union Square, are ...
Bergdorf Goodman Windows 2009 3
Bergdorf Goodman Windows 2009 3 – Animals everywhere.  The windows of the Men's Store across 5th Ave. are part of an animal-themed movie promo. ...
Bergdorf Goodman Windows 2009 2
Bergdorf Goodman Windows 2009 2 – She went to a family reunion upstate.  Someone put LSD in the maple syrup. A rose bush exploded and she got a bud...
Macy's Holiday Windows 2009
Macy's Holiday Windows 2009 – Evil Elf-bot Sums Up Our Times: Forget Where, Just Go Faster! Other than some evil elf-bots, the windows at Macy's were ...
Bergdorf Goodman Windows 2009 1
Bergdorf Goodman Windows 2009 1 – Mesmerized by the Blinding Pelt of the Beaver Goddess The windows on 5th Ave. are supposed to be based on Alice in ...
Easy Window Displays
Easy Window Displays – Some lines of merchandise make doing window displays easier.  Left, the bright, effortless display at Economy ...
Rock On, Rothman's
Rock On, Rothman's – Sure it's not Macy's or Bergdorf Goodman, but the window crew at Rothman's Union Square store still faces the constant ...
Surrogate Drinking Problem
Surrogate Drinking Problem – Above, on Nassau in Greenpoint, a burlesque window display at a liquor store seems to say that while "Love Kills Slowly...
Around Astor Place
Around Astor Place – Above, a howling skeleton chair (note the white seat obscured by the reflection) in the window at the new Barton Gym on...
Grow Your Own
Grow Your Own – Snake in The Garden Its customers are "dressing down" to lessen the chance someone on the subway will sense the stink of...
Unfortunate Design Award
Unfortunate Design Award – This week's Unfortunate Design Award goes to the Ass Chair, seen above in the window of Property on Wooster in SOHO. A...
Queen of Stuff
Queen of Stuff – I just noticed the Juicy Couture "flagship" store windows on Fifth Ave.  I'd guess that -- beyond its Naughty ...
Through the Glass
Through the Glass – I saw Miss Lipton above, with teabag gown and hair, in the window of a lunch place in a pedestrian tunnel beneath the ...
Just Right Window
Just Right Window – Above, an especially effulgent display, bright as a tropical gangster's funeral arrangement, booms from the window at U...
Museum of Natural History 3
Museum of Natural History 3 – Wrapping up my visit to the American Museum of Natural History, an ostrich couple enjoys a day outdoors, above.  ...
Museum of Natural History 2
Museum of Natural History 2 – Continuing my visit to the American Museum of Natural History... Above, a porcupine faces off against some white ...
Museum of Natural History 1
Museum of Natural History 1 – Some gemsbok, who seem to think they own the place I visited the American Museum of Natural History with friends from ...
Holiday Display 2008 Finale
Holiday Display 2008 Finale – The season will come to an end soon, with the life-affirming pain of hangovers, the Rose Parade, and tinsel covered ...
Macy's Holiday Display 1
Macy's Holiday Display 1 – The best holiday display I've seen so far this year wasn't in a window, but outside -- the virtual Christmas tree hung...
Bergdorf Goodman Holiday Windows
Bergdorf Goodman Holiday Windows – I only saw the windows along Fifth Ave., apparently less creepy than the others, but still strange.  Above, the ...
Headless Moosewoman
Headless Moosewoman – A disgusted friend -- and patriot, I must add -- says he's building a guillotine. Then this morning I saw the headless...
The Princess Borg
The Princess Borg – I saw this window display at the Disney Store on Fifth Ave. last week. Beyond the pure plastic warmth it generates, it...
Chainstore Holiday Windows
Chainstore Holiday Windows – I've featured holiday window displays the past few years, but ignored those hosted by chainstores.  (Yes, "...
Holiday $pirit
Holiday $pirit – Rothman's on Union Square installed this heart-warming window display for the holidays. I like the way the flag ...
Holiday Picture Overdose
Holiday Picture Overdose – In the spirit of the holidays -- excess -- I'm posting more photos from the past few days. On top is a typically ...
Holiday Windows 2
Holiday Windows 2 – Here are some pictures from the same windows near Union Square.  These were taken with my new camera. I'm not ...
Holiday Windows 1
Holiday Windows 1 – This is the best picture I took with the crude camera in my Palm "handheld device."  I took it last December (...
Headless Youth
Headless Youth – As I said to the stranger standing on the sidewalk next to me when I took this picture, "Don't you hate the way people ...