I never noticed this before! Whenever I am headed up to the Metropolitan Muyseun of Art, I walk fromn Penn Station one block over to Herald Square where I take the N train up to 59th Street. But I usually walk over on 33rd Street. On the reverse trip the other day, I decided to walk along 34th Street to get back to Penn. I was on the south side of 34th, street, and R.H. Macy & Co occupies the entire north side of 34 street! I happened to look over at Macy's and was stunned to see this formal entrance, which I have never, ever, noticed before! What a stunning, formal entrance. This is astounding, right? Look at all the architectural details. This building was built between 1901-1902. It was not the first Macy's building and not the first in Manhattan. It has been said that this building has a Palladian facade. So believe it or not, the first Macy's store was opened in downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1851, to serve the mill industries employees in the area. All the mills eventually failed, and so R.H. Macy decided to move to New York City in 1858.
4 comments:
Such an artistic entrance! Appreciate the interesting history behind it as well. Trace
Trace just said it all. Lovely facade. Joan
Thank you both! I am glad you are as fascinated as I am with this architecture and this history of Macy's!
It really looks amazing - the lamps on both sides of the doors, the clock, the four maidens and the grill work. So many details. Wow! Betsey
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