I was in the city yesterday for an AMAZING Michael Buble concert, but that’s not what I’m talking about. My mom and I were walking up and down 7th ave looking for a restaurant and passes the Macys on 34th street. The window theme this year is, you guessed it, Miracle on 34th Street. The windows displayed iconic scenes from the movie and the irony did not escape me that Macys is on 34th street. My mom and the other tourists around me didn’t find it as amusing.
I found this to be art. I mean, hundreds of thousands, if not millions of tourists see these windows every year. Something intentionally seen by that many people of course takes a lot of planning and is very beautiful. Here are some pictures of this year’s windows
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Nice pictures! Did you take them? The Macy’s and Lord & Taylor windows are always artfully done. In fact, window dressers are not just craftspeople, they are skilled graphic artists who work in three dimensions. The Christmas windows are just the most famous and high profile examples.
No, I unfortunately didn’t take them. I got them from Google. The crowds were so nuts around Macys it wouldn’t have been possible to get a picture myself.