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2 Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany’s: 727 5th Ave. Map 12 F3.
Tel (212) 755-8000. q 5th Ave-53rd
St, 5th Ave-59th St. Open 10am–7pm
Mon–Sat, noon–6pm Sun.
∑ tiffany.com.
Immortalized by Truman
Capote in his famous 1958
novel Breakfast at Tiffany’s,
this prestigious jewelery store
was founded in 1837 and
remains a must-see for both
fans of the book and film buffs.
A bright window display at With weathered wood and
Bergdorf Goodman green marble interiors, the
Art Deco store is still best
1 Fifth Avenue described by Capote’s fictional
Holly Golightly: “It calms me
Map 12 F3–F4. q 5th Ave-53rd St,
5th Ave-59th St. down right away . . . nothing
very bad could happen to you
In 1883, when William Henry there.” A bronze figure of Atlas
Vanderbilt built his mansion at holds a clock on his shoulders Entrance to Tiffany & Co., the exclusive
Fifth Avenue and 51st Street, he above the doorway. jewelry emporium
started a trend that resulted in Next door stands Trump
palatial residences stretching as Tower, a flam boyant monument
far as Central Park, built for to affluence by businessman 3 IBM Building
wealthy families such as the turned US President, Donald 590 Madison Ave. Map 12 F3.
Astors, Belmonts, and Goulds. Trump. Built in 1983, the tower q 5th Ave. Garden Plaza
Only a few remain to attest to is the head quarters of the Open 8am–10pm daily. 7
the grandeur of the era. Trump Organization and
One of these is the Cartier includes a lavish apartment Completed in 1983, this 43-story
store at 651 Fifth Avenue, once for the Trump family. There is tower was designed by Edward
the home of Morton F. Plant, an impressive 80-ft- (24-m-) Larrabee Barnes. It is a sleek,
millionaire and commodore high indoor waterfall inside, five-sided prism of gray-green
of the New York Yacht Club. while the exterior is lined polished granite, with a
As retailers swept north up the with hanging gardens. cantilevered corner at 57th
avenue – a trend that Street. The Garden
began in 1906 – Plaza, with its
society gradually bamboo trees, is
moved uptown. In open to the public
1917, Plant moved to and has been
a mansion at 86th redubbed “The
Street, and legend Sculpture Garden.”
has it that he traded Eight new works,
his old home to which change four
Pierre Cartier for a times a year, are on
perfectly matched view at any one time.
string of pearls. Near the atrium is a
Fifth Avenue has work by American
been synonymous sculptor Michael
with luxury goods Heizer, entitled
ever since. From Levitated Mass. Inside
Cartier at 52nd Street a low, stainless-steel
to Henri Bendel at tank is a huge slab
56th and Tiffany and of granite that seems
Bergdorf Goodman to float on air.
at 57–58th, you will On the corner
find many brands of 57th Street and
symbolizing wealth Madison Avenue
and social standing is Saurien, a bright-
today, just as Astor orange abstract
and Vanderbilt did sculpture by
over a century ago. Interior of the Trump Tower atrium Alexander Calder.

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