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New York Originals game café with craft beer,
wine, coffee, snacks and a wide
New York is a city where just about any kind of shop attracts selection of games to play or
customers, no matter how esoteric. Dozens of tiny stores buy, including the Game of
scattered around the city special ize in unusual merchandise, Thrones board game.
from butterflies and bones to traditional Tibetan treasures and
shamrock sprigs from Ireland. Coming across these in some Memorabilia
tucked-away corner is what makes shopping in New York At Lincoln Center, the
such an entertaining and invigorating experience. Metropolitan Opera Shop
has records, cards, librettos,
small binoculars, and many
Specialty Stores Gracious Home is chock-full of other opera-related items.
For every type of pen, the well-made goods, from Caswell- For theater fans, everything
Fountain Pen Hospital stocks Massey Ltd. soaps to the trend- from scripts and vocal scores
an enormous range, including iest lighting fixtures. This Upper to CDs can be found at One
such names as Mont Blanc and West Side staple is a store that Shubert Alley. For thousands
Scheaffer. For those with a bit one can easily get lost in. of rare and classic film stills and
more energy, Blades sells and Guitar gurus will want to posters visit Jerry Ohlinger’s
rents out skates and also the visit Rudy’s, Matt Umanov’s, Movie Material Store on
trendiest skateboards plus or Sam Ash’s guitar stores. 216 W 30th Street.
all the safety equipment. Here you can find the widest The Carnegie Hall Shop
Mason’s Tennis Mart is the and best choice of musical carries musically themed cards,
city’s only remaining tennis instruments in the city. T-shirts, games, posters, tote
specialty store – they let you Bibliophiles will find a range bags, and much more. For
try out all rackets. of gifts in both the New York something truly original and
If you’re looking for different Public Library Shop (see p142) very American, be sure to
or unusual buttons, a visit to (such as bookends of the lions visit Lost City Arts in the East
Tender Buttons, which stocks guarding the main entrance) Village and Urban Archaeology
millions, is a must. Whether you and The Morgan Library Shop in Midtown. Between these
want enamel, wood, or Navajo (see pp160–61), including two shops, you’ll unearth all
silver buttons – or perhaps bookmarks and writing paper. sorts of relics from America’s
want your own ones made University logos and past, from Barbie Doll lunch
into cuff links or earrings – college colors dominate boxes to salvaged furniture,
here you’ll find just what you the many knickknacks and including antique, claw-footed
want – and more. Trash and accessories for sale at the NYU bath tubs.
Vaudeville has been supplying Bookstore and the Columbia
punk and Goth gear to New University Bookstore. Toys, Games,
Yorkers for decades and is the New York’s basketball
HQ of East Village fashion. shrine, the NBA Store, offers and Gadgets
Leo Kaplan Ltd. is the place merchandise for all the NBA The Children’s General Store
to go if you are a keen collector teams. Then there is the is one of the city’s smarter
of paperweights. C. O. Bigelow, Yankees Clubhouse Shop, toy stores, with a focus on
which dates back to 1838, is that sells all imaginable things educational and classic goods,
the country’s oldest apothecary. related to the legendary while a trip to the American
Today the shop attracts basketball team. Girl Place doll store could
fashionistas thanks to its fine, The Cathedral Shop at the entertain a youngster all day,
hard-to-find beauty products. Cathedral of St. John the Divine with options such as a café,
For the true romantic who on Amsterdam Avenue is a photo studio, and hair salon.
wants to impress, everything large store selling books, Myplasticheart is a quirky
sold by Only Hearts is heart- artworks, herbs, jewelry, and shop selling an assortment
shaped, including pillows, soap, religious items made locally. of designer toys and limited-
and jewelry. If you are artistic, or In the East Village, Obscura edition collectibles. Red
if you wish to buy a present for Antiques and Oddities Caboose is for fans of model
someone who is, visit Blick Art specializes in rare taxidermy, railways. There are several
Materials, which stocks every- artifacts, and antiques. The shop Disney and Lego stores around
thing you could need, from once even had its own show the city as well, guaranteed
easels and brushes to modeling on the Discovery Channel. to thrill the young ones.
clay. Forbidden Planet is a Posteritati contains over 9,000 Dinosaur Hill on Second Avenue
science-fiction megastore with movie posters, including classics offers handmade puppets and
everything from comics to from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea toys, mobiles, and beautifully
models for the true fan. to Goldfinger, to contemporary made children’s clothes. It’s
Carrying anything one could hits such as Avatar. In the West expensive but worth it. Since
want for their NYC apartment, Village, the Uncommons is a 1848, Hammacher Schlemmer

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