Follow our NYC holiday windows route
A pedestrian looks inside a Tiffany's window in Manhattan.The city's most famous retailers are known for splashy displays that have become as much a holiday tradition there as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree or sidewalk Santas. (Nov. 21, 2011) Credit: AP
My parents took me to the city every December when I was a kid. We'd hit Radio City Music Hall, or a Broadway show, but the two things I could always count on was a stroll past decorated store windows and a hot pretzel.
Times have changed, but the pretzel guys and window displays are still there, though midtown pretzels can get pricey, and the displays are . . . less traditional. Dickensian figures have made way for high-tech, interactive gizmos, light shows and Lady Gaga.
Here's a route to six stores: From Penn Station, take 34th Street east to Fifth Avenue, north (left) on Fifth Avenue to 60th Street, east (right) to Lexington Avenue. Here's what you'll see en route.
1. MACY'S
2. LORD & TAYLOR
3. SAKS FIFTH AVENUE
4. BERGDORF GOODMAN
5. BARNEYS NEW YORK
