Aug 22 2008
Manhattan Mall!
Did you guys know that we have a mall in Manhattan? I didn’t, not until yesterday. How can I have missed that? If there’s one person who knows how to shop it’s me, so you’d think I knew all the places to go. This just shows how much I have to learn, still.
The Mall is located on 33rd street and 6th Avenue, right on Herald Square and is huge. They are unfortunately remaking the lower floors right now but there were still plenty of shops to visit: VS, Express, Body Shop, and Charlotte Russe. They also had a shoestore (without a name) in wich everything was for sale. You could buy a pair of shoes for just $6. Not bad for this city I must say. I, myself left with 2 pairs of shoes from David Z and Rainbow and a tunic from Strawberry Jam. Great stuff. As you can see on the picture above, the Mall is huge. Some of the stores alone are 150,000 square feet. That’s not too bad considering the real estate prices in NY these days. JCPenney is one of those stores and opened their first store in this mall. This was spring of 2007, and as a result of this many other, smaller stores have had to close in order to make room for them.
“Life’s a bitch and then you die” as my friend always said. Great expression which can be applied pretty much everywhere. I use it all the time.
Tror minsann jag och pappa var där en sväng
Jassa, det var minsn inte jag. Var var jag da? i skolan kanske!?
vi far val ta och besoka det igen nar du kommer!
Puss
Tror att du och mia var o fixade nånting
absolut, vi ska shoppa överallt! 
Puss
….OK..sorry..but i am one of those people who absolutely hate to see BIG mega stores taking over shopping areas…as little by little there just won’t be any interesting new small inexpensive stores left anywhere, they all get pushed out by the BIG BAD ONES…and only a few really really expensive ones survive…chainstores are the DEATH of shopping and entrepenaurship…as we noticed while in California….same with eateries…UGH…and somehow I had always thought NY,well at least Manhattan, immune to this fad…so sorry…and then to actually find a small shop or two in the new mall that is a bit different, only to find them pushed out by BIG BADDIE a while later….so look for a little chubby Mumin with a placard …saying DOWN WITH THE BIG BADDIES…next time you shop there…