09 October 2007

A Metropolitan history, via glorious commerce.

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Bemelmans Bar, The Carlyle Hotel
(murals by the creator of my beloved Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans)

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Dulken & Derrick, where Eleanor Roosevelt bought her silk flowers

I really love this guide to NYC shopping at House and Garden (found via design*sponge). It is a perfect marriage of old and new and is deliciously quixotic, like these images of New York.

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This is New York, Miroslav Sasek, 1960

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nyc print, Matte Stephens, 2007

1 comment:

Tori Higa said...

Hi Leigh, I am tagging you - see my blog for details. Of course it's totally optional. I just thought it might be fun. Hope you are doing well!