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Thanks Skip, always happy to read your NYC updates. I have not been to New York at Christmas time, but your posts keep me wanting to make that trip.
Charlie
Great pictures of days gone by. How old are those? I would love to have gone to New York City when people REALLY decorated for the holidays. I remember back when my folks would take us kids to downtown Chicago to see all the windows in the big stores decorated with Lionel trains and a myriad of animations. We would spend what seemed like hours in the cold staring at them before heading inside and up the escalators to the toy department and get a chance to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what we wanted for Christmas. These days Fields and Carson's and Montgomery Ward's and Wiebolt's are long gone and the windows at Macy's are a poor excuse for decorations.
third rail posted:Great pictures of days gone by. How old are those? I would love to have gone to New York City when people REALLY decorated for the holidays. I remember back when my folks would take us kids to downtown Chicago to see all the windows in the big stores decorated with Lionel trains and a myriad of animations. We would spend what seemed like hours in the cold staring at them before heading inside and up the escalators to the toy department and get a chance to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what we wanted for Christmas. These days Fields and Carson's and Montgomery Ward's and Wiebolt's are long gone and the windows at Macy's are a poor excuse for decorations.
Most of these photos were taken within the last 5-10 years. We started doing the Toy Train Walking Tour with my kids about 23 years ago during the Holiday Season when Clarke Dunham created the wonderful display known as the Station at Citicorp Center on 53rd St. and 3rd Ave. which required some walking from the location of Macy's. We soon filled the space in between with the other stops on the walking tour.
My family and I haven't been to NYC since summer 2000. Took Amtrak there. We had a great time walking from Penn station all the way to Harlem. I would really like to get back, especially around the holidays.
third rail posted:Great pictures of days gone by. How old are those? I would love to have gone to New York City when people REALLY decorated for the holidays.
You should go now. They still REALLY decorate for the holidays. All the things NYC Fan showed and more.
Our family takes an annual trip to anywhere at Thanksgiving. Usually somewhere warm. We all put in a suggestion and then the destinations come up for a vote . We always stay in an airbnb so we can walk the city and get a local's view. This year it's mobile Alabama. Based on the above pictures, I will be suggesting new York city for 2020.
