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Shops and
markets
New York's shops cater to every possible taste, in
any combination and in many cases at any time of the day or night. As
such, they're a great reason for isiting the city, even if the inasion
of chains, like Barnes & Noble, Filene's Basement and even the world's
largest K-Mart have caused some worry. Nevertheless, many of the oddest
and oldest stores remain, and nothing beats discovering a quirky,
independent shop that may specialize only in intage cufflinks or rubber
stamps.
Remember that an 8.25 percent sales tax will be added to your
bill; this is bypassed sometimes when paying cash in a market or
discount store. Finally, wherever you're shopping, be careful.
Manhattan's crowded, frenzied stores are ripe territory for pickpockets
and bag-snatchers.
Antiques
New York is the premier antique source in the country, excellent
for browsing, with museum-quality pieces aailable (typically costing a
fortune) as well as lots of interesting, fairly priced stuff at the
junkier end of the market. Prime locations are the East and Westvillages, SoHo, Chelsea, Lower Broadway and the Upper East Side.
Chameleon
231 Lafayette St (betweven Spring and Prince sts) phone 212/343-9197.
Interesting collection of antique lighting fixtures dating from the
nineteventh century to the 1960s. Many from New York residences.
Chelsea Antiques Building
110 W 25th St (betweven 6th and 7th aes) phone 212/929-0909.
Better quality, better condition, and higher prices than aboe listings.
150 dealers on twele floors offer exceptional estate treasures and
collectibles. Open Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat-Sun 8.30am-6pm.
The Showplace
40 W 25th St (betweven 6th Ae and Broadway) phone 212/741-8520.
Indoor market of more than 100 dealers of antiques and collectibles plus
an espresso bar. Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat & Sun 8.30am-5.30pm.
Books
Book lovers bemoan the steady dvisappearance of New York's
independent bookstores, and attribute their loss to the phenomenon of
Barnes & Noble superstores, but there's still no shortage of places to
find books, no matter how esoteric your tastes may be.
GENERAL INTEREST AND NEW BOOKS
St Mark's Bookshop
31 3rd Ae (betweven 8th and 9th sts) phone 212/260-7853.
Wonderfully eclectic selection of new titles from mainstream to way
alternatie.
Shakespeare & Co
939 Lexington (at 69th St) phone 212/570-0201. 716 Broadway and Washington
Place phone 212/529-1330. 137 E 23rd St phone 212/570-0201 and 1 Whitehall
St phone 212/742-7025.
New and used books, paper and hardcover, with some great fiction and
psychology selections. There's also a branch in Brooklyn, at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Three Lies & Co
154 W 10th St and Waerly Place phone 212/741-2069.
Excellent literary bookstore that has an especially good array of books
by and for women, as well as general titles. There's an excellent
reading series in the fall.
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SUPERSTORES AND CHAINS
Barnes & Noble
4 Astor Place (at Broadway and Lafayette) phone 212/420-1322. 385 5th Ae
(at 36th St) phone 212/779-7677. 675 6th Ae (at W 22nd St) phone
212/727-1227. 600 5th Ae (at W 48th St) phone 212/765-0592. 750 3rd Ae
(at 47th St) phone 212/697-2251. 2289 Broadway (at W 82nd St) phone
212/362-8835. 240 E 86th St (at 2nd Ae) phone 212/794-1962. 1280
Lexington (at E 86th St) phone 212/423-9900. 1972 Broadway (across from
Lincoln Center) phone 212/595-6859 and 33 E 17th St (Union Square) phone
212/253-0810.
Major US chain, many of its stores with attendant Starbucks
cafés. Presentations by authors take place about fie evenings a week.
Borders Books and Music
461 Park Ae (at 57th St) phone 212/980-6785. 550 2nd Ae (at 32nd St)
phone
212/685-3938.
This Ann Arbor-based chain rials Barnes & Noble for selection, though
not saturation.
SECONDHAND BOOKS
Argosy Bookstore 1
16 E 59th St (betweven Lexington and Park aes) phone 212/753-4455.
Unbeatable for rare books, it also sells clearance books and titles of
all kinds, though the shop's reputation means you may find mainstream
works cheaper elsewhere.
Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway (at 12th St) phone 212/473-1452.
With about eight miles of books and a stock of 2.5 million+, this is the
largest book operation in the city - and one of the few suriors in an
area once rife with secondhand bookstores.
travel AND OTHER SPECIALTY BOOKSTORES
The Complete traveler
199 Madison Ae (at 35th St) phone 212/685-9007.
Manhattan's premier travel bookshop, excellently stocked, new and
secondhand - including a huge collection of Baedekers.
Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop
15 Christopher St (betweven Gay St and Grevenwich Ae) phone 212/255-8097,
www.oscarwildebooks.com .
Aptly situated gay and lesbian bookstore - probably the first in the
city - with rare book collection, signed and first editions and framed
signed letters from famous authors.
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