SPOTLIGHT ON: RETAILERS IN NEW YORK CITY
Macy's, B. Altman's, Saks Fifth Avenue and Abraham & Straus
are just some of the great department stores that have been located in
New York City. Others like IKEA and Filene's Basement are relative
newcomers. Retail stores, large and small, are an essential New York
business. This article highlights some publications on department stores,
shopping malls and the retail business.
Bloomingdale's 100: Perspectives on a New York Tradition celebrates
the centennial of Bloomingdale's in 1972. The history of the store
is presented along with photographs from various time periods and historical
information about New York City over the years covered. Bloomingdale's
was established in 1872 by two brothers of the same name and eventually
expanded in terms of physical space, number of stores and merchandise
offered.
Retailing New York is a report from the Manhattan Borough President's
office published in June 1996. Surveys of both New York City residents
and retailers were conducted. Findings and analysis are shown in the
report. Case studies of seven shopping areas such as Arthur Avenue in
the Bronx and Fulton Mall in Brooklyn are presented along with discussion
of the typical users/shoppers, access to the stores, private and public
investments, strengths and challenges. The retail economy in the city
is also examined and recommendations for the future are offered.
Great Merchants of Early New York: "The Ladies' Mile" by
Joseph Devorkin offers historical sketches of several New York retailers
that opened for business on the famous "Ladies' Mile." This
shopping area extended from 14th and the Union Square area, up Broadway
to 23rd Street in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Many stores such as Lord & Taylor, Henri Bendel, F.A.O.Schwarz, and
Bergdorf Goodman started here before eventual relocation or closure.
Included are contemporary and historical photos and excerpts from original
newspaper advertisements for the stores.
IKEA Red Hook: Final Environmental Impact Statement prepared by AKRF,
Inc. and other consulting firms for the Department of City Planning is
a study of conditions on the site of a proposed IKEA furniture department
store. The report, required by law, as part of the land use process,
discusses the socioeconomic factors, waterfront, environmental conditions
and hazards and various other key elements.
Consult the vertical files for articles and other materials on retail
stores and shopping malls. Find out more about shops, merchants, the
retail business and what they contribute to the city's social life
and economy.
ACQUISITIONS LIST, APRIL 2006
The following publications were received by the City Hall Library
in the month of April. Additional government publications
can be found online in our Government
Publications section.
Cartagena, Juan.
Voting rights in New York 1982-2006: a report of Renew
the VRA.org. New York: March 2006.
Center for the Urban Future.
More hard times for New York's working
families. March 2006.
Citizens Budget Commission.
Old assumptions, new realities: the truth
about wages and retirement benefits for government employees. New York:
[2006].
Correctional Association of New York.
When "free" means losing
your mother: the collision of child welfare and incarceration of women
in New York State. A report of the
Women in Prison Project. New York: February 2006.
Dwyer, J. C.
Hunger and obesity in East Harlem: environmental influences
on urban food access. September 13, 2005. New York: New York City Coalition
Against
Hunger, [2006].
Fund for the City of New York.
2006 Sloan Public Service Awards.
Horowitz, Sara, et al.
Creative workers count: New York City's
arts funding overlooks individual artists needs: 2006 report. New York:
Freelancers Union, 2006.
N. Y. City. Citywide Administrative Services, Department of.
Charter
mandated provisional report by agency in time periods. Feb. 28, 2006.
N. Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit of the Department of Education's
administration of the high school admission process. April 12, 2006.
(Report no. 7697)
N. Y. City. Comptroller.
Follow-up audit on the financial and operating
practices of the Queens County Public Administrator. April 24, 2006.
(Report no. 7700)
N. Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the compliance of Staten Island
Minor League Holdings, LLC (Staten Island Yankees) with their lease,
January 1, 2003 - December
31, 2004. April 21, 2006. (Report no. 7699)
N. Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the financial practices of the
New York City Marketing Development Corporation. April 10, 2006. (Report
no. 7696)
N. Y. City. Comptroller.
Follow-up audit report on the Department of
Buildings data center. April 7, 2006. (Report no. 7695)
N. Y. City. Comptroller.
Follow-up audit on the financial practices of
the Office of the Actuary. April 19, 2006. (Report no. 7698)
N. Y. City. Elections, Board of.
Annual report 2002. Prepared under the
direction of the Commissioners of Elections. August 2003.
N. Y. City. Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of.
Tuberculosis Control
Program. Information Summary, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.
N. Y. City. Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of. Office of Public
Health Engineering.
2005 NYC beach surveillance and monitoring program
summary. October 2005.
N. Y. City. Homeless Services, Department of.
The health of homeless
adults in New York City: a report from the New York Departments of Health
and Mental Hygiene and Homeless Services,
December 2005.
N. Y. City. Interagency Coordinating Council on Youth.
Annual report,
fiscal year 2004.
N. Y. City. Interagency Coordinating Council on Youth.
Annual report,
fiscal year 2005.
N. Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
2 Park Avenue: designation
report. April 18, 2006. (Designation List 372 - LP-2185)
N. Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission
Stewart and Company Building:
designation report. April 18, 2006. (Designation List 372 - LP-2185)
N. Y. City. Mayor. Commission to Combat Police Corruption.
A follow-up
review of the New York City Police Department's Performance
Monitoring Unit. April 2006.
N. Y. City. Parks and Recreation, Department of.
Fresh Kills Park: draft
scope of work to prepare a generic environmental impact statement. April
21, 2006.
N. Y. City. Transitional Finance Authority.
Annual report 2003, 2004,
2005.
N. Y. State. Chief Administrator of the Courts.
Twenty-seventh annual
report for calendar year 2004.
N. Y. State. Health, Department of.
New York State Managed Care Plan
performance: a report on quality access to care and consumer satisfaction.
2005.
New York State Statistical Yearbook: 30th edition revised and expanded.
Albany: Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2005.
New York University School of Law. Center for Law and Economics.
The
effect of community gardens on neighboring property values. March 2006.
(Law & Economics Research Series Working Paper No. 06-09)
Pratt Center for Community Development and Habitat for Humanity New
York City.
Reforming New York City's 421-A Property Tax Exemption
Program: subsidize affordable homes, not luxury development. New York:
[2006].
Restaurant Opportunities Center for New York (ROC-NY) and the New York
City Restaurant Industry Coalition.
Dining out, dining healthy: the link
between public health and working conditions in New York City's
restaurant industry. April 2006.
United States Census Bureau.
Domestic net migration in the United States:
2000-2004. Issued April 2006.
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Surveillance
for World Trade Center: disaster health effects among survivors of collapsed
and damaged buildings. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Dept. of Health
and Human Services, April 7, 2006. (Morbidity and mortality weekly report
surveillance summaries)
United States General Accounting Office.
Governing auditing standards
by the Comptroller General of the United States. Washington: USGPO, 2003
edition.
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