A few odd things around NYC

I was inspired by Nick and LevysUniqueNY on Twitter to write a post about some odd signs and sights I've spotted around the city. Some I see every day, some I saw a long time ago but never forgot, and some I see on occasion.


Lost sock sign in the Upper East Side on 2nd Avenue & 65th Street
(spotted almost a year ago)


Spotted in front of the Whitney Museum on Madison Avenue
and 75th Street


In the Upper West Side on 74th Street between Central Park West
and Columbus—a street sign that reads "Baxter" in an apartment window


An upside down Pedestrian sign on Spring Street in SoHo


"Pray", written on door handle of an NW subway

The Macy's Holiday Windows

Beneath a lit up tree and a famous sign that you've all seen, are the Macy's annual holiday window displays. This year they fit along with the "Believe" campaign, where kids can write a letter to Santa in the North Pole. These colorful displays take you through the process of creating a card for Santa, seeing it stamped, seeing it in the mail with a bunch of others, then Santa reading it himself.

Holiday tree lights at the entrance


The digital process of writing a letter to Santa


The stamping process


Mailing of the letter


Santa reading the letter!

Louis Vuitton on 5th Avenue

Louis Vuitton stores and window displays always impress. The mulit-colored thing was in season last November when I was touring NYC with a friend, and now they've gone back to the darker, more serious look (below) in which the brown purse moves from one window display to another. Sort of like at airport security (?)

What I like about this Louis Vuitton display is that it's all about motion and activity. The viewer can stop and watch the purse as it glides through the various windows on a conveyor belt and turns the corner along with the building's exterior (not pictured). You can follow it along its way and then continue making your way back down 5th Avenue towards maybe Saks or St. Patrick's Cathedral.





There is a also a very active display a few blocks away on Lexington and 59th Street where Bloomingdales is located.