Welcome To The World's Premier
Luxury Shopping District.
Upper Madison Avenue (42nd-96th) has been famous for more than a century as the world's premier shopping district for the finest food, opulent merchandise, luxury lodging and services available anywhere. Tended with pride by the local merchants, the Avenue, as they like to call it, contains four unique shopping areas, Madison Midtown (42-59), the Historic District (59-72), the Museum District (72-86), and Carnegie Hill (86-96). Since its establishment during the late 1800s, this international shopping mecca has been termed the Silk Stocking District, so named due to the preferred hosiery of its affluent patrons.
MADISON MIDTOWN (42-59) Though in some ways part of the Madison Avenue couture district, this area retains the high-rise, fast-paced flavor of the midtown Manhattan core. Clothing stores and jewelers nest among more service oriented establishments such as opticians and personal care salons. Major corporations, including Sony and IBM, lay claim to entire buildings and use areas of these as showcases for their lines.
HISTORIC
DISTRICT (59-72) This area, along with The Museum
District, is one of the two main luxury shopping districts. High
fashion houses, specialty clothing, jewelry and tabletop shops
predominate the district from 59th to 72nd Streets. Specialty
clothing shops feature unique, one-of-a-kind products. The finest
estate jewelry is represented as are the more contemporary lines.
Most proliferous are the designers couture houses, with virtually
all of the better known names showcased. Historic District area
hotels include the Lowell, the Plaza Athenee and
the Helmsley Carlton House.
THE MUSEUM DISTRICT (72-86) The other luxury district, Madison's central area from 72nd to 86th Streets, is home to bridal couture, art galleries, fine custom-made clothing, luxury hotels, and, of course, more high fashion & jewelry shops. Situated in and around the Museum District are some the City's finest hotels including the Surrey, the Mark, and the Carlyle. Not to be missed at 75th Street is the Whitney Museum, showplace of American art and artists.
CARNEGIE HILL (86-96) Carnegie Hill, as the upper area is historically termed, lays claim to neighborhood restaurants and smaller shops where one can find special items and very personal service, usually from the shop's owner. The Hill is a wonderful area for an afternoon stroll, that unique shopping find, a leisurely lunch, or a quick coffee stop.
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