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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Meanwhile, at Astro...

One of my favorite places for just looking at window displays is Astro Gems and Minerals, on 34th Street at Park Avenue.

Besides all kinds of fascinating mineral, coral and gem displays, they always have artistic objects made from gems and minerals...like the delightful bird shown here.

I do not collect items like this, this is sheerly window shopping...that's one of the great things about Midtown Manhattan, there are hundreds of fascinating store windows to look at, many of which update their displays fairly regularly...and even the mundane storefronts often have something to recommend them visually, sometimes because they are survivors of a bygone age, others for little touches in the displays ( store window designers in Midtown are great for that).

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