The G is a little faded, but this ad on the side of a building on West 30th Street is remarkably well-preserved. Gimbels bit the dust in 1986 after at least 100 years as one of New York’s top department stores and longtime rival of Macy’s. Manhattan Mall now occupies its former 33rd Street site.
Tags: department stores, Gimbels
Ephemeral New York 
December 8, 2010 at 1:32 am |
[…] department store giant started held on until the mid-1980s. A faded Gimbels ad on 3oth Street is all that’s […]
December 8, 2010 at 12:04 pm |
That’s 31st Street.
December 14, 2014 at 2:38 pm |
Gimbel’s, now that was a great store, I got my first pair of levis bell bottoms there!
June 30, 2016 at 7:36 am |
[…] few other remnants of Gimbels continue to haunt Midtown. A faded Gimbels ad on a building on West 31st Street should still be […]