Substitute puffy parkas for fur coats and town cars and taxis for carriages, and not much has changed in 116 years on Fifth Avenue in December.
I’m not sure where painter Alice Barber Stephens set this painting, titled “Christmas on Fifth Avenue.” Can anyone take a stab at the cross street?
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New York City in 3D in the Gilded Age made Entertainment Weekly's Must Have list for the week of June 27! Thanks to everyone for their support.
Ephemeral New York