Devin, Andy, and Claire Hamilton visit the new Printemps store on Wall Street. What and who is a department store for, now? Is this really a supersized boutique? Is the best department store the one with the most seating? Will this place foment a revolution, or be a cool place to meet someone for snacks and people watching? What does it take for a store to set you dreaming??
Novel excerpt: Playworld by Adam Ross
Department store classic: Corduroy by Don Freeman
About Charging Bull sculpture
About the Red Room mosaic in Printemps
Food and Drink options at Printemps
NYPost article about food at Printemps (good photos)
Some brands at Printemps: Jacquemus, Marni, The Falls
Some history on the original 1653 wall that stood where Wall Street is (New York Almanack)
Flash Gordon and the Wood Beast
KaDeWe Berlin, Hands Tokyo (stores)
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue by Julie Satow
Goodbye to Lord & Taylor by Sarah M. Seltzer (NYTimes)
Ode to Le Train Bleu the lost Bloomingdale’s restaurant, by Luke J. Spencer (Messy Nessy)
Full Carts Social: Bluesky, Instagram
Theme music by Jed Becker, cover art by Margaret Flatley, music insertion by Skye MacLeod
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