Laura Gilbert
"Let Wall Street Starve," sidewalk graffiti in front of
the closed Fragments store (below), July 17, 2009
The "wrap" to the immediate
left is just south of the
Whitney Museum of
American Art
.
Madison Avenue, Summer
2009:  It's a Wrap

A portfolio of photographs of the record number
of closings on Manhattan's Gold Coast -- where
the wealthy shop for jewelry, designer clothes,
and art -- during the summer of 2009.  

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All images copyright 2008, 2009 Laura Gilbert
Madison Avenue, Summer
2009:  Running on Empty

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"We apologize, but this store is now closed."
Alligator Shoes, $100
Gucci Lives Petrou dies
Thrive
Trumped  Ivanka Trump's
jewelry beside a vacant store
Summer of Love
Citified Citi anchors a block where
half the stores are vacant
Keep scrolling down Madison
Avenue, below