The tiny holdout building in the middle of Macy’s is back in view

I used to work one block from there. For years I got off at that station and walked past the building but had no idea it was hiding something like that. Amazing!

Re: The tiny holdout building in the middle of Macy’s is back in view

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Post by dn3500 » Sat, Aug 01, 2026, 8:57 AM UTC

They have an odd definition of "middle".

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Post by hdgvhicv » Sat, Aug 01, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC

ungreased0675 wrote: post #2

That building looks horrible, do people live there?

Ground floor is a shop, pepper floors are basically empty.

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Post by hdgvhicv » Sat, Aug 01, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Corner

In September 2021, Macy's accused the billboard's owner Kaufman Realty of negotiating to lease the space to an online retailer before Macy's most recent lease expired that August. Macy's claimed that the lessee was almost certainly Amazon and filed for an injunction preventing Kaufman from leasing the space to a competitor. Macy's claimed that a 1963 agreement prohibited such a lease "forever" and that an Amazon billboard would be highly visible during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Post by justincormack » Sat, Aug 01, 2026, 9:27 AM UTC

The London version of this is Spiegelhalters, in the middle of the ornate facade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickhams_(department_store)

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Post by nephihaha » Sat, Aug 01, 2026, 9:27 AM UTC

ungreased0675 wrote: post #2

That building looks horrible, do people live there?

I know. I was expecting something easier on the eye. Maybe a century of being behind billboards has wrecked it. The 1906/1907 photographs look much better.