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Gifts, Gizmos and Souvenirs
Hammacher-Schlemmer
147 E.57th St. (betw. Lexington and 3rd Aves.)
Tel: 212-421-9000
Battery-operated
socks? The most advanced nose-hair trimmer known to man? A one-man
submersible to draw you to the treasures of the deep? This veritable
institution stocks gizmos you never thought were indispensable.
Remember, they were the first retailers of the pop-up toaster and
the microwave oven.
Liquid Image
390 W.Broadway (betw. Broome and Spring Sts.)
Tel: 212-334-4443
Put
your best friend in the picture — and make it a masterpiece.
Give these folks a photograph and they’ll painstakingly insert
it into anything from the Last Supper to a Superman poster. Incredibly
realistic.
Metropolitan Transportation
Authority
Tel: 718-694-4903, Fax: 718-694-5560
$25 will get you one of those enormous neighborhood maps posted
in every subway station. Make a design statement: buy all 80.
MoMA Design Store
The Museum of Modern Art, 44 W.53rd St. (betw. 5th and 6th Aves.)
Tel: 212-767-1050
High-design source for everything from bottle stoppers to chairs.
New York Transit Museum Store
Grand Central Terminal, next to Station Master’s Office (at
E.42nd St. and Vanderbilt Ave.)
Tel:
212-878-0106
Get antique subway tokens plain, or made into cufflinks or earrings;
subway map shower curtains and ties. In other words, these souvenirs
are real New York, not Made in China.
The Pleasure Chest
156 7th Ave. So. (betw. Charles and Perry Sts.)
Tel: 212-242-2158
Having
a problem with Aunt Agatha’s birthday present again? Give her
something to wind up. Very, very naughty.
Pepper
Jones
146 Beekman St. (betw. South and Water Sts.)
Tel: 212-964-9164
A
small shop with a cafe and an exquisite selection of utilitarian
art: ceramic dishes, mango-wood bowls, leather envelopes and other
easily transportable gifts.
Untitled
159 Prince St. (betw. W.Broadway and Thompson St.)
Tel: 212-982-2088
For
the out of the ordinary, or the merely silly, postcard.
Jewelry
Alice Kwartler
123 E.57th St. (betw. Lexington and Park Aves.)
Tel: 212-752-3590
The
definitive source for cufflinks.
Antique
Addiction
436 W.Broadway (betw. Spring and Prince Sts.)
Tel: 212-925-6342
A hoard of baubles from the almost current back to Victorian.
David Saity
450 Park Avenue (betw. E.56th and E.57th Sts.)
Tel: 212-223-8125
New
and antique Native American jewelry.
Fred Leighton
773 Madison Ave. (at E.66th St.)
Tel: 212-288-1872
Fabulous,
and fabulously priced, second hand jewels, mostly with fabulous
pedigrees.
Tiffany & Co.
727 5th Ave. (at 57thSt.)
Tel: 212-755-8000
The
classic American name with those oh-so-appreciated blue gift boxes.
Leather and Luggage
Ambassador Luggage
371 Madison Ave. (betw. E.45th and E.46th Sts.)
Tel: 212-972-0965
Good
selection of top American brands such as Hartmann and French, as
well as everyone else.
Suarez Handbags
450 Park Ave. (betw. E.56th and E.57th Sts.)
Tel: 212-753-3758
Bags
made in the same Italian factories as Gucci, and it shows.
Special Interest
Chess Shop
230 Thompson St. (betw. W.3rd and Bleecker Sts.)
Tel: 212-475-9580
The
gathering place for everyone in the game.
Mokuba NY
55 W.39th St. (betw. 5th and 6th Aves.)
Tel: 212-869-8900
Ribbons,
braid, lace. 43,000 types. A garment district delight, notionally.
Pearl Paint
308 Canal St. (betw. Church St. and Broadway)
Tel: 212-431-7932
Multi-floor
department store filled with every conceivable art and craft supply.
You come out actually wanting to try batik, china painting, metal
tooling.
The Spectrum Store
111 E.59th St. (betw. Lexington and Park Aves.)
Tel: 212-821-9384
Talking
clocks, large print calculators, books, atlases, in short everything
for the sight-impaired, or for those who like things big and clear.
The Spy Shop at Quark
International
537 3rd Ave. (at E.36th St.)
Tel: 212-889-1808
Come
in from the cold and check out the bug detectors, knife and bullet-resistant
body armor, tracking devices, telephone scramblers and optical night
vision equipment.
Tender Buttons
143 E.62nd St. (betw. Lexington and 3rd Aves.)
Tel: 212-758-7004
Astounding
and delightful collection of new and antique buttons.
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