With the holidays mere days away, clear your holiday gift giving list quickly and easily with these great ideas from Grand Central neighborhood retailers, vendors and service providers. Why here? Because shopping in the Grand Central Partnership neighborhood offers both convenience to those short on time, and great variety to meet nearly any budget, desire or quantity needed.
Apple (Grand Central Terminal, East Balcony – 212-284-1800) offers technology products, accessories and gift cards sure to make the vast majority of your gift recipient list beside themselves with glee. Check out their favorite holiday gifts, here.
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Brooks Brothers (346 Madison Avenue at 44th Street – 212-682-8800) has created handy gift guides for him and for her, as well as a selection of gift card designs for those who would rather leave the choice up to their giftee.
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Grand Central Terminal is a great “one-stop” source for gifts year-round, but at this time of year, it’s even more a boon to holiday shoppers as Vanderbilt Hall hosts the fourteenth annual Grand Central Holiday Fair: a smorgasbord of unique, quality, often handmade products from a diverse group of the city’s best vendors.
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Links of London (In the MetLife Building, 200 Park Avenue – 212-867-0258) invites you to take advantage of their Holiday Gift with Love Offer: Free Pavé Diamond Earrings when you spend $350*
*Terms and conditions apply. Gift worth $250.
Offer valid: December 3rd – December 24th (while supplies last)
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Lord & Taylor (424 Fifth Avenue between 38th and 39th Streets – 212-391-3344) has a great gift guide with choices to satisfy nearly all your gift-buying needs! Take a look online at your leisure, then stop by the store to pick up everything you need and see their legendary holiday windows!
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Paul Stuart (Madison Avenue at 45th Street – 212-682-0320) has released their 2013 Gift Guide and is offering free shipping on orders of $150 or more on the finest collection of distinguished gifts and exceptional menswear pieces included in the guide, all unique to Paul Stuart. Just enter HOLIDAY13 at checkout, now through December 13. They are also holding a sale on their Women’s apparel and accessories and, for their last monthly sweepstakes celebrating this, their 75th anniversary, they’re giving away $25,000! Enter to win here! (Winning that should help cover a LOT of gifts!)
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For the holiday season, Potbelly Sandwich Shop (150 East 44th Street btwn Lexington and Third Avenues – 646-289-4202) has a special holiday cookie box, gift cards (for every $25 in gift cards purchased, receive a free sandwich card!), and – for the shopper – a Peppermint Twist Shake! Click here for more information.
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The Center for Fiction (17 East 47th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues – 212-755-6710) is running an online auction through December 10th that features a wide variety of items with high potential for great gifts, including books signed by David Foster Wallace and Stephen King! Check out all the items in the auction, here.
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The Library Shop (The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, First Floor, Room 116 – 212-930-0641) has a wide variety of gift items and holiday cards for sale as well as unique items related to the Library’s collection, history and great literary works in general. Check out the holiday section of their gift shop here.
Or, make a tax-deductible donation to The New York Public Library in your loved one’s name and pick from four unique e-card designs to send notifying the honoree of your gift.
Note: All proceeds from Shop sales go to support the mission of The New York Public Library. Library members receive a 10% discount on every purchase (join now).
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The Morgan Library & Museum (225 Madison Avenue between 36th & 37th Streets – 212-685-0008) has a number of unique holiday gift ideas available from their museum shop, including “Poe Ho Ho” Greeting Cards. Check out the full list of items here.
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The Palm Restaurant Group (In the GCP District: The Palm – 837 Second Avenue – 212-687-2953 and The Palm Too – 840 Second Avenue – 212-697-5198, both between 44th and 45th Streets) has a list of great ideas for gifts, including gift cards (receive a $25 thank you card when you purchase $250 worth of gift cards!), steak paks and more, here.
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