tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post1252260367929537615..comments2024-03-18T07:26:19.953-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The Peerless Motor and Demarest Buildings -- Broadway and 57th StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-39422930891300596462012-08-30T07:04:36.769-07:002012-08-30T07:04:36.769-07:00As usual, a fascinating post.
When I was a child-...As usual, a fascinating post.<br /><br />When I was a child- early 1970's- GM was headquartered in a building it owned at Fifth Avenue between 58th-59th Street, site of the much lamented Savoy Plaza Hotel (dating myself, I even remember the hotel- a sickly sweet drink at Trader Vic's, then located there, was a bi-annual post dentist treat. Go figure).The atrium of the GM building, now occupied by a TV studio and FAO Schwarz, was given over to a huge showroom of GM vehicles. I was car crazy at the time, and spent hours there imagining the cars I would buy as an adult. Cars also seemed to come in a million colors back then- many dreadful, I know, but the more outlandish the better to my 12 year old eyes.<br /><br />Now, all the car dealers in Manhattan seem to be along a particularly grim stretch of 11th Avenue, housed in equally grim warehouse type structures. It does take some of the fun and excitement out of car shopping, which, real or fantasy, was one of the favorite activiites of my youth.magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181183756484194127noreply@blogger.com