“Still one of New York’s
best-designed shops, Bonnier’s gains it particular effect from a two-story-high
glass façade, through which can be seen the main selling floor and the setback
balcony of the second floor, above.
This arrangement of façade and interior facilitates the use of
attractive window displays of dramatic verticality. Attention to architectural detail, as in the carefully
studied divisions of the storefront and its well-designed lettering, the brick
end wall carried through from exterior to interior, and the striking balcony
and open stair, are pleasingly in character with the superior Scandinavian
crafts and furnishings that the store promotes and sells.”
- “Four Walking Tours of Modern Architecture in
New York City,” The Museum of Moern Art and the Municipal Art Society of New
York, Prepared by Ada Louise Huxtable; Distributed by Doubleday & Company,
Inc., Third Printing 1966.
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