| Bloomingdale's flagship store | |
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 Exterior of Bloomingdale's flagship store (2007) | |
 Interactive map of the Bloomingdale's flagship store area | |
| General information | |
| Status | Open |
| Type | Department store |
| Architectural style | |
| Location | 1000Third Avenue (59th Street andLexington Avenue),New York City,New York,United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′43″N73°57′59″W / 40.76194°N 73.96639°W /40.76194; -73.96639 |
| Current tenants | Bloomingdale's |
| Opened | 1866 |
| Client | Joseph B. andLyman Bloomingdale |
| Owner | Bloomingdale family |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 815,000 square feet (75,700 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
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TheBloomingdale's flagship store is adepartment store betweenThird andLexington Avenues, and59th and 60th Streets on the border of theUpper East Side andMidtown Manhattan inNew York City. It was designed byHerman J. Schwarzmann andAlbert Buchman forJoseph B. andLyman Bloomingdale, and opened in 1886; it was expanded in 1893 and 1930. The store spans 815,000 square feet (75,700 m2), of which 555,000 square feet (51,600 m2) is selling space, and occupies nearly an entirecity block. It remains the flagship store and headquarters of theBloomingdale's department store chain, founded in 1861 and owned byMacy's, Inc. since 1930.[a]
The present-day Bloomingdale's flagship store originated as the third relocation of the Bloomingdale's Great East Side Bazaar founded byJoseph B. andLyman Bloomingdale.[3]
Buchman & Deisler designed the 1893 expansion in theRenaissance style, and included an annex and a wing that extended to59th Street.Starrett & Van Vleck expanded the store to occupy the entire city block with the 1930 expansion, which also added the signatureArt Deco facade alongLexington Avenue. The original construction and subsequent additions were described as "a complete mess architecturally" by architectWilliam J. Conklin in the 1980s, however Federated Department Stores did not move forward with his exterior restoration plans at that time.