Books Take Center Stage in Holiday Window Displays
- Written by Luvon Roberson @LuvonRwriter
- Published in Images
Images of Books & Authors in Unexpected Places
Every year in December, I head off to Fifth Avenue to tour the gorgeous holiday window displays. This year, my traditional seasonal trek had a happy addition: Harlem's 125th Street! I was like a kid in a candy store, as several stores on Harlem's 125th Street showcased gorgeous holiday windows. Expecting to see the usual festive creations of glamorous gowns and dressed-to-the-nines mannequins; snow-filled dioramas; old-fashioned toys for miniature girls and boys; and the usual Christmas scenes, what a wonder-filled surprise to find instead, books and authors inspiring the holidays this year!
Fifth Avenue
Bergdorf Goodman offered windows on Architecture, Music, Painting, Theatre, and my favorite, Arts & Literature.
Literature themed holiday window at Bergdorf Goodman - December 2014. Photo Credit: Ricky Zehavi
Can you find Frederick Douglass and Phyllis Wheatley among the many iconic writers featured in the window?
Harlem
Uptown, a Harlem store's fanciful window shimmered with a quote from Zora Neale Hurston, one of my most cherished writers. The images of Hurston and Langston Hughes, standing stand-by-side in the Yoga Land window display, made me smile.
Photos of legendary authors Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston in a winter holiday themed window at Yoga Land in Harlem. Photo credit: DNAinfo/Gustavo Solis
Then, a happy thought came to me; all good wishes are sent forth – to everyone -- in this glorious holiday season!
Tour Bergdorf Goodman's holiday windows.
Tour the Harlem stores' holiday windows.
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Each month, I'll share images of books and authors that I come upon in unexpected places. It's all to inspire you to experience, as if for the first time, the wonder of books and their creators.
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