The Shops and Restaurants at Hudson Yards, New York, NY

The Shops and Restaurants at Hudson Yards is certainly no American Dream but none of the less it’s still a fantastic mall in the New York City metro area in the new development known as Hudson Yards that includes apartments, offices, the famous Vessel, and the mall

Since the mall opened on March 15, 2019 there is barley any history because of how young it is. In September 2014 Neiman Marcus signed to open in the mall. The mall and 10 and 30 Hudson Yards was developed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and Elkus Manfredi Architects. They started construction in June 2015 and had one of the largest steel orders in the country’s history. Finally the mall opened on March 15, 2019 the mall portion of the development opened.

Neiman Marcus occupies floors 5, 6, 7 which are the top. Fairway which is a local supermarket is in the basement of the building. They have 12 restaurants in the mall and one owned by Thomas Keller. Level 1 has more of an upscale selection from stores such as Cartier, Tiffany & Co., and Fendi. Level 2 gives me more of an Shops at Chestnut Hill vibe with Uniqlo and Madewell as the only two national chains I could find on the directory. Level 3 is like Level 2 but more stores on this floor there is a Zara, H&M, Banana Republic, and Sephora. On Level 4 it’s basically the same thing as Level 3. Level 5 is probably the most luxurious level with Neiman Marcus, Louis Vuitton, Chanel. Levels 6 & 7 are just Neiman Marcus and more restaurants.

The mall is very busy and hard to get to in a car they barley have any parking and the parking garage. One thing though parking is cheaper here than the Prudential Center and Copley Place in Boston and Liberty Place in Philadelphia which seems very backwards. This was a stressful experience getting here but it was all worth it.

Here on my photos of The Shops and Restaurants at Hudson Yards from July 30, 2019 from around noon.

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