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Retail
MNA
Client
Bergdorf Goodman
Location
New York
Bergdorf Goodman is an iconic New York store, synonymous with luxury and a certain kind of uptown class. Unlike other department stores that have chased-and, of late, often closed-far-flung outposts, Bergdorf's, as it is simply called, occupies a single location, with its women's and men's departments across the street from each other. Founded in 1901, the retailer first took up its current residence, a chateaulike palace of fashion, at Fifth Avenue between 57th and 58th Streets in Manhattan in 1928.
Meddling with classics is always a tricky business, so Bergdorf's was very deliberate in how it approached a recent 15,000 square-foot groundfloor renovation, designed by New York-based architecture firm MNA. "Bergdorf Goodman wanted to work with a boutique firm that would give the company full attention and really take a big picture view," says Jeff...