Best gift shops: Midtown West

By Time Out editors Fri Nov 9 2012

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It doesn’t get any more underground than the New York City subways, so it’s somehow fitting that this streetwise outfitter is located inside the Port Authority subway station. You’ll find an array of unisex $20 silk-screened tees and $40 hoodies,

  1. Subway concourse, 625 Eighth Ave, unit 17, (between 41st and 42nd Sts), 10036
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Occupying 13 acres of Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which opened in 1880, is impressive in terms both of quality and scale. Added in 1895 by McKim, Mead and White, the neoclassical facade is daunting. However, the museum is

  1. 1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St
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MoMA Design Store

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A must for design fans, the museum’s stand-alone retail arm assembles an impressive array of contemporary furnishings and gifts, including sculptural vases, clocks, kitchenware and gadgets.

  1. 44 W 53rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves
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Smythson of Bond Street

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With Bergdorf Goodman and Louis Vuitton across the street, the flagship of this English leather-goods house keeps up with its posh neighbors via newly revamped digs for culty hand-engraved stationery (starting at $55) and their haute

  1. 4 W 57th St at Fifth Ave
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