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LBN reports: "FIFTH AVENUE NO LONGER THE WORLD’S TOP RETAIL ADDRESS: Fifth Avenue, the storied stretch of Manhattan synonymous with high-end shopping, couture and extravagant indulgences, is no longer the blingiest binge on the block. That honor now belongs to Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay."
From Alongside Night:
He turned west on to Fifty-ninth Street—past Burger King, past Madison Avenue, past the plywood and soaped plate glass at General Motors Plaza—and continued down Fifth Avenue.
Tourists from EUCOMTO states were abundant on the avenue, buying up bargains to the bewilderment of proudly nationalistic Americans and to the delight of proprietors eager for the illegal, gold-backed eurofrancs. Where once exclusive stores had displayed apparel of quiet taste, the latest rage among the fashionable was the Genghis Khan: coats of metallic-silver leather trimmed with long, black monkey fur.
A sign was posted on a lamppost at the corner of Forty-ninth Street; Elliot passed by hardly noticing it.
Warning!
to LOOTERS, VANDALS, MUGGERS, SHOPLIFTERS, PICKPOCKETS, and other assorted CRIMINALS. This area is heavily patrolled by ARMED GUARDS with orders to protect our businesses and customers from you BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE.
BEWARE FOR YOUR LIVES!
—Fifth Avenue Merchant Alliance
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