ATDTDA (12): An inappropriate eagerness, 343-347 #2

[Monte Davis]

> B. Altman's, one of the last remaining 
> original stores of the Ladie's Mile.  The building presently 
> houses the Library of Science, Industry and Business and an 
> outpost of City College.

In spirit and period (1906), but not quite geographically. Madison Square,
at 23rd St., was the northern end of the  Ladies' Mile. B. Altman's, at 34th
St., is a bit over half a mile farther uptown.

-M (former 23rd St. resident)