Beneath Midtown Manhattan lies a sealed pedestrian tunnel most New Yorkers have never seen. Built in 1910, the Gimbels Passage once funneled thousands of commuters directly from Penn Station into the basement of the legendary Gimbels department store. Designed during the City Beautiful era by Daniel Burnham, the tunnel was a bold experiment in blending mass transit with retail power—one that quietly shaped a retail war with R.H. Macy & Co. above ground. But after the demolition of the original P

1984 Gimbels Department Store Christmas Commercial ❤️🎄 Gimbels was a prominent American department store chain that operated for over a century, founded by Adam Gimbel in 1842. It reached its peak in the mid-20th century, known for its rivalry with Macy's and its sponsorship of the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade. Gimbels was eventually acquired and its stores were shuttered in 1986, with the Herald Square flagship becoming the Manhattan Mall. ❤️🎄 | Old Fashioned Christmas

GOODBYE GIMBELS! On this day in 1986, Gimbels was holding a going-out-of-business sale. WPIX stopped by the famous Herald Square flagship store as shoppers said goodbye. Which Gimbels location did you shop at? | WPIX Archives