Americana Manhasset is a high-end, open-air shopping center located in Manhasset

Manhasset, New York

Manhasset is a hamlet and neighborhood in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 8,080....

, New York

New York

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. It is the largest and most well known shopping center in the area, sometimes commonly referred to as the "Miracle Mile

Miracle Mile (Manhasset)

The Miracle Mile is a prominent shopping district in Manhasset on the North Shore of Long Island in Nassau County, New York. The area along Northern Boulevard is well-known for its high-end premium open-air shopping center, the Americana Manhasset....

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International fashion designer labels and luxury goods companies—Dior

Dior

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, Cartier

Cartier SA

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, Bottega Veneta

Bottega Veneta

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, Donna Karan

Donna Karan

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, Fendi

Fendi

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, Gucci

Gucci

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, Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton

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, MaxMara, St. John, Tiffany & Co.

Tiffany & Co.

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 and Prada

Prada

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—maintain a total of more than 60 retail stores and restaurants on a 220000 square feet (20,438.7 m²) site surrounded by gardens designed by Oheme van Sweden. Peter Marino is Americana Manhasset's master architect.

History

Opened in 1956 as a simple community-style shopping center, Americana, which has always been and is still maintained by the Castagna Realty family, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2006. It was only in the 1980s, however, that the center, acknowledging the affluence of the region, the world-renowned Long Island Gold Coast, gradually evolved into a luxurious boutique-style shopping area. When by the late 1990s international designers including but not limited to Prada

Prada

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, Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani

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, Fendi

Fendi

Fendi is an Italian high fashion house best known for its "baguette" handbags. It was launched in 1925 as a fur and leather shop in Rome, but today is a multinational luxury goods brand owned by LVMH...

, Escada

Escada

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, Chanel

Chanel

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, Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton

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, Hermès

Hermès

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, Burberry

Burberry

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, and Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren

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 had opened their sophisticated free-standing designer stores, the center was able to bear comparison with Manhattan

Manhattan

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's Fifth Avenue, which is about 20 miles (32.2 km) away, and with California

California

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's Rodeo Drive

Rodeo Drive

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In 2006, the center saw the openings of Etro

Etro

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 (fashion label), Intermix (specialty store), Malandrino (womenswear), and Vilebrequin (swimwear). Theory

Theory

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 and Frette

Frette

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 opened in Fall 2007. Juicy Couture

Juicy Couture

Juicy Couture is a contemporary line of both casual and dressy apparel based in Arleta, Los Angeles, California founded by Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor in 1996...

 opened in Summer 2008. Ilori

Ilori

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 opened in spring 2009. Ermenegildo Zegna

Ermenegildo Zegna

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 and Tory Burch

Tory Burch

Tory Burch is an American fashion designer, business woman and philanthropist who was born, raised and educated in the Philadelphia metropolitan area....

 opened in spring 2010. There is also an Apple Store nearby, but it is not part of the Americana.

Former Tenants

Barneys New York Barneys New York Barneys New York is a chain of luxury department stores headquartered in New York City. The chain owns large stores in New York City, Beverly Hills, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Las Vegas, and Scottsdale, and smaller stores in other locations across the United States.Brands sold include... : First branch store Bath & Body Works Cache Cache In computer engineering, a cache is a component that transparently stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster. The data that is stored within a cache might be values that have been computed earlier or duplicates of original values that are stored elsewhere... Dana Buchman Dana Buchman Dana Buchman is an upscale women's fashion brand, and its founder, Dana Buchman, an American fashion designer and creative designer of the same name. It is owned by the Liz Claiborne fashion company.-History:... Dolce and Gabbana Emporio Armani & Caffe: Replaced by Giorgio Armani Eileen Fisher Eileen Fisher Eileen Fisher, Inc. is an American women's clothing retailer founded by a clothing designer of the same name. Her clothing is known for simplicity. She has sometimes used non-traditional models in print advertisements, including employees of the company.... Ellen Tracy Escada Escada Escada is an international luxury fashion group in women's designer clothing. The company has a presence in about 60 different countries. Its main sales markets are North America, western and eastern Europe and Asia. It filed bankruptcy in August 2009, and was acquired by Megha Mittal, in November...  Sport H&M Kate Spade Kate Spade Kate Brosnahan Spade is the co-founder and namesake of the designer brand, Kate Spade New York .- Early life and beginnings :... Mulberry Mulberry Morus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae. The 10–16 species of deciduous trees it contains are commonly known as Mulberries....

Nicole Miller Nicole Miller Nicole Miller is an American fashion designer, businesswoman, mother and wife who was born in Texas and raised in Lenox, Massachusetts.Miller attended the Rhode Island School of Design where she earned a BFA in Apparel Design... Oilily Origins Origins (cosmetics) Origins is a cosmetics brand from USA, founded in 1990 by Leonard Lauder, son of Estee Lauder. It is one of the original brands of The Estee Lauder Companies, meaning that it was created by the Lauder family, not obtained through an acquisition or buy-out.The company is known for their natural... Payard Pâtisserie François Payard François Payard is a pastry chef and cookbook author.Born in Nice, chef François Payard grew up spending much of his time in his grandfather’s pastry shop, Au Nid des Friandises, on the Riviera.... Talbots Talbots Talbots is a specialty retailer and direct marketer of women’s classic clothing, shoes and accessories. Established in 1947, the company sells items such as the blazer, trench, white shirt, ballet flats and pearls.... Thomas Pink Thomas Pink Thomas Pink is a retail clothing business started in London in 1984, by three Irish brothers James, Peter and John Mullen. The company was named for an 18th century London tailor who was known for making much sought-after red hunting jackets.... Waldbaums Swensen's Swensen's Swensen's is a global chain of ice cream restaurants that started in San Francisco, California.-History:The company was started in 1948 by Earle Swensen. Swensen opened his first shop at the corner of Union and Hyde Streets, along the cable car tracks in Russian Hill in San Francisco at what had... Yves Saint Laurent Yves Saint Laurent (brand) Yves Saint Laurent or YSL is a luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. Today, its chief designer is Stefano Pilati. Yves Saint Laurent, founder of the brand, died in 2008.-History:... Williams-Sonoma Williams-Sonoma Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a high-end American consumer retail company that sells kitchenwares, furniture and linens, as well as other housewares and home furnishings, along with a variety of specialty foods, soaps and lotions...

External links

• Americana Manhasset (official web site)

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