American Girl Place New York

American Girl Place

111 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago

609 Fifth Avenue at 49th Street, New York

Sorry for not having pictures (pics here are from official website and also this site), I have family on the east coast and will be visiting them again sometime so I will try again.

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AG Place New York

AG Place New York is larger than AG Place Chicago, it may be hard to tell by looking at the outside because AG Place New York goes around a corner and AG Place Chicago doesn't. There are three floors to AG Place New York. In between the second and third floor is another small "buffer area"(called the Mezzanine level). It was like a really thin level where bathrooms and the book illustrations were shown on the wall. There was a small window in the corner where you could ask an employee about catalog orders. I guess this could be considered a fourth level, but there is no merchandise on the level. On the main floor is the American Girl of Today section and also a walk-through Coconut tent (with Coconut accessories inside). The gear for girls was also on this floor.

On the second floor was the American Girls collection and cafe.

cafe

Kaya, Josefina, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha, Kit, and Molly's entire collections are displayed behind glass. Although Felicity's complete collection is no longer being displayed in a glass case, you can still find a few Felicity displays set up around. There are also life size displays like at Chicago, but these were shorter and more at eye level for children. These rooms were different than the ones in Chicago, and had a large screen tv behind the windows of the houses or teepees with a tape running of kids throwing snowballs to make it look like a real living scene. I liked these dioramas better than the Chicago ones, but they were not as tall.

Chicago Dioramas New York Dioramas

Dioramas at AGPlace Chicago Dioramas at AGPlace New York

The dioramas were also not in line like the ones in Chicago, they were spread around the room next to each girl's collection. In Chicago, they are all lined up against the wall. There was still a ticket underneath what you wanted to buy, but there were also shelves full of the smaller merchandise (such as accessories) so that you could pick it out for yourself and not have to wait for the cashier to find your item. The larger furniture items were still only available behind the cashier.

The third floor was full of Bitty Baby things and Hopscotch Hill dolls.

Bitty Baby floor

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