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Bryant Park Back in Business

November 16th, 2007 by Joe Filippazzo

This article appeared in the 22 November issue of Our Town.

By Joe Filippazzo, Danny Teigman, Tyler Mitter and Vinita Singla

Band saws and hammers serenaded an ice rink full of smiling families as vendors built the Holiday Shops at Bryant Park today. The sixth annual showcase of boutiques, which begins this Saturday, will be open until Dec. 30.

This year vendors will be housed in small green shops huddled around the Pond – the city’s only free ice-skating rink and seasonal rendezvous. And with four days to go, crews scrambled to construct and stock a mini outdoor mall.

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Bryant Park was a beehive of holiday preparation.Bryant Park was a maze of boxes and bubble wrap in preparation for The Shops’ debut.