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Fifth Avenue Faces Fast Food Frenzy Clash Over Signage
A debate grips midtown Manhattan as Roy Rogers outlets join Fifth Avenue near Saks Cartier and Bergdorf Goodman. City planners weigh a ban on street level food sales from 32nd to 59th streets while critics fear garish signs and architectural chaos. Roy Rogers’ Murray Riese defends coexistence, noting mutual prosperity with luxury stores and cautioning against overbuilding.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Saks
Cartier
Tiffany’s
Roy Rogers
City Hall
Michael B. Grosso
Fifth Avenue Association
Robert A.M. Stern
Kent Barwick
Municipal Arts Society
Riese
Murray
Grosso
McDonald's
Empire State Building
34Th Street
Burger King
37Th
Godfather’s Pizza
New York Public Library
42Nd Street
46Th Street
Avenue
Gucci
Aquassutum
Steuben
Jan
Bergdorf-Goodman
Bonwit
Department of City Planning
32Nd
59Th Streets
Lauren F. Otis
Manhattan