Stores: The World’s Largest Store

This is Macy's in New York circa 1964. Here you'll find everything a swinging bachelor needs, from swank furniture to the latest music. Just look at the crowd of people outside waiting to get in, or are they just trying to get a cab during rush hour?

Swinging London 1960s Fashion

For many of us the 1960s was the fashion decade of the 20th century. Especially if you lived in London at the time, which was known as “Swinging London” – a definition made in April 1966 by British magazine Time. Most of us can only daydream what it was like during that era from what [...]

1964 New York World’s Fair Futurama Ride

General Motors was a pioneer exhibitor back in the mid-century often with the technical assistance of Walt Disney’s Imagineers. Futarama was a ride at the New York World’s Fair in 1939 and was updated for the 1964 fair which offered its riders a glimpse into what life in the year 2024 would be like. This [...]

Space Age Lounge Volume 1 – Ultra Swank Living

Here it is, the compilation that started everything. This compilation was actually compiled a few months before I started this place back in september 2005 and I decided to keep the name Ultra Swank for this site. This compilation was the first compilation I had done in many years, so it is not as solid [...]

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And there's NEDICKS! Best hotdog in town in those days. I lived near one and near an automat in those days (72nd Steet)
blackthorne

I also found this post today. But it's never late...
what beautiful photo you have there...NY city at its best!
http://www.ultraswank.net/ultra-swank/one-year-anniversary/ Ultra Swank: One year anniversary | Ultra Swank

[...] one year ago I posted the first post here on Ultra Swank. Time really goes fast when you are having fun. I want to thank all you people [...]

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Ultra Swank takes you back in time into the kitsch, chic and swank living of the 50s, 60s and the 70s. We mainly focus on the design, architecture and the lifestyle of the happy-go-lucky and space-age-living mentality of that era – but also on the music and movies that takes you back to happier times. Ultra Swank is run by Chris, a Swede born in the wrong decade that currently resides in Barcelona. Read more

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