Macy's is a department store. But it's huuuge. It occupies a whole block (between Broadway and 7th Avenue, and 34th and 35th Street), and it's got like, 12 stories. You can imagine like 10 times the El Corte Inglés in Plaça Catalunya [one of the largest department stores in Barcelona]. It's unbelievable. It even has a Starbucks on level 3 and a McDonald's on level 7. And it specializes in clothes, complements, and housewares, unlike El Corte Inglés, which has books and electronics. Not in Macy's. It boasts the title of "the world largest store", and very likely it is. Macy's is always full of people.
Founded in 1858 by R.H. Macy, occupies the current location since 1902. The house on the corner of Broadway and 34th St. is a separate property, which Macy's rents from the owners, and covers it with red signs so as to look like it's Macy's too. It has one of the oldest escalators in the world, between the first floor and the lower level. It's made of wood. Looks weird.
