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Fifth Avenue Post Sandy
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Fifth Avenue between 48th and 49th didn't look too different from any other day.
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It may have helped that some of the stores were open, although who is buying sunglasses in this weather?
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Ted Baker, down the block, was closed.
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H&M: Totally empty.
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Uniqlo's famous escalators were turned off for the day.
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There was no line in front of Hollister.
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But there were a bunch of sandbags.
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Zara was eerily quiet.
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Free People and its Rockefeller Center ilk were all still closed.
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And Saks Fifth Avenue was still boarded up.