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Jiyong Lee’s “Imagination of Microcosm.”

Opening October 20th, 2017 at Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri is artist Jiyong Lee’s exceptional “Imagination of Microcosm.”

Lee’s glass sculptures are inspired by the process of cell division; by utilizing both transparency and opacity he forges a narrative that explores both the clarity and mysteries of biology.

“Imagination of Microcosm” will be on display until December 9th, 2017.

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Peter Pincus, Enclosed Vase Form #3, 2015, Duane Reed Gallery.

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Akio Takamori, Squatting Girl in Yellow Dress, 2012, Duane Reed Gallery

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Mary Giles Desert Transparency, 2016 waxed linen, fine copper and iron wire, driftwood shelf 14.75” x 22” x 7.5”

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Peter Pincus, Enclosed Vase Form #3, 2015, Duane Reed Gallery

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"Fire Keeper" #holdnitdown #firekeeper #reclaimedwood #geodesic #pentagram #hexagram #triangulation #sacredgeometry #offering #cleanse #alter #thanks #headdress #totem #crown #halo (at Duane Reed Gallery)

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Remembering the Midnight Rider, Gregg Allman

Gregg Allman’s tragic but not wholly unexpected departure from this world on Saturday marked the end of a career that was, in its way, singularly extraordinary. In both his music and his personal life, he reached the highest of highs and the lowest of lows — and the legacy he leaves behind, in a very real sense, will be unlike any other artist’s in popular music.

Gallery: Gregg Allman’s Life in Photos

And that’s not just because of the music he made — and of course much of it was remarkable — but because of the life he led. From the mid-‘60s onward, he did just about everything a young, talented, good-looking, music-loving rock ‘n’ roller could ever do. And he did it a lot. For a long time.

So what exactly were his achievements — big and small — and why did they matter?

He got a typical start, then upped his game.

With guitarist brother Duane, Allman’s early bands the Allman Joys and Hour Glass were almost letter-perfectly the way things were done in the late ‘60s. The latter group recorded two albums for the Liberty label that flopped and they hated, and the label dropped them. But a few years later, when the Allman Brothers were hitting it big, those albums and even earlier recordings by the Allman Joys were issued, reissued, and repeatedly shipped out for hopeful purchase by indiscriminate Allman fans. They were actually pretty good, but that wasn’t the point. That the Allman Brothers Band then formed was.

He was part of a killer musical crew.

Few would deny that the Allmans were one of the finest rock ‘n’ roll bands in history. Much of that came from the individual skill of players like Duane and second guitarist Dickey Betts, from Allman’s own bluesy vocal growl and keyboard skills, and the band’s use of dual drummers, reminiscent of both the Grateful Dead and the Mothers of Invention and a similar nod to sophisticated musicality. Additionally, the band’s unique melding of the blues, R&B, and the sort of Allman-penned originals like “Whipping Post” — not to mention Betts’s unforgettable jazz-tinged instrumental “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” — was really unlike anything most rock fans had ever heard before. At their best, they were peerless.

His band was a live phenomenon.

Sometime between the ‘60s and today, the Record Business became the Music Business and the Music Business largely became the Concert Business, and that is where Gregg Allman and company excelled. The band’s historic live set At Fillmore East was what set it all up: Emerging in July 1971, the double-album was the band’s most successful to date and rapidly went gold. With its lengthy jams, the superb interplay between guitarists Allman and Betts, and the notable lack of excess — no small thing — to be heard throughout it all, the album was soon deemed by critics to be one of the best live albums of all time. And while we’re talking live music: Though guitarist Duane Allman was gone by then, the band’s later performance at Watkins Glen on July 28, 1973 — alongside the Grateful Dead and the Band — was witnessed by a reputed 600,000 audience members deemed by some historians to be “the largest gathering of people in the history of the United States.” Not exactly a club gig.

His band launched an entire music genre.

The early Allman Brothers albums featured all the components of rock ‘n’ roll — blues, R&B, roots country, flashy instrumental showcasing, and power soloing — yet offered up to many what seemed like a distinctively unique blend that deserved its own label. And so it was that between the Allmans, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Charlie Daniels Band, and nearly the entire Capricorn Records roster (Marshall Tucker Band, Wet Willie, etc.), “Southern Rock” was born — and even now remains an inescapable (if puzzling) bit of needless metadata categorization. Gregg Allman once commented that term was essentially redundant — sort of like saying “rock rock,” said he.

Despite conspicuous tragedy, he always rose to the occasion thereafter.

With the Allmans, the deaths of both his brother Duane and later bassist Berry Oakley might have permanently derailed the band. But they carried on. Brothers and Sisters came in 1973 and was a huge success — the Allmans’ highest charting album to date — and with an increasing number of live gigs booked, signaled that demand for the band had never been higher. Though it was rough going, Allman kept at it.

Laid Back was one hell of a solo album.

Though its creation in 1973 during the making of Brothers and Sisters wasn’t enthusiastically received by everyone in the Allmans — particularly Dickey Betts — Gregg Allman’s first solo album Laid Back is a comparatively unsung classic these days. Mildly ironic, as the album went gold back then. It features a redone “Midnight Rider,” the lush and highly memorable “Queen of Hearts,” and a cover of Jackson Browne’s “These Days” that may be that song’s best-known version. A musical collaboration between Allman and co-producer Johnny Sandlin, Laid Back is a jewel of an album that continues to impress all these years later. The tour Allman promoted this album with was recorded and resulted in the next year’s memorable The Greg Allman Tour set, equally worth hearing.

He was a pioneer in the pains of Celebrity Marriage.

Perhaps unexpectedly, at least for longtime fans of the band, Allman would marry Cher in June 1975 — and the results were one son (Elijah Blue Allman), one relatively odd album (Two the Hard Way by the duo Allman/Cher, now dubbed Allman and Woman), and more paparazzi photos than any normal human could bear. This sort of thing didn’t happen much back then, and when it did… it was odd. 

Breaking up: It wasn’t always permanent. 

While there were break-ups galore in Allman Brothers Band history, there were likewise many reunions. The band first broke up in 1976, but they reunited two years later to tour and record Enlightened Rogues (1979), Reach for the Sky (1980), and Brothers of the Road (1981). They’d split again, but by the end of the ‘80s were reunited to celebrate their 20th anniversary. There were new players in — most notably guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody, who’d later form Gov’t Mule — but significant momentum thanks to their headlining appearances on that era’s H.O.R.D.E. Festival carried them through several tours to come. With additional new players, the band would continue to tour successfully on and off through 2014. 

He will have the last word.

Variety has confirmed that Allman was able to listen to final mixes of his upcoming album Southern Blood the night before he died. Produced by Don Was, the much-anticipated set is due for release later this year and will likely be memorable.

His music will last.

There is a reason that the Allman Brothers’ albums have never gone out of print, and that have been issued in deluxe, super-deluxe, and ultra-deluxe versions. It is because they represent the very best of their genre, that they are timeless, and that sound as fresh and innovative today as they did the moment they were recorded. For that, we can thank Gregg Allman and his many bandmates and be grateful that, at least this time, history got it right.

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More highlights from today came from the #CentralWestEnd at Duane Reed Gallery. I've wanted to visit this space for 20 years. Hero works by #JunKaneko and a fantastic painter. I can't remember her name right now though. (at Duane Reed Gallery)

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“Portals & Dimensions” at Duane Reed Gallery.

Opening on Friday, June 9th, 2017 at Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri is the seven person group exhibition entitled “Portals & Dimensions.”

From curator, Ethan Meyer: “Present day reality offers the artist new inspirations, fears, and existential conflicts.  Faced with a rapidly expanding and all encompassing technological evolution and a level of interconnectivity never before experienced in human history, the aesthetic of this show represents what I view as a Contemporary Futurist movement; informed also by the history of Maximalism and Abstract Expressionism. The Artist is in a particularly interesting position to react and resist the nihilism that comes from abandoning our biology for a purely technocentric model of viewing reality, or to integrate and transcend the dichotomy of nature verses artificial intelligence.”

Artists in the show include: Francesco Lo Castro, Greg Pettit, Benjamin Lowder, David Fratu and APEX Collective: Jake Amason, Stephen Kruse and Zach Jackson.

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Oracle by Francesco Lo Castro , 48″ x 48″ , acrylic and enamel between layers of epoxy resin.  This piece is available . Contact ethan@duanereedgallery.com for all inquiries.

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21 of the Most Beautiful Designs in the World, According to Sagmeister and Walsh

Ricardo Bofill, La Muralla Roja (“The Red Wall”), 1973. Courtesy of Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura.

“Beauty as the height of aesthetic achievement has fallen out of favor,” designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh declare in the intro to Beauty (2018), a book that is equal parts history, analysis, and visual splendor. In it, they argue that designers, artists, and architects no longer use beauty as the lodestar of their work, and often avoid the word altogether. “At one time a universal aspiration, the pursuit of beauty came to a crash landing at the beginning of the 20th century,” Sagmeister and Walsh write.

“We believe this rejection of beauty is utterly stupid,” they continue. “Beauty is the dose of humanity that makes our lives better.” The pair, darlings of the intersecting worlds of art, design, and culture—clients of their firm span Snapchat, Vitra, the Guggenheim, and the Olympic committee—lament how modernist principles have been diluted in contemporary design, where function is favored over individuality, resulting in a lack of diversity, or, in their words, “a psychotic sameness.”

In their sweeping treatise, Sagmeister and Walsh examine what beauty is. They ask: Who does beauty better, nature or humans? Do humans instinctively recognize it? (Science points to yes.) They distill beauty into features that theorists have agreed upon over time: “simplicity, symmetry, balance, clarity, contrast, and proportion.”

The book traces our pursuit and celebration of beauty back to the dawn of humanity, from the first tools—stone axes that had no reason to be symmetrical other than for aesthetic value—to ancient Greece, where beauty ruled art and philosophy, and to the transcendent experience of light and space in Islamic and Christian places of worship. Indeed, sublimity was the overarching aspiration in art and design up until the 20th century.

Following World War I, beauty became a crisis of conscience, the authors write: “If human beings could annihilate each other using killing machines, what role, if any, should beauty play in our lives?” Thus entered the anti-aesthetic period of ready-made art and the functionality of modernist architecture, as well as Pop art’s elevation of the commercial. Even today, Sagmeister and Walsh assert, companies like Facebook, Airbnb, and Etsy embrace uniformity of design.

So, what do they consider to be the most beautiful works in design history? The final section of the book is an archive of the objects, buildings, and graphic design compositions that they consider the most visually pleasing. Below, we share 21 of them, with Sagmeister and Walsh’s own words.

“Predictive Dream” (2010–14) by Katsuyo Aoki

Katsuyo Aoki, Predictive Dream XV, 2010. Courtesy of the artist.

“[Katsuyo] Aoki is known for her delicate ceramic sculptures, which often depict dark subject matter, creating an enticing contrast between the grotesque and the beautiful.”

Milan Cathedral (1386–1965)

Milan Cathedral, 1386–1965. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

“We vividly remember attending an Easter mass in this extraordinary Italian cathedral. The entire space was filled with incense smoke. The cone-hatted archbishop was followed by hundreds of bishops, priests, and altar boys, while the light of God streamed through giant windows. The spectacle felt like the start of an epic rock concert. The minds of peasants who made the journey to Milan a thousand years ago must have been blown to smithereens.”

Hasegawa Co. Poster (1985) by Makoto Saito

Makoto Saito, Hasegawa Co. Poster, 1985. © Museum für Gestaltung Zürich. Courtesy of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.

“This masterpiece was created by the Japanese star designer [Makoto] Saito for a company selling Buddhist house altars. With its unusual composition and color, it serves as an early example of how newness presented in the right context can immediately be seen as beautiful.”

Chauffeuse basse dite Kangourou (ca. 1955) by Pierre Jeanneret

Kangourou lounge chair from Chandigarh, c. 1955. Pierre Jeanneret Wright

“The architect Pierre Jeanneret, a cousin of Le Corbusier and also an accomplished furniture designer, was one of the chief architects of the planned city of Chandigarh in India. He designed a large range of furniture, among them this comfortable Kangaroo Chair made of teak and cane.”

San Marco Basilica (828–1094)

San Marco Basilica, 828–1094. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

“The floor of Venice’s famed basilica is covered with the rarest marbles from the Eastern world. It is almost 1,000 years old, and we think a more beautiful floor has not been made since.”

City Palace, Jaipur, India (1729–32)

City Palace, Jaipur, India, 1729. Photo by Brando, via Flickr.

“During her honeymoon, Jessica traveled through Rajasthan. One of her favorite stops was City Palace in Jaipur, a palace complex built by Sawai Jai Singh II. The building is exquisitely decorated with mirror work, mosaics, intricate ornamentation, and paintings.”

Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, 1705. © Museum für Gestaltung Zürich. Courtesy of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.

“[Sibylla] Merian began collecting insects as a young girl, which was a controversial hobby in the 17th century, considering that insects were seen as disgusting at best, and at worst, related to witchcraft. Rather than ending up burned to a crisp, she went to Suriname on a research trip to collect the creatures in order to study and draw them.”

Meissen Porcelain Königlich-Sächsische Coffee Service (1880–90)

Meissen Porcelain Königlich-Sächsische Coffee Service, 1880–90. © Museum für Gestaltung Zürich. Courtesy of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.

“The desire to go completely overboard with ornamentation and cover every square centimeter of this coffee set with designs inspired by nature may seem extreme, but we’ve always found extremism a rather juicy design strategy.”

Fallingwater (1935) by Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, 1935. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

“Yes, yes, yes, we know, including such a classic in this list might seem a little banal. It’s just that it is truly so good. [Frank Lloyd] Wright understood that his clean lines would work best when contrasted against the ruggedness of nature. The results are stunning and possibly even sublime.”

La Muralla Roja (“The Red Wall”) (1973) by Ricardo Bofill

Ricardo Bofill, La Muralla Roja (“The Red Wall”), 1973. Courtesy of Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura.

“La Muralla Roja is a housing complex designed by [Ricardo] Bofill in the Spanish town of Calpe. Inspired by the architecture of coastal North Africa, the striking colors, staircases, and platforms are reminiscent of an M.C. Escher image of impossible architecture.”

Lime-Basil Triangulation, from Geometric Desserts (2015–17) by Dinara Kasko

Dinara Kasko, Lime-Basil Triangulation, from Geometric Desserts 2015–17. Courtesy of Dinara Kasko.

“[Dinara] Kasko’s background in architecture, design, and 3D visualization influences her pastry art. These gorgeous geometric cakes are almost too beautiful to eat.”

Grammo-grafik, Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich Poster (1957) by Gottlieb Soland

Gottlieb Soland, Grammo-grafik, Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich Poster, 1957. © Museum für Gestaltung Zürich. Courtesy of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.

“A reduced, down-to-the-basics, classic piece from the 1950s that has been copied countless times and still proves influential today.”

Seed Cathedral, UK Pavilion, Shanghai World Expo (2010) by Thomas Heatherwick

Thomas Heatherwick, Seed Cathedral, UK Pavilion, Shanghai World Expo, 2010. Photo by Iwan Baan. Courtesy of Heatherwick Studios.

“Even though it looks like an ethereal computer-generated rendering, it is, in fact, real.”

Algorithmic Modeling Cake, from Geometric Desserts (2015–17) by Dinara Kasko

Dinara Kasko, Algorithmic Modeling Cake, from Geometric Desserts, 2015–17. Courtesy of Dinara Kasko.

“One more of Kasko’s delicious and gorgeous geometric pastries.”

Chand Baori, Jaipur (ca. 9th century)

Chand Baori, Jaipur, ca. 9th century. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

“Throughout Rajasthan, there are many stepwells, ancient water wells that are reached by descending a complex series of steps. With 3,500 steps and more than 13 stories, Chand Baori, near Jaipur, is one of the most impressive. While the steps were built for utilitarian purposes, these Escher-esque wells are uniquely beautiful, especially when the light hits the steps, casting dramatic shadows.”

Mutual Vibration (2017) by Jonny Niesche

Mutual Vibration (Brutal Flirt), 2017. Jonny Niesche LUNDGREN GALLERY

“Humans are biologically hardwired to find sunsets beautiful, and they respond similarly to gradients. [Jonny] Niesche’s abstract gradient pieces take advantage of this phenomenon; although simple, they are quite mesmerizing.”

“Segmentation Series” (2009–17) by Jiyong Lee

Chromosome Segments, 2014. Jiyong Lee Duane Reed Gallery

“[Jiyong] Lee’s glass sculptures are not created from glassblowing or kilns but through a labor-intensive process of cutting, sanding, laminating, and carving. His attention to color and translucency, combined with meticulous craft, create a unique optical effect well worth his extensive effort.”

Blur Building (2002) by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Blur Building, 2002. Photo by Beat Widmer. Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

“The creation of a cloudlike building on a lake in Switzerland is a beautiful idea all by itself. The experience of walking through the structure, encountering various densities of fog, and sampling a wide selection of waters from around the world is gorgeous, too.”

Mirrorcube Treehotel (2010) by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter

Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, Mirrorcube Treehotel, 2010. Photo by Åke Elson Lindman. Courtesy of Tham & Videgård Arkitekter.

Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, Mirrorcube Treehotel, 2010. Photo by Åke Elson Lindman. Courtesy of Tham & Videgård Arkitekter.

“Designed by Tham & Videgård 40 miles south of the Arctic Circle in Sweden, this eco-hotel was built with a lightweight aluminum structure wrapped in mirrored glass and supported by a tree trunk in the center.”

Ombré Glass Chair (2017) by Germans Ermičs

Germans Ermičs, Ombré Glass Chair, 2017. Courtesy of the artist.

“The Ombré Glass Chair was created by Latvian-born designer [Germans] Ermičs as a tribute to Shiro Kuramata’s iconic Glass Chair (1976).”

Vases by Ettore Sottsass

Sirio Glass Vase, 1982. Ettore Sottsass The Modern Archive

Deneb, 1982. Ettore Sottsass Grieder Contemporary

“Italian architect and designer [Ettore] Sottsass’s colorful and playful work has been described as ‘bizarre’ and ‘atrocious.’ Perhaps there is something wrong with our eyes, but we find it quite lovely; these would be welcome additions to our homes.”

from Artsy News

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Congratulations to @artsashealing! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported this wonderful event!#artsashealinggala #breastcancersurvivor #nancyspurlockfineart (at Duane Reed Gallery)

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Lewis and Clark's Vaughn among landscape artists featured at Duane Reed Gallery

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5. 3. Erika Sanada, Emotional Eating, 2017, Duane Reed Gallery

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Study Tour Week: 9 Personal NYC Exploration Assignment

Research: Chelsea is a neighborhood burrow in Manhatten and was added as a historic place in 1977 and has expanded in 1982. It is located on the west side. Chelsea starts on 14th street and continues through to 34th street and Fifth avenue. This means it reaches out to the Garment District, West Village, Greenwich Village, and The Meatpacking District. Chelsea is very residential. There are a lot of apartment complexes, houses, and townhouses. It is also known to be the center of the arts. There’s over 200 art galleries located here. There are also a lot of small retail businesses. It is a very diverse and ethnic culture. The Meatpacking District is a huge attraction to Chelsea. It was founded in the mid - 19th century. It used to be known for plaster mills, woodworking, lumberyards, granite works, and painting mixed in with homes in 1840. In 1879 there were 10 brick buildings that they used trading and selling for meat, poultry, and dairy. In 1900 it became home to 250 slaughterhouses and packing plants. It wasn’t until the 1990′s that it grew into high-end boutiques, nightclubs, nice restaurants, and bars. It is also close to the Highline and the Chelsea Piers, which runs along the Hudson River. 

Observations: I actually live in Chelsea. I loved this assignment because I feel like I never have really wondered around in Chelsea. This assignment made me venture out and find so many more places around me. Chelsea is very populated and busy but nothing like time square. It would definitely be a great place to raise a family but there are also a lot of people independently strolling around. It’s very fast paced on the avenues but the streets are a lot quieter where the homes are. It’s also convenient to live here because there are all the stores that you need around such as Duane Reed, Westside Market, Rite Aid, and more. I wouldn’t say it’s pretty like Central Park but it’s very homey on the streets. You can tell a lot of families live in the houses because they decorated all out for Halloween for trick or treating for their children. There was also a school right in between homes which also tells me its a very family oriented area. There is a ton of people my age or older walking around though. I would say it’s a good mix of people but I think the majority are single people living in apartments. There are a lot of cute restaurants that are half inside and outside on the avenues, small bars, liquor stores, retail stores, and home good stores. I feel like Chelsea’s style isn’t current. I notice a lot of people are late on current trends and still wearing clothing from early 2000′s. It’s definitely not as high end like the Upper East Side is but there are nicer areas mixed with some lower end places. I honestly think Chelsea is a good mix of everyone. There’s a Barney’s close to UPS store, Westside Market, and small restaurants. I feel like that gives a goof picture of the mix of the population. The buildings and houses are visually similar because they are all like shades of red or pinks.

Weekly Question: Urban Outfitters, Barney’s, Chelsea Market, Rag and Bone are 4 main stores that stood out to me while I was exploring. I was happy to find an Urban Outfitters so close to my house because it’s one of my favorite stores. They are known for their boho-chic women and men’s attire. It’s nothing to special with aesthetics. They have wooden stairs when you walk in. I feel as though it’s pretty plain. They also have accessories, shoes, and now are growing into s slim selection of beauty products. They have mannequins for visual presentations. They attract customers who are usually like 15+. It’s pricier compared to some stores so I think mostly people in their teens and up because their parents take them shopping or college students. Barney’s aesthetic is amazing. They have marble stairs, a security guard in a suit by all the doors, and glass doors. All their merchandise is displayed beautifully. It’s so pretty that I don’t even want to touch anything. Their first floor is all beauty products and perfumes, the second floor is accessories such as handbags and shoes, and the third floor is all women’s and men’s gowns and suits. Their typical customer is definitely upper class. It’s extremely expensive because the material and fabrics are of such high quality.  This store is for people who are older and settled down with a steady income and can afford something like $900 pair of shoes. The Chelsea Market is not a retail store but it is a strip of food places inside one building. There’s nice restaurants where you can sit and eat, there bakeries, gelato, burgers, fresh produce, a grocery store, and maybe two retail stores. It’s extremely cute and has cute little arrows helping direct you to your destination. There’s also a cute little fountain where you can make a wish and throw a penny into. The path you walk on is a nice stone. It’s a very organic feel and appeal. All the signs are wooden and it feels like your outdoors in a sense. Most kids wouldn’t come here unless they were with their families but I think it attracts people about 20+. It’s for someone who has their own bank account and needs food for their apartments or want to go here for a little girls night dinner date. the last store that stood out to me was Rag and Bone. This is a higher end boutique. It’s extremely organic and is all about the product they use in their clothing. They display picture of cotton a lot and earth tones. They have women and men’s wear. They have everything to winter coats to shoes and accessories. It’s super cute but expensive. One sweater is almost $400. I picture myself wearing the clothing but someone who has a steady income would definitely have to shop here to afford it.