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Can Tourist Traps Become Fashion Destinations?

New York City’s Rockefeller Center is deep into redevelopment and leaning on Michelin-starred chefs and fashion upstarts, as post-pandemic shopping districts look to cater to locals as well as international visitors.
Roller skaters at Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace NYC at Rockefeller Center on April 15, 2022 in New York City.
Roller skaters at Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace NYC at Rockefeller Center on April 15, 2022 in New York City. (Getty Images)

The developers behind Rockefeller Center have a plan to shed the historic section of Midtown Manhattan’s reputation as a tourist trap: out with Ann Taylor, in with Lingua Franca.

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