Completed in 1965, the SOM-designed Macy’s Queens (later Queens Place) is located in the Elmhurst section of Queens. Situated at the center of a large parking lot, the innovative cylindrical design and successful execution of a practical yet elegant solution to meet the needs of both urban and suburban shoppers was praised in both the local press and architectural journals. The New York Times wrote that the store was built with the “car-borne shopper first in mind” while at ground level, display windows and decorative mosaic tile walls welcomed “the occasional shopper who comes on foot.” Progressive Architecture noted, “The store will function as a civic monument, with light shining through the slits of the façade – a Queens Coliseum of sorts.” The reinforced concrete curtain wall reflects a technique typical of the Modern Movement.