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2. FAO Schwarz - Wikipedia

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   1910 F.A.O Schwarz Advertisement. FAO Schwarz was founded in 1862 in Baltimore under the name "Toy Bazaar" by German immigrant Frederick August Otto Schwarz.. In 1870, Schwarz opened a New York City location known as the "Schwarz Toy Bazaar" at 765 Broadway, which moved to 42 E. 14th Street in Union Square in 1880 and operated at that location until April 28, 1897, when it took over two vacant ...

3. Toy Center - Wikipedia

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   The Toy Center's entrance on Fifth Avenue; the clock seen below is in profile on the right The sidewalk clock, manufactured in 1909, outside the Toy Center. The Toy Center, also known as the International Toy Center, is a complex of buildings in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City, that for many years was a hub for toy manufacturers and distributors in the United States.

4. Grand Army Plaza (Manhattan) - Wikipedia

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   [4] [8] At the southeast corner is the Squibb Building at 745 Fifth Avenue, which contained an FAO Schwarz toy store for much of the 20th century. [9] [7] To the east is Fifth Avenue, on which the General Motors Building, the Sherry-Netherland hotel, Park Cinq, and Metropolitan Club (from south to north) are located.

5. What all the iconic locations in 'Home Alone 2: Lost in New ...

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   The diner at 210 10th Avenue in New York's Chelsea neighborhood opened in 1976. ... Lonely Planet said that Duncan's Toy Chest is based on the real New York City toy store, FAO Schwarz.

6. Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Schwarz was born in New York City, the great-grandson of German-American Frederick August Otto Schwarz, the founder of the Fifth Avenue toy store, F.A.O. Schwarz. His family sold the majority interest in the toy store in 1963. [2] He graduated from Harvard University in 1957 and received a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1960. In 1960, he ...

7. The Marx Toys story: Iconic toys once made in Erie and ... - AOL

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   Their Big Wheel trikes, model trains, wind-up toys, and toy soldier sets were among Marx Toys bestsellers worldwide. Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots even got movie cameos, as vintage toys in "The Santa ...