B. Altman is a location on Amazon Prime Show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
About[]
B. Altman and Company was an upscale department store opened in 1865 by Benjamin Altman. In 1906, it opened its main store at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street in Manhattan, where it traded until closing in 1989.
B. Altman was the first department store to open on Fifth Avenue, at the time a largely residential neighborhood, where it was eventually followed by other luxury stores including Lord and Taylor, Bonwit Teller, and Saks Fifth Avenue.
In the Series[]
Season 1[]
B. Altman and Company, New York
Midge goes to work at the Revlon cosmetics counter in B. Altman.
Trivia[]
- The B. Altman work guidelines are:
- Always be on time.
- Always be polite.
- Always be pretty.
- Always be courteous.
- In Doink, that Darren, the elevator operator had worked at the store for 16 years.