Taking over a space which previously housed a KMart, it's in the historic Wanamaker Building at Astor Place...
Quote770 Broadway was built between 1903 and 1907 and was designed by Daniel Burnham as an annex to the original Wanamaker's department store in New York, which was across 9th Street to the north.[8] The two buildings were connected by a sky bridge, dubbed the "Bridge of Progress", as well as a tunnel under 9th Street. The building originally included a central court and an auditorium with a pipe organ that hosted top musicians and orchestras, and was also an early television studio
I checked it out yesterday, specifically to see the specialty fish market, described as follows...
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Customers who visit the Manhattan store will find an expanded seafood department that includes some of the most unique, freshest, and highest quality seafood in the world. Our Sakanaya (“fish market” in Japanese) offerings boast world-class seafood from top suppliers, including hundreds of species from Japan’s premier fishmonger and retailer, Uoriki (“fish power” in Japanese), housed at the famous Toyosu Fish Market (formerly Tsukiji) in Japan.
This unprecedented access to Toyosu is only possible because of the longstanding and ever-evolving relationship between Wegmans and Uoriki, which began more than 15 years ago when Uoriki acquired MC Fresh, a wholesale seafood company supplying top Japanese restaurants, renaming it Uoriki Fresh.
It was mostly impressive (where the Japanese fish guys were working), though in the area where one can purchase the same fish one can purchase most anywhere (Atlantic salmon, swordfish, etc), it was less so.
I was wondering if @KennethT has checked it out yet, as it's closer to his abode than to mine?
