Original Article on Brooklyn Paper

Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Kate BriqueletThe Brooklyn PaperOfficials at the Fulton Street Macys will transform the emporiums ugly parking garage into a work of art, after city officials, shoppers and residents demanded that the stores shabby faade better fit into a Fulton Mall thats evolving from low-end to upmarket retail. Macys employees have also replaced poster-covered windows on Fulton Street with open displays, and installed new signage, awnings, lighting, carpeting and paint. They are showing Brooklyn consumers and their customers respect absolute respect, said Borough President Markowitz. One of the major ways they did it was to really lighten it up in there, make it a much more pos...(read more)