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'''Macy's Herald Square''' (originally named the '''R. H. Macy and Company Store''') is the [[Flagship#Retailing|flagship]] of [[Macy's]] department store, as well as the [[Macy's, Inc.]] corporate headquarters, on [[Herald Square]] in [[Manhattan]], New York City. The building's {{Convert|2.5|e6ft2|m2}},<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/01/macys-to-renovate-flagshi_n_1069650.html| work=[[The Huffington Post]]| first=Inae| last=Oh| title=Macy's $400 Million Grand Makeover To Flagship Store| date=November 1, 2011}}</ref> which includes {{Convert|1.25|e6ft2|m2}} of retail space, makes it the largest [[department store]] in the United States and among the largest in the world. ItThe isstore alsohas an intricatein-store setjail, upRoom which140, includeswhere itscustomers ownsuspected inof storeshoplifting jail called Roomare 140detained. <ref>{{citeCite news| last=Elliott|first=Andrea|date=2003-06-17|title=WhyIn YouStores, NeverPrivate WantHandcuffs Tofor FindSticky Yourself In Room 140 At Macy'sFingers| url=https://www.theblazenytimes.com/news2003/201306/1217/16nyregion/whyin-youstores-neverprivate-wanthandcuffs-tofor-findsticky-yourselffingers.html|access-indate=2024-room01-14031|work=The New York Times|language=en-atUS|issn=0362-macys 4331}}</ref>
 
The Macy's building was completed in 1902 after the store had occupied several previous locations in New York City. The building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and was made a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1978.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nris" /><ref name="nrhpinv">{{cite web| title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: R. H. Macy and Company Store| url={{NHLS url|id=78001873}} |format=pdf| first=George R.| last=Adams| date=February 1977|publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=78001873|title=''Accompanying 4 photos, exterior, undated''|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(1.03&nbsp;MB)}}</ref>
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[[Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan]]
[[Category:Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places]]
[[Category:Historic departmentDepartment store buildings in the United States]]
[[Category:Macy's stores|Herald Square]]
[[Category:Midtown Manhattan]]