Diamond district nyc

If you're shopping for jewelry in New York City, head to 47th Street, aka Diamond and Jewelry Way. The block is lined with diamond and jewelry shops.

I can understand when people tell me they try to avoid Midtown at all costs. Between guys trying to push their rap CDs into your hands, clueless people from Iowa taking selfies with a guy dressed in a bedraggled Elmo costume and the smell of Nuts 4 Nuts getting stuck in your nose for hours, […]

This is Manhattan's DIAMOND DISTRICT on 47th Street, the "perfect setting" for diamond shopping in New York City. I took these photos from the Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) side last January 3, 2009. From http://www.diamonddistrict.org/home.html The Diamond District is the world's largest shopping district for all sizes and shapes of diamonds and fine jewelry at tremendous prices and value. When you shop for diamonds and fine jewelry, this is the first and only place to shop- New…

They take out loupes, right on the sidewalk, to inspect the rocks in their hands. They are dealers, appraisers, polishers, hustlers, talking about carats and khazeray, the Yiddish word for junk.

The Diamond District

Thinking of shopping for a diamond in the New York City diamond district? Read this guide before you go, so you do not get ripped off.

Bargain seekers and connoisseurs alike hunt 47th Street for that most precious of objects: the perfect diamond at the perfect price.

Why the 47th Street Diamond District? There is such a variety of merchandise available to the general public at amazing prices.

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