Bigelow

Bigelow Chemists is the oldest pharmacy in the country, located in the Village on 6th Avenue near 8th Street in a Beaux-Arts building (here's a link with photos, history and story). It's a pleasure to go in - they specialize in very high quality and hard to find products for the skin, hair, fragrance for the home and small luxury items for everyday life. They continue as a true apothecary, making their own line of remedies and filling prescriptions. They cultivate relationships with their customers over years, an unusual practice in this type of business nowadays, getting to know the local residents. People come in to browse, take in the atmosphere and try on the samples. Perhaps this is overly enthusiastic for a simple drugstore, but they have preserved an atmosphere that opens the door to the past and the senses simultaneously.

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