Description
“Where to?” the driver asks, already pulling away from the curb on Fifth Avenue before you have finished closing the door. Outside the window the city rushes by in a blur of steam, billboards and pretzel carts, and somewhere a jazz trumpet is playing from a basement club. You have been in New York for exactly forty minutes, and you are already in love with it. The driver points out the Chrysler Building as if he built it himself. Your suitcase is wedged beside you, and you do not care.
This little yellow cab carries all that energy in miniature. Its bright paint and I Love New York theme make it instantly recognisable, and it brings a jolt of Manhattan to any shelf it sits on. It is a fun souvenir for someone coming home from a first trip to the city, a going-away present for a friend moving there, or a wink of nostalgia for a born-and-bred New Yorker. The yellow is as loud and cheerful as a Times Square billboard.
A closer look
- A yellow New York taxi with an I Love New York theme
- Opens to keep a subway token or tiny treasure
- About 2.75 x 1.25 x 1.75 inches
- Made by Rochard
- Hand-painted Limoges porcelain from France
Tuck a theatre ticket stub inside and the memory is complete. Few souvenirs are this compact or this joyful.
