9 Months. 100 People. Inside the Making of a Holiday Window

It was go time.

Just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday night, security teams raced across Fifth Avenue with police barricades, closing off one of New York City’s main arteries to traffic. A grand piano was wheeled into position in front of the dark Saks Fifth Avenue facade between 49th and 50th Streets.

And then: Elton John.

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