PHOTOS: PIKNIK Art & Apparel Sets Up Shop on Charles Street, Temporarily
The Martha's Vineyard pop-up shop offers unique items and gifts but will be on Beacon Hill only for the holidays.
As the season grows colder, activity in Martha's Vineyard's Art District ebbs to a trickle, making life a little harder on the island's retailers. For 15 years, PIKNIK Art & Apparel owner Michael Hunter would keep his high-end, eclectic boutique open regardless. But over the years, he said, he realized that his store's neighborhood didn't really have the holiday presence he saw elsewhere. Like on Beacon Hill, for example. So this year he decided to shutter his Vineyard store and move his wares to a temporary Boston spot. At the same time, Beacon Hill Kids was closing its 70 Charles St. business. However, it held the lease on the spot until the end of December. Hunter struck a deal with them and Beacon Hill's first pop-up shop was born. "…
Michael West
6:47 pm on Thursday, December 8, 2011
Let's face it. Michael Hunter lives and breathes style. This is not only inspired but a real reason to wander around Charles Street next time in Boston. Bravo! more ›