apparel. In 2014, the New York flagship store and website began selling only Henri Bendel-branded handbags, jewelry, fashion accessories and home fragrances, following the model set at its other stores. Henri Bendel was named Retailer of the Year in 2010 at the Accessories Council Excellence Awards. In September 2018, The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets reported that Henri Bendel announced the closing of its 23 stores and ending of its brand after 123 years in business. Owner L Brands said the move was part of efforts to improve profitability and focus on brands like Victoria's Secret. On January 19, 2019 all Henri Bendel stores were closed and its website was shuttered on January 28, 2019. Flagship store From 1985 until its closing in 2018, the flagship store on Fifth Avenue was located in two adjacent buildings, the Rizzoli Building and Coty Building, as well as a new five-story building. During renovation of the Coty building, 276 "masterwork" panes of glass commissioned from René Lalique in 1912 were restored. The glass filled three large windows that comprised the front of the second, third and fourth floors of the Henri Bendel store. The building had received landmark status from the city's Landmark Preservation Commission in 1985.<ref>[http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1534.pdf NYC.gov, Landmarks Preservation Commission January 29, 1985, Designation List 175, LP-1534]</ref> Of the building, The New York Times''' architecture critic Paul Goldberger wrote: "For this mix of new architecture and old, skillfully integrated, holds more promise for the revival of Fifth Avenue than anything that has happened to that troubled boulevard in the last decade." For more than 100 years, Henri Bendel's flagship and only store was located at 10 West 57th Street. There is where the famously sumptuous windows, brown canopy and brown/white shopping bags graced the city. The window artist, Robert Rufino changed the theatrically designed scenes every Wednesday evening, every week. The doorman of the 1970s until his passing in 1982, "Buster" personally greeted each guest with a warm smile. His welcomes were typically accompanied with the guest's name since he had an uncanny memory. He was so loved that Henri Bendel's sold a stuffed doll in the liking of Buster which always sold out. Until 1985, the 10 West 57th Street store retained it's manually operated elevators. Ownership After Bendel's nephew, also named Henri Bendel, retired from the company in 1954, the Bendel family sold the store to a group