Madison Avenue

noun

1. a street in New York City that is a center of the advertising and public relations industries and that has become a symbol of their attitudes, methods, and practices.

Madison Avenue

noun

1. a street in New York City: a centre of American advertising and public-relations firms and a symbol of their attitudes and methods

Madison Avenue

1. A street in Manhattan on which many advertising and public relations firms have offices.

Notes

“Madison Avenue hype” carries the connotation of misrepresentation or deliberate dishonesty.

The name of the street is often used to refer to the high-pressure techniques of the advertising business.

Example Sentences

We’re signing up for a new office on Madison Avenue that’s 40,000 square feet so can accommodate the whole business.

From Digiday

Their stories will be anonymous but will show the American people that racism is alive and well on Madison Avenue.

From Digiday

Madison Avenue became “Dolly Madison Avenue” after a determined woman scaled the street sign to make this correction.

From Time

Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Madonna, Tom Hanks and Gwyneth Paltrow are among those who have eaten at 960 Madison Avenue.

From The Daily Beast

In LA, Don is an outsider; a Madison Avenue interloper; an encumbrance.

From The Daily Beast

Victoire de Castellane, Precious Objects, will be on view at Gagosian Gallery, 980 Madison Avenue, until April 5, 2014.

From The Daily Beast

Visually, these works blend perfectly throughout the three floors of the New York flagship store on Madison Avenue.

From The Daily Beast

Early photographic works by the legendary actor and director are on view now at Gagosian Madison Avenue.

From The Daily Beast

If he hunts up my address on Madison Avenue, the hall boy will send him there.

From Project Gutenberg

“Chief,” said the operative as they reached the sidewalk and turned toward Madison Avenue.

From Project Gutenberg

Now Madison Avenue is a fashionable street, and the name produced an impression on the first clerk.

From Project Gutenberg

He still owned his house in Madison Avenue, but that would have to go to settle with his creditors.

From Project Gutenberg

A change is instantly made from the humble abode to a mansion on Fifth or Madison avenue.

From Project Gutenberg