Were House & Garden Staffers Searched On Their Last Day?

Apparently, an (unnamed) senior editor at the magazine told staffers that they could take down and keep one of the vintage framed H&G covers in the office lobby for themselves — and the collection stretched back to 1907.

The general consensus was that as parting gifts go after sudden mag shutdowns… it wasn’t too bad.

But after Condé Nast higher-ups got wind of H&G covers being given to staffers, a last-minute order was given to building security to search all H&G employees for them — and to confiscate on site.

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