function initialize() {
    if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
	  
	    function createMarker(point,html) {
        var marker = new GMarker(point);
        GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
          marker.openInfoWindowHtml(html);		
        });
        return marker;
      	}
		//create map
        var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
        //sets map location
		map.setCenter(new GLatLng(40.97962, -74.119906), 16);
		
		//create controls
		map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl())

		//create a point to place the marker on
 		var point = new GLatLng(40.97962, -74.119906);   
		
		//show the marker where the point is
 		map.addOverlay(new GMarker(point));
		//create the point with window
		var marker = createMarker(point,'Biltmore Tuxedos<br>36 E Ridgewood Ave<br>Ridgewood, NJ 07450<br><br>Get Directions: <a href="http://www.google.com/maps?source=uds&daddr=36+E+Ridgewood+Ave%2C+Ridgewood%2C+NJ+%28Biltmore+Tuxedos%29+%4040.979691%2C-74.119905&iwstate1=dir%3Ato">To Here</a> <br><img src="images/storefront.jpg" width=150 height=100>');
        map.addOverlay(marker);
		GEvent.trigger(marker, "click");
	 
      }
    }