Macy’s workers were informed that the iconic location, which housed John Wanamaker’s flagship department store for much of the past 115 years, would be shuttered in March. “It has been more ...

to all the original papers from when John Wanamaker turned an abandoned rail depot into Philly's first ever department store. "He transformed that into the first iteration of the Wanamaker Department ...

It's long been the home of the Wanamaker Organ, which retailer John Wanamaker purchased for the store in 1909 ... used to have the "Big Six" department stores along Market East, including ...

Macy’s will shutter its Center City Philadelphia location in the historic Wanamaker Building tomorrow ... then the world’s largest retail department store with 45 acres of floor space.

John Wanamaker purchased it five years later ... marked the final performance of its daily shows, something the department store had done since 1911. “I come regularly to listen, at least ...