Public acclaim in Philadelphia led to Wanamaker’s purchasing the colossal A.T. Stewart department store in New York City in 1896 and turning it into a copy of his original — except that the ...

The John Wanamaker Department Store was one of America’s first great temples of consumption. Opened in 1876 as Wanamaker’s Grand Depot, the store filled a former railroad freight depot at 13th ...

Wanamaker planned an American sing-along concert right in his store’s signature Grand Court to kick off the day. Wanamaker even engaged bandmaster John Philip Sousa to lead the program.

Wanamaker’s Temple: The Business of Religion in an Iconic Department Store Nicole C. Kirk. New York Univ., $35 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4798-3593-5 ...

It is eerily quiet inside the Center City Philadelphia Macy’s store, home of one of the world’s largest pipe organs. Today is supposed to be the 27th Wanamaker Organ Day. But since Macy’s is ...