As the monumental Merchandise Mart was being erected next to the Chicago River in the 1920s, the owner of the structure-in-progress ordered that, along one exterior wall of the edifice, ...

The new owner of the Wanamaker Building says that Philadelphia today is akin to New York City in the 1990s, but with better building codes. As TF Cornerstone embarks on the redevelopment of the ...

John Wanamaker bought the organ from the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis and shipped it to Philadelphia in 1909. ... Macy's says this store closing will affect around 128 employees.

E mp loyed in my youth at John Wanamaker’s department store, an institution in Philadelphia until it disappeared, I was sometimes cheered by encountering employees who told me of their fascinations ...

Employees of the John Wanamaker Department Store founded the Millrose Athletic Association in 1908 and began running the Millrose Games that year at a local armory (a building where weapons and ...

The organ set Wanamaker’s apart from the city’s other well-known department stores. By the 1920s, the store hosted evening concerts that featured internationally renowned organists and ...