I'll meet you at the Eagle
This bronze eagle statue that stands in the middle of the old John Wanamakers Dept. Store (now Macys) Grand Court, in Philadelphia, Pa. by German sculptor August Gaul, came to America for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. The eagle statue and the huge, beautiful pipe organ upstairs both came from the Exposition.
The statue weighs about 2,500 lbs. and John Wanamaker had to add extra girders underneath the main floor to support it.
The store opened in 1911 and since then, if you say to any Philadelphian "I'll meet you at the Eagle", they will know exactly where to find you at!
I'll meet you at the Eagle
This bronze eagle statue that stands in the middle of the old John Wanamakers Dept. Store (now Macys) Grand Court, in Philadelphia, Pa. by German sculptor August Gaul, came to America for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. The eagle statue and the huge, beautiful pipe organ upstairs both came from the Exposition.
The statue weighs about 2,500 lbs. and John Wanamaker had to add extra girders underneath the main floor to support it.
The store opened in 1911 and since then, if you say to any Philadelphian "I'll meet you at the Eagle", they will know exactly where to find you at!