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The original concept for Marshall Field's suburban stores was to have common architectural elements and an overall stylistic feel between them and the flagship store on State Street. The Oak Park store is, today, a Borders. As you can see, this clock doesn't exactly look like the downtown one - but it evokes it.
In 1889 (with a dedication by President Benjamin Harrison) Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan set the architecture world abuzz with the unveiling of their Auditorium Building; the tallest building in Chicago and largest in the country. The massive structure included a theatre, hotel and offices. Although it still relied on weight-bearing walls, the building is noteworthy for many reasons including its innovative foundation, and its wonderful mix of mass, scale and proportion. With the widening of Congress Parkway in 1952, the building's cafe and famous "Long Bar" were lost, converted into the covered sidewalk shown here.
These stupid ads are splashed all over Yahoo! today, the day Macy*s sharpens its axe, the last day of the existence of beloved Chicago department store Marshall Field's.
We in Hawai'i have already seen what happens when Macy*s takes over: Move over, local brands, 'cause here comes Charter Club!
*sigh* Farewell, Field's. Another one bites the dust . . .
At Christmas, there's nothing to compare with the sights, sounds and display windows of an urban department store like Macy's (the former Marshall Field). Malls just can't compare.
Field's Fans Chicago staged a protest today, the anniversary of Macy's killing the Marshall Field's store brand. We hung out at the State Street store, where things heated up. And when it was done, we went to go have Frango Mint Ice Cream Pie in the Walnut Room inside Macy's.
Marshall Field Department Store at State Street at the corner of Washington Street, showing the traditional Christmas decorations outside the store
I don't care what it's called now, I'm calling the place by its proper name. For all its history and fantastic architecture, it deserves that.
Marshall Field endowed the museum with one million dollars at its founding, though he was reluctant to do so, saying "I don't know anything about a museum and I don't care to know anything about a museum. I'm not going to give you a million dollars." He relented when the railroad supplies magnate Edward E. Ayer convinced him that the museum would be his everlasting legacy. Now that the Marshall Field's department store chain has been bought by Macy's, and all the stores renamed, it appears that Ayer was correct.
Macy's has a bunch of trumpets spread across their entire front on State Street. I keep trying to take them so they look interesting and find myself completely unable to get the bells in the photo.
These are the bases rising from Macy's overhangs and one of my experiments to try and not shoot things straight up and down.
The Marshall Field's clock (1897) - an iconic landmark of Chicago. It is at the corner of State and Washington. Times change and Marshall Field's is a thing of the past. But the clock is still called the Marshall Field's clock though at present this is the Macy's clock. The clock weighs good 7 tons.
At Christmas, there's nothing to compare with the sights, sounds and display windows of an urban department store like Macy's (the former Marshall Field). Malls just can't compare.
Clothes make the man.
Al Capone bought many expensive items from Marshall Field's, the classic 1892 13-story department store in downtown Chicago, after his men convinced him that his turned-down brown hat just didn't fit the image of a powerful mob leader. It was here he once bought his trademark velvet-collared coat for $200 and pearl gray hat.
Capone's spending habits came up at his tax evasion trial in 1931. In an effort to tie Capone's costly clothing tastes with his massive hidden income, prosecutors cross examined a salesman about the silk underwear he had bought in 1928, for which he paid $48.
Capone was found guilty and sentenced to 11 years.
Located at 11 N. State Street (now a Macy's)