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Intended for the wholesale business of Field's eponymously named department store, it opened on June 20, 1887, [2] encompassing the block bounded by Quincy, Franklin, Adams and Wells Streets, near the location of the Chicago Board of Trade Building.
Marshall Field & Company (commonly known as Marshall Field's) was an upscale department store in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in the 19th century, it grew to become a large chain before Macy's, Inc, acquired it in 2005. Its founder, Marshall Field, was a pioneering retail magnate.
The Marshall Field and Company Building is a National Historic Landmark retail building on State Street in Chicago, Illinois.Now housing Macy's State Street, the Beaux-Arts and Commercial style complex was designed by architect Daniel Burnham and built in two stages—north end in 1901–02 (including columned entrance) and south end in 1905–06.
Woodfield Mall is named after former Sears board chairman General Robert E. Wood and Marshall Field and Company founder Marshall Field. [10] It was built on 191 acres (0.77 km 2) of prairie land, previously occupied by farms, cows, and a village tavern. [10] Singer Carol Lawrence, actor Vincent Price, and two marching bands entertained at the ...
The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space.
The huge Marshall Field & Company anchor store was the first portion of the mall to open, on October 22, 1956. The Old Orchard Shopping Center itself opened on October 25, 1956, while a second anchor department store, The Fair, opened on November 1, 1956. [3] A third anchor store, Saks Fifth Avenue, opened on November 6, 1958
South parking lot in 1976. Marshall Field's was replaced by Macy's in 2006, using nearly identical store exterior. The Mall at CherryVale opened in the fall of 1973 with a two-story Sears (opened September 26) and a 3-story Marshall Field's (opened October 1; one of the first stores outside the Chicago metropolitan area). [1]
Marshall Field and Company Store is a building in Oak Park, Illinois that was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1988. It is one of the two locations (along with the Evanston location) that the company chose to expand to when it decided to add suburban stores. [ 2 ]